Visteon Corporation (VC) Stock

Visteon Corporation (VC) is a Consumer Discretionary stock trading at $105.57 (as of 2026-07-27), with a market capitalization of $2.82B and a trailing P/E of 16.6. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Visteon Corporation engineers, designs, and manufactures automotive electronics and connected-car technology for vehicle manufacturers. Its offerings include instrument clusters and information displays, Phoenix infotainment and display audio platform, battery management systems, telematics control units, head-up displays, and integrated vehicle computing and domain solutions such as SmartCore and related platforms.

Understand Visteon Corporation: how it makes money

Visteon engineers, designs, and manufactures automotive electronics and connected car solutions (like instrument clusters, information displays, and display audio and embedded infotainment platforms) sold to vehicle manufacturers, with cash generation tied to base sales and the program lifetime value of the vehicle electronics it wins.

Visteon’s profit engine is program-driven, it converts vehicle-manufacturer wins into lifetime program revenue for areas like integrated display clusters, Android-based infotainment, and electrification-related power electronics, with quarterly results also influenced by items such as customer recoveries and strike-related lost sales.

Business quality (Weak): Clear operating focus on new business wins and electrification wins, but the near-term outcome can be disrupted by items like customer recoveries and lost sales tied to labor actions, and the provided detail does not show a clean segment breakdown.

Valuation: At 19× earnings, VC trades in line with the Automobiles & Trucks average (20×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

Program wins can expand future revenue visibility: The company highlights Visteon New Business Wins and related lifetime program revenue metrics (such as lifetime revenue for integrated systems and lifetime program revenue for latest 3D cluster technology), which supports a program-driven outlook.
Electrification momentum is an explicit growth theme: It tracks Wireless Battery Management System and Power Electronics Business Wins (Electrification), pointing to additional demand areas beyond core display and infotainment products.
Base sales can benefit when the company outperforms vehicle production: It tracks Market Outperformance Versus Customer Vehicle Production, which implies product content wins that can scale with, or exceed, customer vehicle build rates.

Bear case

Near-term results can be pressured by event-driven demand loss: It specifically tracks Lost Sales from United Auto Workers Strike, which indicates labor disruptions can reduce sales in the period.
Some earnings support may be non-recurring: The presence of Customer Recoveries as a tracked factor suggests parts of reported performance may come from items that can fluctuate rather than purely from ongoing unit demand.
Execution risk in winning and ramping new program content: The company emphasizes new business wins across multiple technology areas, but if content per vehicle, digital conquest, or smart core program ramp does not translate into expected lifetime revenue, the pipeline benefits may take time.

Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price	$105.57
Market Cap	$2.82B
P/E Ratio	16.6
EV / EBITDA	6.7
Price / Book	1.67
Price / Sales	0.74
DCF Value (model)	$155.97
DCF Upside vs Price	47.7%

Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)	$3.77B
Net Margin	5.3%
Revenue Growth (YoY)	-2.5%
EPS Growth (YoY)	-25.6%

Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score	3.88 (safe)
Piotroski F-Score	7/9 (strong)

Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E	16.6
Sector P/E (Consumer Discretionary)	21.8
Industry P/E (Automobiles & Trucks)	18.8
vs Sector	-24.1%
vs Industry	-11.6%

Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional Holder	BlackRock, Inc. ($323.79M)
Institutional Holders Tracked	10

Company
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Industry	Automobiles & Trucks
CEO	Sachin S. Lawande
Employees	10,000
Country	US
IPO Date	2010-10-05

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Data as of 2026-07-27.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.