Nonconsolidated Partially-Owned Affiliates

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Nonconsolidated Partially-Owned Affiliates

19. Nonconsolidated Partially-Owned Affiliates

Investments in the net assets of nonconsolidated partially-owned affiliates are reported in the "Investments in partially-owned affiliates" line in the consolidated statements of financial position. Equity in the net income of nonconsolidated partially-owned affiliates are reported in the "Equity income" line in the consolidated statements of income (loss). Adient maintains total investments in partially-owned affiliates of $1.4 billion and $1.4 billion at September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Operating information for nonconsolidated partially-owned affiliates is as follows:

	% ownership
Name of key partially-owned affiliate	2019	2018
Adient Yanfeng Seating Mechanism Co., Ltd. (AYM)	50.0%	50.0%
Changchun FAWAY Adient Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (CFAA)	49.0%	49.0%
Yanfeng Adient Seating Co., Ltd. (YFAS)	49.9%	49.9%
Yanfeng Global Automotive Interiors Systems Co., Ltd. (YFAI)	30.0%	30.0%

	Year Ended September 30,
(in millions)	2019		2018		2017
Income statement data:
Net sales	$	15,555	$	18,258	$	17,262
Gross profit	$	1,721	$	2,214	$	1,994
Net income	$	667	$	823	$	1,039
Net income attributable to the entity	$	629	$	773	$	974

	September 30,
(in millions)	2019		2018
Balance sheet data:
Current assets	$	7,122	$	7,716
Noncurrent assets	$	3,335	$	3,455
Current liabilities	$	7,058	$	7,579
Noncurrent liabilities	$	433	$	433
Noncontrolling interests	$	125	$	120

During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018, Adient concluded that indicators of potential impairment were present related to the investment in YFAI based on the declines in operating performance during fiscal 2018 along with declines in projections of the YFAI business for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, Adient deemed such issues to represent an other-than-temporary decline and undertook an impairment analysis to determine the fair value of the investment in YFAI, which was completed under an income approach utilizing discounted cash flows to derive a fair value of the investment in YFAI. Based on the fair value, the carrying value of the investment in YFAI exceeded fair value by $358 million, and as such Adient recorded a non-cash impairment charge within equity income in the consolidated statements of income (loss) for that amount in the fourth quarter of 2018. The inputs utilized in the analyses are classified as Level 3 inputs within the fair value hierarchy as defined in ASC 820, "Fair Value Measurement" and primarily consist of expected future operating margins and cash flows of YFAI, estimated production volumes, weighted average cost of capital (12.5%) and noncontrolling interest discounts. To the extent that profitability continues to decline as compared to forecasted profitability or if adverse changes occur to key assumptions or other fair value measurement inputs, further impairment of Adient's YFAI investment could occur in the future.