Cooper-Standard Holdings (CPS)
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Rating:53Neutral
Price Target:
$29.00
▼(-5.91% Downside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:03/05/26
The score is held back primarily by high leverage and negative equity despite clear operating improvement and positive (but modest) cash generation. Guidance and recent refinancing are supportive for margins, cash flow, and maturity extension, while technicals are mixed and valuation metrics are unfavorable due to negative earnings and no stated dividend yield.
Positive Factors
Operational Excellence & Quality
Sustained top-tier quality and launch execution reduce warranty, rework and launch delays, strengthening OEM relationships and program retention. Over months this underpins stable production volumes, better fixed-cost absorption and supports margin sustainability versus lower-quality peers.
Negative Factors
High Leverage & Negative Equity
A stressed capital structure with large absolute debt and negative equity materially limits financial flexibility. Over the medium term this raises refinancing and covenant breach risk during downturns, constrains capital allocation to R&D/capex, and slows meaningful deleveraging absent sustained higher free cash flow.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Operational Excellence & Quality
Sustained top-tier quality and launch execution reduce warranty, rework and launch delays, strengthening OEM relationships and program retention. Over months this underpins stable production volumes, better fixed-cost absorption and supports margin sustainability versus lower-quality peers.
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Cooper-Standard Holdings (CPS) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$543.57M
Dividend YieldN/A
Average Volume (3M)205.35K
Price to Earnings (P/E)―
Beta (1Y)1.39
Revenue Growth-0.53%
EPS GrowthN/A
CountryUS
Employees22,000
SectorConsumer Cyclical
Sector Strength84
IndustryAuto - Parts
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)-1.73
Shares Outstanding17,637,009
10 Day Avg. Volume219,343
30 Day Avg. Volume205,346
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio1.48
Price to Book (P/B)-7.02
Price to Sales (P/S)0.21
P/FCF Ratio36.09
Enterprise Value/Market Cap2.96
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.59
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit5.01
Enterprise Value/Ebitda9.30
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$52.33Price Target Upside69.79% Upside
Rating ConsensusModerate Buy
Number of Analyst Covering2
EPS Forecast (FY)2.93
Revenue Forecast (FY)$2.85B
Cooper-Standard Holdings Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., through its subsidiary, Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc., designs, manufactures, and sells sealing, fuel and brake delivery, and fluid transfer systems. The company's sealing systems include obstacle detection sensor ...
How the Company Makes Money
Cooper-Standard primarily makes money by selling automotive components to vehicle manufacturers (OEMs) under multi-year vehicle program awards. Revenue is generated mainly from (1) Sealing Systems: supplying engineered rubber and polymer sealing p...
Cooper-Standard Holdings Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Cooper-Standard Holdings Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Feb 12, 2026
(Q4-2025)
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Next Earnings Date:Apr 30, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call emphasized strong operational achievements (quality, safety, manufacturing efficiencies), meaningful cost savings, improved full-year adjusted EBITDA and liquidity, and a constructive outlook supported by nearly $300M in new business awards and explicit 2026 margin targets. Near-term challenges were acknowledged — notably a Q4 production disruption, a substantial drop in quarterly EBITDA margin, inflationary wage pressures, and refinancing timing risk — but management presented credible actions and identified a clear path to margin expansion and positive cash flow in 2026. Overall, the positives (operational momentum, new awards, cost savings, improved full-year results, and solid liquidity) outweigh the short-term headwinds.Positive Updates
Operational Excellence & Safety
Exceptional operational metrics: 99% green product quality scorecards and 98% green program launch scorecards. Best year ever for employee safety with a safety incident rate of 0.24 per 200,000 hours (well below the 0.47 benchmark) and 31 plants with zero reportable incidents.
Negative Updates
Fourth Quarter Margin and EBITDA Decline
Q4 2025 adjusted EBITDA fell to $34.9 million (5.2% of sales) from $54.3 million (8.2% of sales) in Q4 2024 — a sizable decline in quarterly profitability and a ~3.0 percentage-point drop in EBITDA margin versus prior-year quarter.
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Q4-2025 Updates
Positive
Negative
Operational Excellence & Safety
Exceptional operational metrics: 99% green product quality scorecards and 98% green program launch scorecards. Best year ever for employee safety with a safety incident rate of 0.24 per 200,000 hours (well below the 0.47 benchmark) and 31 plants with zero reportable incidents.
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Company Guidance
The company guided to improved profitability and margin expansion in 2026, targeting roughly a 3% increase in sales (midpoint ~2.8%) and an adjusted EBITDA goal near $280 million (up from $209.7M in 2025), with a full-year double‑digit EBITDA margin expected (Q1 flagged as the weakest quarter with margins and cash flow building through the rest of the year). Management expects free cash flow to be positive again in 2026 (2025 FCF was $16.3M for the year and $44.6M in Q4), with capex rising about $15M at the midpoint versus 2025’s $48M (1.8% of sales) and cash taxes and working‑capital for launches increasing. Over the 2026–2028 period they expect implied margin gains to reduce net leverage to ~2x or lower and to triple return on invested capital by 2028, while China revenue is expected to grow at a CAGR north of 15% (2025–2028) as new business wins continue (2025 net new awards $298M; management expects $400M+ booked in 2026, with 74% tied to BEV/hybrid and innovation and 51% with Chinese OEMs).Cooper-Standard Holdings Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
56
Neutral
Balance Sheet
23
Negative
Cash Flow
48
Neutral
| Breakdown | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | |||||
| Total Revenue | 2.74B | 2.73B | 2.82B | 2.53B | 2.33B |
| Gross Profit | 321.22M | 302.92M | 290.78M | 129.79M | 87.23M |
| EBITDA | 204.83M | 117.73M | 45.63M | 490.00K | -77.93M |
| Net Income | -4.17M | -78.75M | -201.99M | -215.38M | -322.83M |
Balance Sheet | |||||
| Total Assets | 1.83B | 1.73B | 1.87B | 1.96B | 2.23B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 198.28M | 170.03M | 154.80M | 186.88M | 248.97M |
| Total Debt | 1.26B | 1.19B | 1.19B | 1.13B | 1.15B |
| Total Liabilities | 1.92B | 1.87B | 1.96B | 1.86B | 1.90B |
| Stockholders Equity | -83.49M | -125.77M | -81.30M | 107.71M | 324.88M |
Cash Flow | |||||
| Free Cash Flow | 16.25M | 25.87M | 36.53M | -107.30M | -211.62M |
| Operating Cash Flow | 64.44M | 76.37M | 117.28M | -36.15M | -115.51M |
| Investing Cash Flow | -45.63M | -45.12M | -64.97M | -17.89M | -91.26M |
| Financing Cash Flow | -3.97M | -9.64M | -81.14M | -4.27M | 3.21M |
Cooper-Standard Holdings Technical Analysis
Neutral
30.82
Price Trends
33.21
Negative
32.62
Negative
31.72
Negative
Market Momentum
-1.32
Negative
51.03
Neutral
59.50
Neutral
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For CPS, the sentiment is Neutral. The current price of 30.82 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 29.26, below the 50-day MA of 33.21, and below the 200-day MA of 31.72, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of -1.32 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 51.03 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 59.50 is Neutral, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Neutral sentiment for CPS.
Cooper-Standard Holdings Risk Analysis
Cooper-Standard Holdings disclosed 38 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Cooper-Standard Holdings reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Cooper-Standard Holdings Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
70 Outperform | $1.04B | 16.05 | 17.23% | 3.52% | 9.99% | -23.93% | |
63 Neutral | $3.62B | 11.23 | -39.65% | 1.49% | -1.09% | 56.16% | |
62 Neutral | $3.85B | 38.91 | -2.91% | 1.70% | -18.23% | ― | |
61 Neutral | $18.38B | 12.79 | -2.54% | 3.03% | 1.52% | -15.83% | |
53 Neutral | $543.57M | -140.80 | 4.18% | ― | -0.53% | ― | |
53 Neutral | $810.10M | 10.25 | 11.76% | 3.32% | 23.96% | 11.01% |
* Consumer Cyclical Sector Average
CPS
Cooper-Standard Holdings
30.82
18.67
153.66%
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Cooper-Standard Holdings Corporate Events
Business Operations and StrategyPrivate Placements and Financing
Cooper-Standard Restructures Debt with New Secured Notes
Positive
Mar 4, 2026
On March 4, 2026, Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. issued $1.1 billion of 9.25% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2031, secured primarily by fixed assets and supported by guarantees from key domestic and select international subsidiaries. The not...
Business Operations and StrategyPrivate Placements and Financing
Cooper-Standard Prices $1.1 Billion Senior Secured Notes
Positive
Feb 20, 2026
On February 20, 2026, Cooper-Standard Holdings announced it had priced a private offering by its subsidiary, Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc., of $1.1 billion in 9.250% Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2031. The notes, guaranteed on a senior sec...
Business Operations and StrategyPrivate Placements and Financing
Cooper-Standard Launches $1.1 Billion Senior Secured Notes
Positive
Feb 17, 2026
On February 17, 2026, Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc., launched a private offering of $1.1 billion in Senior Secured First Lien Notes due 2031, guaranteed by certain domestic units on a ...
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