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Neutral 48 (OpenAI - 5.2)
Rating:48Neutral
Price Target:
$8.50
▲(0.59% Upside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:02/11/26
The score is held down primarily by weak financial performance (shrinking revenue, a large 2025 net loss, and high leverage) and loss-driven valuation (negative P/E). Technicals are supportive with an uptrend, but overbought signals raise near-term risk, while the earnings call was mixed: notable Q4 operational/cash progress offset by a difficult Q1 setup and tariff/inventory-driven headwinds.
Positive Factors
Operating Cash Flow
Consistently positive operating cash flow provides a durable internal funding source to cover working capital and interest, supporting deleveraging and investment. Improved OCF in 2025 underpins structural liquidity even if free cash flow remains uneven, reducing refinancing risk over the medium term.
Goodyear Forward Savings
Material, repeatable cost and productivity gains from the Goodyear Forward program create a sustainable margin tailwind and free-cash-flow upside. Run-rate benefits rebase the cost structure, improving operating leverage and providing durable capacity to offset cyclical revenue pressure over multiple quarters.
Premiumization & New Products
Shifting mix to larger, higher-margin tires and a large new-product pipeline supports structural revenue quality improvement. Premiumization lowers price sensitivity, boosts ASPs and margins, and helps defend OEM and replacement share—advantages that persist beyond short-term volume swings.
Negative Factors
Multi-year Revenue Decline & Loss
Sustained top-line contraction erodes scale and operating leverage, forcing higher per-unit costs and pressuring long-run profitability. A large 2025 net loss weakens earnings quality and restricts capacity to rebuild equity, making recovery dependent on durable demand or sustained margin gains.
High Leverage & Equity Erosion
Elevated and worsening leverage constrains financial flexibility, increases interest and refinancing exposure, and limits ability to fund strategic investments. Equity erosion amplifies downside risk in a downturn, leaving less cushion for cyclical stresses or further industry shocks over the medium term.
Tariffs, Channel Inventories & Demand Weakness
Structural headwinds—tariffs, elevated channel inventories and sustained commercial weakness—compress margins and depress factory utilization. Continued destocking and import dynamics can prolong lower sell-through and unabsorbed overhead, creating multi-quarter volatility in margins and cash conversion.

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GoodYear Tire Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company DescriptionThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells tires and related products and services worldwide. It offers various lines of tires for automobiles, trucks, buses, aircraft, motorcycles, earthmoving equipment, and mining and industrial equipment under the Goodyear, Cooper, Dunlop, Kelly, Debica, Sava, Fulda, Mastercraft, Roadmaster, and various other house brands, as well as under the private-label brands. The company also retreads truck, aviation, and off-the-road tires; manufactures and sells tread rubber and other tire retreading materials; sells chemical and natural rubber products; and provides automotive and commercial truck maintenance and repair services, and miscellaneous other products and services. It operates approximately 1,000 retail outlets, which offer products for retail sale, and provides repair and other services. The company sells its products worldwide through a network of independent dealers, regional distributors, retail outlets, and retailers. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was incorporated in 1898 and is headquartered in Akron, Ohio.
How the Company Makes MoneyGoodyear generates revenue primarily through the sale of tires across different market segments: consumer tires, commercial tires, and specialty tires. The consumer tire segment includes tires for passenger cars and light trucks, while the commercial segment covers tires for heavy-duty trucks, buses, and off-the-road vehicles. Goodyear also earns revenue from its retreading services, which extend the lifecycle of tires and offer cost savings to customers. Key revenue streams include direct sales to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and replacement tire sales through various retail channels. The company has established significant partnerships with automotive manufacturers and distributors, ensuring a steady demand for its products. Additionally, Goodyear invests in research and development to innovate and improve tire technology, which helps maintain its competitive edge and drive sales.

GoodYear Tire Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

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Operating Income by Geography
Operating Income by Geography
Reveals profitability across different regions, highlighting where GoodYear Tire excels and where it might face challenges or opportunities due to regional market dynamics.
Chart InsightsGoodyear's operating income in the Americas shows volatility, with recent declines potentially linked to industry disruptions and raw material costs. EMEA's performance remains inconsistent, reflecting ongoing market challenges and tariff impacts. In contrast, APAC demonstrates resilience with steady growth, possibly benefiting from strategic pricing actions. Despite these challenges, Goodyear's focus on premium segments and cost management through the Goodyear Forward initiatives could stabilize future performance, although near-term headwinds persist. The company's strategic divestitures and pricing strategies are crucial as they navigate a tough market environment.
Data provided by:The Fly

GoodYear Tire Earnings Call Summary

Earnings Call Date:Feb 09, 2026
(Q4-2025)
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Next Earnings Date:May 01, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Neutral
The call highlighted meaningful operational and financial progress — record Q4 SOI, strong free cash flow, substantial Goodyear Forward savings and portfolio premiumization — but management also signaled material near-term headwinds (Q1 volume down ~10%, commercial weakness, elevated channel inventories, tariff and factory inefficiency costs). The positive execution and balance-sheet improvements are offset by expected volatility and earnings pressure in early 2026, leaving the outlook balanced between demonstrated execution and short-term market/structural challenges.
Q4-2025 Updates
Positive Updates
Record Q4 Operating Performance
Q4 revenue of $4.9 billion with segment operating income (SOI) of $416 million — the highest SOI and SOI margin in over 7 years. SOI was up ~9% year-over-year (and +18% when adjusted for divestitures). Reported SOI margin was 8.5% (up ~1 point excluding asset sales).
Strong Free Cash Flow and Balance Sheet Improvement
Generated over $1.3 billion of free cash flow in Q4; net debt declined by $1.6 billion year-over-year, helped by proceeds from three major asset sales and an insurance recovery.
Goodyear Forward Delivery
Goodyear Forward delivered $192 million of benefits in Q4 and $772 million for the full year; company exceeded initial P&L targets for 2024 and 2025 by over $150 million and reports $1.5 billion of run-rate benefits to date.
Price/Mix and Revenue per Tire Gains
Revenue per tire increased ~4% in Q4 (consumer replacement revenue per tire up ~8%). Price/mix contributed ~$206 million to Q4 performance; company is prioritizing higher-margin, >18-inch products.
Product and Commercial Execution
Launched a large new-product program (30% more new products than most of company history) and plans ~1,700 new products in 2026. U.S. consumer >18-inch share rose to ~50% in Q4 (vs ~42% in Q4 2024), supporting premium mix.
Regional Operational Progress — EMEA & Asia Pacific
EMEA: eighth consecutive quarter of consumer OE market share gains (~+3 percentage points) and highest SOI margin in over 3 years; Asia Pacific: consumer replacement returned to growth after SKU rationalizations, with APAC SOI of $69 million (13.1% of sales) and margin expansion excluding divestitures.
Cost and Capital Discipline
Company reduced base CapEx and interest expense assumptions for modeling, driving improved cash generation outlook; emphasized manufacturing efficiency programs and procurement/engineering changes that improved CapEx leverage.
Negative Updates
Weak Volume Trends and Q1 Guidance
Company expects Q1 volume to be down ~10% (driven largely by U.S. consumer replacement). Q4 unit volume declined ~3% and Americas unit volume was down ~4% in Q4.
Commercial Vehicle Weakness
Americas commercial volume declined ~14% in Q4; U.S. heavy truck builds fell ~17% in Q4 and U.S. commercial OE industry volume was down ~26%, pressuring commercial margins and factory utilization.
Elevated Channel Inventories and Promotional Activity
Industry/U.S. channel inventories up ~10% year-over-year at year-end due to prebuy/imports and heavy year-end promotions; industry sell-out declined ~2.5% in Q4 and January sell-out was ~5% weaker than Q4, driving dealer/distributor destocking and Q1 pressure.
Tariffs, Inflation and Other Cost Headwinds
Inflation, tariffs and other costs were a headwind of ~$227 million in Q4. For Q1 tariffs and other costs expected to be ~ $130 million (tariffs ~ $65 million); full-year tariffs are expected to be a ~$175 million headwind.
Divestitures and Scope Impacts
Sale of OTR and Chemicals reduced Q4 sales (~0.6% YoY decline) and lowers the earnings base (Dunlop & Chemical sales reduced Q1 earnings base by ~$37 million and ~$185 million on a full-year basis). Supply agreements add $55 million of amortization of deferred revenue in 2026.
Near-Term Margin Pressure from Unabsorbed Overhead
Unabsorbed overhead is expected to be a Q1 headwind of ~$60 million; 'other costs' (~$120 million) driven by factory inefficiencies, ramp downs and transitory manufacturing costs are concentrated in the first half of 2026.
Europe Uncertainty and Import Dynamics
EU antidumping decision timeline pushed to midyear and an anti-subsidy probe initiated, creating uncertainty; EMEA consumer sell-in softened in anticipation and delays may enable additional low-end imports to flow into the region, pressuring near-term volumes and pricing.
Company Guidance
The company guided that Q1 will be challenging — volume is expected to be down about 10%, driven by weak U.S. consumer replacement and elevated channel inventories after heavy Q4 promotion and weather-related sell-out weakness — with an unabsorbed overhead headwind of ~$60M (after lowering production by 4M units in Q4, with carry-through into Q2–Q3). For Q1 they expect price/mix to benefit ~ $25M, raw materials to benefit ~ $85M (≈$300M benefit full year, with ~2/3 in H1), Goodyear Forward to contribute ~ $100M in Q1 (~$300M for FY), and tariffs & other costs to be a ~ $130M headwind in Q1 (tariffs ~ $65M); full-year tariffs are expected to be ~$175M and other costs ~$120M (weighted to H1). The Dunlop & Chemical sales reduce the earnings base by ~$37M in Q1 and ~$185M for the year, and the company will amortize ~$55M of deferred revenue in 2026 (≈$15M higher vs. 2025); management expects lower CapEx and interest expense and a base-case move to slightly positive free cash flow for 2026 (after delivering >$1.3B FCF in Q4, $4.9B revenue, $416M SOI in Q4 and net debt down ~$1.6B YoY).

GoodYear Tire Financial Statement Overview

Summary
Overall fundamentals are pressured: multi-year revenue decline and a large 2025 net loss alongside high (and worsening) leverage. Positive operating cash flow is a key support, but free cash flow has been inconsistent and slightly negative in 2025.
Income Statement
38
Negative
Revenue has been shrinking for three straight years (2023–2025), with a sharp drop in 2025. Profitability is volatile: the company swung from a small profit in 2024 to a large net loss in 2025, even though gross margin stayed fairly steady in the high-teens. Operating profitability remains positive (EBIT margin ~3.6% in 2024–2025), but the gap between operating profit and bottom-line results signals meaningful below-the-line pressure and weak earnings quality.
Balance Sheet
34
Negative
Leverage is high and has worsened as equity declined: debt-to-equity rose to ~2.24 in 2025 from ~1.85 in 2024. Total debt fell in 2025, but the drop in equity and large loss drove return on equity deeply negative in 2025, highlighting balance-sheet strain. Overall, the capital structure leaves less flexibility if industry conditions weaken further.
Cash Flow
44
Neutral
Operating cash flow remained positive and improved in 2025 versus 2024, which is a key support amid earnings weakness. However, free cash flow has been inconsistent and mostly negative (notably large deficits in 2022 and 2024), and 2025 was slightly negative despite the operating cash improvement. Cash generation is therefore not yet reliably translating into sustainable excess cash after investment needs.
BreakdownDec 2025Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022Dec 2021
Income Statement
Total Revenue18.28B18.88B20.07B20.80B17.48B
Gross Profit3.37B3.70B3.51B3.85B3.79B
EBITDA1.36B1.73B856.00M1.81B1.78B
Net Income-1.72B70.00M-689.00M202.00M764.00M
Balance Sheet
Total Assets18.21B20.96B21.58B22.43B21.40B
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments801.00M810.00M902.00M1.23B1.09B
Total Debt7.26B8.79B8.65B8.91B8.42B
Total Liabilities14.80B16.06B16.75B16.96B16.22B
Stockholders Equity3.23B4.76B4.67B5.30B5.00B
Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow-30.00M-490.00M-18.00M-540.00M81.00M
Operating Cash Flow796.00M698.00M1.03B521.00M1.06B
Investing Cash Flow997.00M-1.00B-1.03B-914.00M-2.79B
Financing Cash Flow-1.77B225.00M-333.00M575.00M1.31B

GoodYear Tire Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis Sentiment
Negative
Last Price8.45
Price Trends
50DMA
9.19
Negative
100DMA
8.43
Positive
200DMA
9.15
Negative
Market Momentum
MACD
-0.20
Positive
RSI
37.73
Neutral
STOCH
7.79
Positive
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For GT, the sentiment is Negative. The current price of 8.45 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 9.35, below the 50-day MA of 9.19, and below the 200-day MA of 9.15, indicating a bearish trend. The MACD of -0.20 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 37.73 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 7.79 is Positive, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Negative sentiment for GT.

GoodYear Tire Risk Analysis

GoodYear Tire disclosed 26 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. GoodYear Tire 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

GoodYear Tire Peers Comparison

Overall Rating
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (61)
Financial Indicators
Name
Overall Rating
Market Cap
P/E Ratio
ROE
Dividend Yield
Revenue Growth
EPS Growth
73
Outperform
$3.86B14.2514.74%7.94%34.84%
72
Outperform
$6.80B16.469.21%2.63%-1.90%-13.86%
71
Outperform
$9.22B12.9130.32%2.60%0.84%26.17%
62
Neutral
$12.18B45.985.05%1.24%0.08%-83.69%
61
Neutral
$18.38B12.79-2.54%3.03%1.52%-15.83%
58
Neutral
$16.53B60.703.25%2.16%-85.91%
48
Neutral
$2.52B-1.42-43.08%-3.87%-482.29%
* Consumer Cyclical Sector Average
Performance Comparison
Ticker
Company Name
Price
Change
% Change
GT
GoodYear Tire
8.45
-1.00
-10.58%
ALV
Autoliv
120.76
26.16
27.65%
BWA
BorgWarner
57.91
28.58
97.44%
APTV
Aptiv
77.04
11.92
18.30%
DORM
Dorman Products
116.55
-14.91
-11.34%
LEA
Lear
133.02
41.92
46.02%
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This AI Analyst Stock Report is automatically generated by our AI systems using advanced algorithms and publicly available financial, technical, and market data. While the information provided aims to be accurate and insightful, it is intended for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Any content created by an AI (Artificial Intelligence) system may contain inaccuracies and/or contain errors. Investing in stocks carries inherent risks, and past performance is not indicative of future results. This report does not account for your personal financial circumstances, objectives, or risk tolerance. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions. The analysis and recommendations provided are based on historical and current data and may not fully reflect future market conditions or unexpected developments. Neither the creators of this report nor its affiliated entities guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information presented. Use this report at your own discretion and risk.Date of analysis: Feb 11, 2026