Goodyear Announces Q3 2024 Results, Increases Goodyear Forward Targets

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ: GT) reported third quarter 2024 results today and the company will host an investor call tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. eastern time led by Mark Stewart, Goodyear’s chief executive officer and president, and Christina Zamarro, the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer. The management team will share insights on third quarter performance and progress on the Goodyear Forward transformation plan.

« As a result of the consistent and strong execution of our Goodyear Forward transformation plan, we successfully achieved four consecutive quarters of segment operating margin expansion. These tangible results are not only a testament to the talent of our team, but also to the strong foundation of Goodyear, » said Chief Executive Officer and President Mark Stewart.  « Throughout the company, we are delivering solid results. Due to the strong momentum underway, we are increasing our target for gross run-rate gains from Goodyear Forward to $1.5 billion by the end of 2025. »

« This increase will enable us to realize significant year-over-year earnings benefits in both 2024 and 2025 from the program, » continued Stewart. « We have raised our guidance for 2024 Goodyear Forward gross benefits to $450 million and we continue to expect an additional $750 million of year-over-year gross benefits in 2025. We remain confident we will achieve our 10% SOI margin and 2.0x – 2.5x leverage targets in the fourth quarter of next year. »

The Goodyear Forward transformation plan was announced in November 2023 to create a more profitable enterprise and drive shareholder value creation. Run rate cost reduction and top line benefits have been increased by $200 million above the original $1.3 billion target. The company continues to expect to realize gross proceeds in excess of $2 billion from portfolio optimization and reaffirms its commitment to net leverage of 2.0x – 2.5x by the end of 2025.

Goodyear’s third quarter 2024 sales were $4.8 billion, with tire unit volumes totaling 42.5 million. Third quarter 2024 Goodyear net loss was $34 million (12 cents per share) compared to a Goodyear net loss of $89 million (31 cents per share) a year ago. The third quarter of 2024 included several significant items including, on a pre-tax basis, an intangible asset impairment of $125 million, Goodyear Forward costs of $25 million and rationalization charges of $11 million. The third quarter of 2023 included pre-tax rationalization charges of $198 million. The intangible asset impairment includes a significant reduction in the carrying value of the company’s tier three Mastercraft and Roadmaster brands given lower volume as a result of increased competition in opening price points in the U.S. market and plans under Goodyear Forward to increase overall profitability. Goodyear Forward costs are comprised of advisory, legal and consulting fees and costs associated with planned asset sales.

Third quarter 2024 adjusted net income was $105 million compared to adjusted net income of $104 million in the prior year’s quarter. Adjusted earnings per share was $0.37, compared to $0.36 in the prior year’s quarter. Per share amounts are diluted.

The company reported segment operating income of $347 million in the third quarter of 2024, up $11 million from a year ago. The increase in segment operating income reflects benefits of $123 million from the Goodyear Forward transformation plan and $17 million from insurance proceeds, net of current year expenses, primarily related to storm damage in prior years. These were partly offset by the impact of lower tire volume of $74 million and inflation of $53 million. …

Source: Goodyear