GT | Market Cap: $1.9B (07/13/26)
Industry:
Automotive Manufacturing

DESCRIPTION

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire manufacturers, producing tires for passenger cars, light trucks, SUVs, commercial trucks, aircraft, motorcycles, and farm equipment. Tires account for roughly 84% of sales. Goodyear sells tires through two channels: original equipment (OE), where tires are fitted on new vehicles at the factory, and replacement, the larger channel at roughly 71% of unit volume, serving consumers and fleets buying worn-tire replacements. Goodyear distributes tires through independent dealers, national retailers, and roughly 750 company-owned retail stores in the U.S. It also operates approximately 180 commercial service centers serving trucking fleets with tires, retreads, and roadside assistance. Goodyear operates three geographic segments — Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific — with manufacturing across North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Profitability is driven by volume (factory utilization), price/mix (premium tires on larger rim sizes carry meaningfully higher margins), and raw material costs. Goodyear has a structural cost advantage under current U.S. tariffs, with only about 12% of U.S. supply sourced from non-USMCA countries versus an estimated industry average above 50%. Between 2024 and 2025, Goodyear executed a transformation plan that delivered roughly $1.5B in annualized cost savings and approximately $2.2B in asset sale proceeds — including divestitures of the off-the-road tire business, the Dunlop brand, and the polymer chemicals business — which were used primarily to reduce debt.

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