Goodyear posts Q4 profit but $1.7B 2025 loss
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company reported fourth quarter 2025 net sales of $4.9 billion, essentially flat year over year, with tire volumes of 42.3 million.
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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company reported fourth quarter 2025 net sales of $4.9 billion, essentially flat year over year, with tire volumes of 42.3 million. Goodyear net income was $105 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, and adjusted net income was $113 million, or $0.39 per share.
Fourth quarter segment operating income rose to $416 million, an 8.5% margin, helped by $192 million of Goodyear Forward benefits and favorable price/mix versus raw materials. For full-year 2025, net sales were $18.3 billion and Goodyear recorded a net loss of $1.7 billion, or ($5.99) per share, driven largely by a $1.5 billion non-cash deferred tax asset valuation allowance and a $674 million goodwill impairment. Full-year adjusted net income was $136 million, or $0.47 per share, with total segment operating income of $1.1 billion.
Positive
- Record-like Q4 segment performance: Fourth quarter 2025 segment operating income reached $416 million with an 8.5% margin, which management described as the highest segment operating income and margin achieved in more than seven years.
- Debt reduction and cash generation: Goodyear generated $796 million of operating cash flow in 2025 and $2.3 billion of divestiture and asset-sale proceeds, which were primarily used to reduce debt, contributing to a decline in long term debt from $6.4 billion to $5.3 billion.
Negative
- Large full-year GAAP loss and write-downs: 2025 results included a Goodyear net loss of $1.7 billion, or ($5.99) per share, driven primarily by a $1.5 billion non-cash deferred tax asset valuation allowance and a $674 million goodwill impairment.
- Weaker full-year adjusted earnings and segment income: Adjusted net income declined to $136 million in 2025 from $278 million in 2024, while total segment operating income fell to $1.1 billion from $1.3 billion amid lower volumes and tariff-related pressures.
Insights
Goodyear’s Q4 was strong operationally, but 2025 GAAP results were heavily hit by large non-cash charges.
Goodyear generated solid fourth quarter 2025 results: net income of $105 million and adjusted net income of $113 million on net sales of $4.9 billion. Segment operating income reached $416 million, an 8.5% margin, the highest segment operating income and margin in more than seven years according to management.
Full-year 2025 tells a different story. Net sales of $18.3 billion produced a Goodyear net loss of $1.7 billion, or ($5.99) per share, versus net income of $46 million a year earlier. The loss was driven mainly by a non-cash deferred tax asset valuation allowance of $1.5 billion and a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $674 million, along with rationalization, pension settlement and other items.
On an adjusted basis, 2025 net income was $136 million and adjusted EPS was $0.47, down from $278 million and $0.97 in 2024. Total segment operating income declined to $1.1 billion from $1.3 billion, reflecting lower volumes and tariff-related dynamics despite $772 million of Goodyear Forward benefits and modest net price/mix versus raw material tailwinds.
Despite a large accounting loss, Goodyear improved leverage using $2.3 billion of asset sale proceeds and solid cash generation.
Goodyear generated cash flows from operating activities of $796 million in 2025, up from $698 million in 2024. Asset dispositions provided an additional $1.8 billion of cash. Management states that $2.3 billion of 2025 divestiture and asset-sale proceeds, including the Chemical and OTR businesses and Dunlop brand, were primarily used to reduce debt.
The balance sheet reflects this de‑leveraging: long term debt and finance leases fell to $5.3 billion from $6.4 billion, and total liabilities declined to $14.8 billion from $16.1 billion. Total assets decreased to $18.2 billion, partly due to the $674 million goodwill impairment and reduction in deferred income taxes to $348 million. Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash ended 2025 at $910 million.
Segment results were mixed, with EMEA improving sharply while Americas and Asia Pacific faced volume and business-sale headwinds.
In the Americas, fourth quarter 2025 net sales of $2.9 billion were 0.8% lower than 2024 as tire units fell 3.9%. Segment operating income declined to $233 million, hurt by non‑recurrence of $52 million of 2024 insurance recoveries and the Chemical business sale impact of $7 million. High channel inventories of imported products weighed on replacement volumes.
EMEA’s performance improved: fourth quarter net sales rose 4.9% to $1.5 billion, and segment operating income increased to $114 million from $38 million, helped by price/mix, currency and a $56 million insurance recovery. Asia Pacific’s net sales declined 12.9% to $528 million due to the OTR divestiture, but excluding $29 million related to that sale, segment operating income increased 30% and margin expanded 330 basis points.
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