Goodyear swings to $31M adjusted loss in Q3 2026
Tires measuring 18 inches and above accounted for 44% of sales volume, up from 39% a year earlier.
Sentiment and the balance of points
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Rhea-AI Filing Summary
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company reported third-quarter 2026 net sales of $4.54 billion, down 2.3% year over year; organic net sales rose 1.6% after excluding the direct impacts of the Dunlop brand and Chemical business divestitures. Tire volume was 38.6 million units, down 3.3%, with replacement-market weakness partly offset by higher OE volumes. Goodyear reported a $238 million net loss, or $0.82 per diluted share, versus a $2.195 billion net loss a year earlier; adjusted results were a $31 million net loss, or $0.11 per diluted share, versus adjusted net income of $82 million, or $0.28 per diluted share.
Segment operating income was $174 million, compared with $287 million a year earlier; after adjusting for the Chemical and Dunlop sales, it decreased $57 million. Regional results included $96 million of Americas segment operating income, $12 million in EMEA, and $66 million in Asia Pacific, which was $15 million above a year earlier. Management cited factory-utilization and cost-absorption pressures in the Americas. Third-quarter rationalization charges were $148 million pretax. The company established a dedicated transformation office to pursue broader operational and strategic opportunities and structural changes aimed at more consistent free cash flow.
How this balance works
Rhea-AI gives every point it takes from this document a weight. Minor counts 1, Moderate 3 and Major 9, so one Major point outweighs several Minor ones. The bar adds up the weights on each side, and when neither side holds more than 65% of the total the balance reads Mixed.
It reads the document as published, with the same rules for every company, and it does not look at what the market expected or at how the stock traded, so a point can be objectively good on a day the stock falls.
Rhea-AI Sentiment measures something else, the tone of the wording.
Positive
- Moderate pointGoodyear's GAAP net loss narrowed to $238 million from $2.195 billion.
Negative
- Major pointOperating cash flow: $(764) million for nine months ended September 30, 2026.
- Moderate pointAdjusted results: $31 million loss versus $82 million income.
- Moderate pointSegment operating income fell to $174 million from $287 million.
Filing Explained
Nine-month operations used cash; financing provided cash.
Goodyear’s Form 8-K reports third-quarter 2026 results; at
For the first nine months of 2026, operating activities used cash, while financing activities provided cash; period-end cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash were reported.
8-K Event Classification
Key Figures
Key Terms
Organic earnings measures financial
Total Segment Operating Margin financial
SKU rationalization technical
Earnings Snapshot
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