Goodyear Tire presents a combination of below-minimum business quality, declining revenue, two consecutive earnings misses in the most recent quarters, and confirmed technical weakness that makes it difficult to construct a credible investment case at current levels, with the stock offering essentially no upside to its near-term ceiling and an unfavorable risk/reward.
Thesis pillars
- Quality Well Below Minimum→Stable
- Revenue Decline Margin Pressure→Stable
- Consecutive Earnings Misses→Stable
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Comp (GT) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup · Inst Constrain edge
Consumer Cyclical · Auto Parts
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $6.61: Quality below floor (1.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.8/10. Specifically: High short interest: 17%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber manufactures and sells tires across three global segments — Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific — with net sales of $18,280 million and a net loss of $1,721 million in 2025, operating 49 plants in 19 countries. Approximately 84% of 2025 sales were tire units;... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $6.61: Quality below floor (1.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.8/10. Specifically: High short interest: 17%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 61. Score 4.8/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 6/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, news events none recent, earnings proximity 34d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio and 8k serious 2.05. Suitability: speculative.
Recent developments
updated 2026-07-06Recent Developments — The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Comp
Latest news
- NEWS Allison Transmission To Replace Goodyear Tire & Rubber In The S&P MidCap 40; Goodyear Tire & Rubber To Replace Stellar B — benzinga Jun 30, 2026 positive
- NEWS Biohaven, Goodyear Tire And Other Big Stocks Moving Lower In Monday’s Pre-Market Session — benzinga Jun 29, 2026 negative
- NEWS Goodyear CFO Christina Zamarro To Step Down Effective June 30, 2026; Scott Deakin Named Interim CFO — benzinga Jun 26, 2026 negative
- NEWS Reported Earlier, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Announced That It Has Priced Its Offering Of $1.05B Aggregate Principal Amo — benzinga Jun 2, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Goodyear Tire & Rubber Commences $750M Senior Notes Offering — benzinga Jun 1, 2026 neutral
Generated 2026-07-06T04:40:26Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- LOWCustomerOE customers19%10-K Item 1A: 'sales to our OE customers accounted for approximately 19% of our net sales in 2025'
Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-03-20Item 2.05MEDIUMGoodyear approved EMEA rationalization plan on March 16, 2026 reducing approximately 400 net positions across multiple countries. Pre-tax charges expected $100M-$110M with cash outflows over 2026-2029. Actions substantially complete by 2028; expected EMEA operating income improvement of $35M-$40M in 2028 and ~$50M annually thereafter.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Cyclical trough — margins compressed or negative. Profitability typically recovers with the cycle, but floor fires on current data.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Technicals below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $6.61: Quality below floor (1.5 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 4.8/10. Specifically: High short interest: 17%; Below-average business quality; Below long-term trend. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 61. Prior stop was $6.13. Score 4.8/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $6.72 (+2.0% upside). Prior stop was $6.13. Stop-loss: $6.13.
Target reached (-1.6% upside); Quality below floor (1.5 < 4.0).
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Comp trades at a P/E of N/A (forward 10.2). TrendMatrix value score: 8.1/10. Verdict: Sell.
22 analysts cover GT with a consensus score of 3.7/5. Average price target: $7.
What does The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Comp do?Goodyear Tire & Rubber manufactures and sells tires across three global segments — Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific —...
Goodyear Tire & Rubber manufactures and sells tires across three global segments — Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific — with net sales of $18,280 million and a net loss of $1,721 million in 2025, operating 49 plants in 19 countries. Approximately 84% of 2025 sales were tire units; the company operates roughly 750 retail outlets and is one of the largest commercial truck tire retreaders globally.