Topic: Growth Stocks

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. $25.57 – Nasdaq symbol GT

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. $25.57 (Nasdaq symbol GT; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (330-796-2122; www.goodyear.com; Shares outstanding: 274.6 million; Market cap: $6.8 billion; Dividend yield: 0.9%) expects to report lowerthan- expected profits in its soon-to-bereleased 2014 fourth-quarter results.

The company now expects fourth-quarter operating income growth to be below the 10% to 15% it originally forecast in October 2014. That’s because weak European sales and a decline in foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar are hurting the value of its international sales. Warmer-than-expected weather also hurt demand for winter tires.

However, Goodyear reaffirmed its 2015 targets and expects operating income growth of 10% to 15% to resume this year. The stock trades at just 8.1 times the company’s forecast 2015 earnings of $3.15 a share.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber is still a buy.

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