Topic: Growth Stocks

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. $32.22 – Nasdaq symbol GT

GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. $32.22 (Nasdaq symbol GT; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (330-796-2122; www.goodyear.com; Shares outstanding: 269.6 million; Market cap: $8.8 billion; Dividend yield: 0.7%) is the world’s largest tire maker, with 50 plants in 22 countries.

In the three months ended June 30, 2015, Goodyear’s revenue fell 10.4%, to $4.17 billion from $4.66 billion a year earlier. The rising U.S. dollar cut the contribution from the company’s foreign sales (particularly in Europe and Brazil) by $401 million.

Excluding one-time items, earnings rose 1.8%, to $229.0 million, or $0.84 a share, well ahead of the consensus estimate of $0.74. A year earlier, the company earned $225.0 million, or $0.80 a share.

Goodyear has reaffirmed its targets for the next 12 months and expects its earnings to rise 10% to 15%. The company’s costs—including for oil, rubber and other raw materials—keep falling, and it now has a favourable labour deal with the United Steelworkers.

The stock trades at just 10.7 times the $3.00 a share the company is forecast to earn in 2015. It yields 0.7%.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber is a buy.

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