Goodyear Sees First Quarter Losses - Tire Review Magazine

Goodyear Sees First Quarter Losses

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has reported first quarter 2009 sales of $3.5 billion, down from record sales of $4.9 billion in first quarter of 2008.

Goodyear’s first quarter 2009 net loss was $333 million ($1.38 per share), compared with Goodyear net income of $147 million (60 cents per share) in the 2008 quarter.

The quarter’s sales reflect the $766 million impact of a 20% decline in tire unit volume due to significantly lower global industry demand. In addition, unfavorable currency translation reduced sales by $484 million. Sales benefited from price/mix improvements that drove revenue per tire, excluding the impact of foreign currency translation, up 3.4% over the 2008 quarter despite a significant drop in commercial truck tire unit volume.

Goodyear’s segment operating loss of $176 million in the quarter reflects weak industry demand across all of its businesses, resulting in a negative volume impact of $138 million, under-absorbed fixed costs of approximately $200 million and declines in its other tire related businesses. Higher raw material costs, which increased 31%, or approximately $332 million, more than offset improved price/mix of $161 million.

Selling, administrative and general expenses improved by $102 million compared to the 2008 quarter, benefiting primarily from foreign currency translation and cost efficiencies. The 2009 quarter was also impacted by after-tax charges of $57 million (23 cents per share) due to rationalizations, asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation, and a gain of $9 million (4 cents per share) after minority interest primarily due to tax law changes.

“Our markets presented us with the challenges we expected in the first quarter, and in some cases more,” said Bob Keegan, chairman and CEO. “While we aren’t satisfied with our results, they generally reflect the difficult market conditions. Our ongoing innovation played a significant role in driving our first quarter top line as we continued to take the right cost and cash actions to weather the economic downturn and position our company to rapidly take advantage of opportunities as the markets recover.” (Tire Review/Akron)

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