Forensic Analysis · General / Diversified · as of Jun 27, 2026
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/ (GT)
A forensic read on GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/ built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.
F · Poor — capital at risk
Forensic grade
Distress
Financial health
0.9
Altman Z-score
Clean
Earnings quality
5
Forensic signals
-58.1%
ROE
$2.0B
Market cap
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO /OH/ earns a F (Poor — capital at risk) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is 0.9, placing it in the Distress zone. 5 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.
What the filings flag
-1%Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is -1% and slipping from 1% — well below its ~9% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.
stoppedShareholder returns — halted.Capital returns have STOPPED — $37M of buybacks + dividends in FY2020, but ~$0 in FY2025. A halt usually means the company is conserving cash; understand why before reading it as neutral.
suspendedDividend — suspended.The dividend has been SUSPENDED — $37M paid in FY2020, then $0 in FY2025. A suspension is a major signal the board is conserving cash; the prior payment history doesn't offset it.
+0.2%/yrShare-count dilution.Diluted share count changed +1% over the last 3 years to FY2025 (+0.2%/yr). Roughly flat — buybacks are about offsetting stock comp, not shrinking the count. Per-share value isn't being meaningfully helped or hurt by the count.
$1.1BGoodwill impairments.Took $1.1B of goodwill writedowns across 3 year(s) (FY2020 ($182M), FY2023 ($230M), FY2025 ($674M)). Writedowns mean past acquisitions underperformed what was paid for them — worth weighing on capital-allocation skill.
Key fundamentals
Net Margin-9.4%
Debt / Equity1.92x
Free Cash Flow$-30.0M
Latest Revenue$18.28B
Return on Equity-53.2%
Revenue Growth YoY-3.2%
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