The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (GT – Analyst Report) is one of the world’s largest tire manufacturing companies, selling under Goodyear, Kelly, Dunlop, Fulda, Debica, Sava and various other brands. The company regularly launches innovative products and services to boost sales. Although Goodyear generates worldwide sales, North America is its leading market.It is also expanding in emerging markets to boost profits.

Goodyear is benefitting from lower raw material costs, strong economic trends in North America and continued cost savings, partially offset by a challenging international environment and unfavorable foreign currency translation due to the continuing strength of the U.S. dollar. Goodyear’s revenue has been declining over the years. The company has also been facing challenges in terms of a volatile political and economic environment and high currency fluctuations in Latin America.

Estimate Trend & Surprise History

Investors should note that the fourth-quarter earnings estimates for Goodyear inched down by a cent over the last 30 days.

Meanwhile, the company delivered positive earnings surprises in each of the last four quarter with an average beat of 9.06%. Investors have been eagerly awaiting Goodyear’s latest earnings report to see whether it delivers an earnings beat in the fourth quarter as well.

Zacks Rank

Goodyear currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), but that could change following its earnings report which was just released. We have highlighted some of the key stats from the company’s earnings announcement below:

Earnings Surpass Estimates, Rise Y/Y

Goodyear reported adjusted earnings of 93 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2015, comfortably surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 74 cents. Adjusted earnings were higher than 59 cents generated in the year-ago quarter.

Revenues Beat Estimates, Fall Y/Y

Goodyear logged revenues of $4.06 billion, marginally beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4.03 billion. However, revenues were lower than $4.36 billion posted a year ago, mainly due to unfavorable foreign currency translation.