Tires & Rubber

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: GT) is up sharply today, gaining more than 5% on heavy volume. There are rumors out today that the tire company could potentially go private for $17 per share in a leveraged buyout offer. At last chec, shares of GT were up 54 cents to $10.25, a gain of...

Unconfirmed Rumors that Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (GT) is going private on LBO at $17.00 a share..(GT) could not be reached for comment.

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Below are the top rubber & plastic stocks on the NYSE and the NASDAQ in terms of cash. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: GT) had $1.66 billion in total cash and $4.97 billion in total debt for the latest quarter. Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Co (NYSE: CTB) had $347.41 million in...

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The auto industry is a highly concentrated one. About 10 global automakers account for over 77% of the production worldwide. In the first nine months of 2010, General Motors (MTLQQ) led with a 19% market share in the U.S., followed by Ford Motor Co. (F) with a 16.7% market share, Toyota Motors Corp...

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (CTB) showed an 18% fall in profit to $49.4 million in the third quarter of 2010 from $60.2 million in the same quarter of prior year (all excluding the restructuring charges related to the closure of the Albany, Georgia facility). On earnings per share basis,...

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (CTB) showed an 18% fall in profit to $49.4 million in the third quarter of 2010 from $60.2 million in the same quarter of prior year (all excluding the restructuring charges related to the closure of the Albany, Georgia facility). On earnings per share basis,...

• Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) posted third quarter earnings of $0.54, $0.07 better-than-expected, on an 83% revenue surge to $4.1 billion, up from Street estimates of $3.8 billion • Humana (NYSE: HUM) beat estimates by $0.35 with third quarter adjusted earnings of $2.01, versus estimates of $1.66, on...

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J.P Morgan leaves its 2011e EPS ($1.15) and 2012 EPS ($1.85) on Goodyear Tire and Rubber (NYSE: GT) unchanged, but reduces Q4.2010. J.P Morgan remains Overweight on GT given depressed expectations and leverage to CV volumes, but believe volumes and/or cost cutting needs to accelerate to make the...

Shares of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: CTB) are currently up 6% at $20.80 per share during Monday afternoon trading. Today's trading range for shares of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company has been between $20.18 and $21.52 per share. The consensus price target of analysts covering the...

Last night the Chinese economy reported a better than expected producers price index(PMI). This news obviously helped lift all the commodity stocks this morning. As we all know commodities and most commodity stocks have risen sharply since early July on positive economic data out of China. China is...

Surety & Title Insurance industry was the worst performing industry today, with a decline of 3.91%. The worst performing stock in the space was The PMI Group, Inc. (NYSE: PMI). PMI lost 18.98%, after posting disappointing third-quarter results. Rubber & Plastics industry lost 3.26% on...