Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., operating primarily through its subsidiary Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc., is an enterprise dedicated to the engineering, production, and sale of ...
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Est. EPS $1.24 · Revenue $724.73M · 2 analysts
Est. EPS $1.44 · Revenue $715.13M · 2 analysts
Est. EPS $2.44 · Revenue $2.85B · 1 analysts
Est. EPS $0.76 · Revenue $710.40M · 1 analysts
| Metric | Latest | YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength. | QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes. |
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| RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three). | $2.7B | +0.4% | +5.1% |
| Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day. | $-4.2M | +94.7% | +43.4% |
| Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials. | +11.7% | +5.7% | +1.5% |
| Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on). | +3.9% | +52.5% | -52.9% |
| Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales. | -0.2% | +94.7% | +46.2% |
| Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock. | $16.3M | -37.2% | +117.5% |
| FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine. | +0.6% | -37.4% | +116.6% |
| Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe. | -1428.7% | -50.9% | +15.1% |
| Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking. | 1.30x | -7.0% | -3.3% |
| Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground. | $1.8B | +5.8% | +101133.4% |
| Metric | Annual (A vs E) | Annual Surprise | Quarter (A vs E) | Quarter Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPS Surprise | -0.23 vs -1.16 | +80.2% | -1.04 vs 0.54 | -291.4% |
| Revenue Surprise | $2.7B vs $2.7B | +1.1% | $721.3M vs $708.9M | +1.8% |
| Date | Executive | Title | Security | Side | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | Kanary MaryAnn Peterson | officer: See remarks | Common stock | A | 3,619 | — |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Kanary MaryAnn Peterson | officer: See remarks | Common stock | D | 1,578 | $31.40 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Kanary MaryAnn Peterson | officer: See remarks | Restricted Stock Units | D | 3,619 | — |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Couch Christopher | officer: See Remarks | Restricted Stock Units | A | 2,702 | — |
| May 14, 2026 | Moore Christine M | director | Restricted Stock Units | A | 3,937 | — |
Operator: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Cooper Standard First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded, and the webcast will be available on the Cooper-Standard website for replay later today. I would now like to turn the call over to Roger Hendriksen, Director of Investor Relations. Roger Hendriksen: Thank you, Sergio, and good morning, everyone. We appreciate you spending some time with us today. The members of our leadership team who will be speaking with you on the call this morning are Jeff Edwards, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; and John Banas, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, I need to remind you that this presentation contains forward-looking statements. While they are made based on current factual information and certain assumptions and plans that management currently believes to be reasonable, these statements do involve risks and uncertainties. For more information on forward-looking statements, we ask that you refer to Slide 3 of this presentation and the company's statements included in periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This presentation also contains non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures are included in the appendix to the presentation. With those formalities out of the way, I'll turn the call over to Jeff Edwards. Jeffrey Edwards: Thanks, Roger. Good morning, everyone. We appreciate the opportunity to review our first quarter results and provide an update on our business and the outlook going forward. So to begin on Slide 5, I'd like to highlight some of the key first quarter data points that we believe are reflective of our continuing outstanding operational performance and our ongoing commitment to our core company values. In terms of operations and customer service, we started 2026 with the same strong level of performance that we had in 2025, ending the first quarter with 99% green customer scorecards for quality and service. For new program launches, we also continue to deliver strong performance with 97% of our customer scorecards being green. Our plant managers and our plant employees continue to deliver outstanding performance and value for our customers through their dedication and commitment to excellence. And as always, our most important operating metric, safety performance continues to be excellent. In fact, during the first quarter, we had a total incident rate of just 0.18 reportable incidents per 200,000 hours worked, well below the world-class benchmark of 0.35. Importantly, 48 of our plants maintained a perfect safety record with a total incident rate of 0 for the first 3 months of the year. That's 84% of all of our production facilities achieving a perfect safety score and demonstrating that our ultimate goal of 0 safety incidents is achievable. We're …
| Name | Title | Compensation | Gender | Year Born | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeffrey S. Edwards | Chairman & Chief Executive Officer | USD 3,014,826 | Male | 1962 | Active |
Jonathan Banas | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | USD 1,271,638 | Male | 1971 | Active |
Christopher E. Couch | President of Fluid Handling Systems & Chief Technology Officer | USD 1,167,417 | Male | 1971 | Active |
Patrick R. Clark | President of Sealing Systems & Chief Manufacturing Officer | USD 1,167,289 | Male | 1974 | Active |
Larry E. Ott | Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer | USD 1,020,247 | Male | 1959 | Active |
MaryAnn Peterson Kanary | Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary | USD 962,542 | Female | 1976 | Active |
Shannon Quinn | President of Industrial & Specialty Group | — | Female | 1970 | Active |
Somasundhar Venkatasubramanian | enior Vice President & Chief Information Technology Officer and AI Officer | — | Male | 1971 | Active |
Alison Nudd | Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer | — | Female | 1971 | Active |
Roger S. Hendriksen | Director of Investor Relations | — | Male | — | Active |
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