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Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-07Stoneridge Reports First Quarter 2026 Results
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Stoneridge Reports First Quarter 2026 Results
Q1 Performance Demonstrates Solid Progress Continued Strong Momentum with Program Awards for MirrorEyeᆴ and Electronic Controls NOVI, Mich., May 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Stoneridge, Inc. (NYSE: SRI) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. 2026 First Quarter Results Sales of $160.8 million Growth of 9.2% vs. Q4 2025 Gross profit of $35.0 million (21.7% of sales) Gross margin improvement of 400 basis points vs. adjusted gross margin of Q4 2025 Operating loss of $(9.0) million ((5.6)% of sales) Adjusted operating loss of $(3.0) million ((1.8)% of sales) Adjusted operating margin improvement of 180 basis points vs. Q4 2025 Loss from continuing operations of $(14.6) million ((9.1)% of sales) Adjusted loss from continuing operations of $(8.5) million ((5.3)% of sales) Net loss of $(27.0) million ((16.8)% of sales) Includes loss on disposal of sale of Control Devices of $9.2 million Adjusted net loss of $(20.9) million ((13.0)% of sales) Adjusted EBITDA of $2.0 million (1.3% of sales) 2026 Full-Year Guidance Updating guidance to reflect the incremental impact of the contract manufacturing revenue associated with the sale of Control Devices (the "Mexico Supply Agreement") Revenue guidance of $645 million - $670 million, an increase of $20 million vs. prior expectations Adjusted operating margin guidance of approximately break-even to 0.5%, an increase of approximately 50 basis points vs. prior expectations Reaffirming full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance of $20 million - $25 million Previous EBITDA guidance incorporated the full impact of the Mexico Supply Agreement as non-operating other income, net The exhibits attached hereto provide reconciliation details on normalizing adjustments of non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release. "The first quarter represents solid progress to start the year and an important step forward in executing our long-term strategy," said Natalia Noblet, president and chief executive officer. "Our results were driven by improved manufacturing performance, reduced quality-related costs, favorable net tariff recoveries, and cost control across the organization. MirrorEye continues to be a key growth driver, delivering record first quarter sales and accelerating momentum with global OEMs in the commercial vehicle end markets. We remain focused on driving earnings expansion as we capitalize on our...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-07Stoneridge: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
Associated Press
Stoneridge: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
NOVI, Mich. (AP) — NOVI, Mich. (AP) — Stoneridge Inc. (SRI) on Thursday reported a loss of $27 million in its first quarter. The Novi, Michigan-based company said it had a loss of 97 cents per share. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, were 75 cents per share. The maker of electronic components for the automotive and other markets posted revenue of $160.8 million in the period. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on SRI at https://www.zacks.com/ap/SRI
TranscriptFY2026 Q12026-05-07FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
Earnings source - 32 paragraphs
FY2026 Q1 earnings call transcript
Welcome to the Stoneridge first quarter 2026 earnings call. At this time, all participants on the listen only mode. After today's presentation, there'll be an opportunity to ask questions. I would now like to turn the conference over to Kelly Harvey, Director of Investor Relations. Thank you, and over to you.
Good morning, everyone, thank you for joining us to discuss our first quarter 2026 results. The release and accompanying presentation was filed with the SEC and is posted on our website at stoneridge.com in the investor section under presentations and events. Joining me on today's call are Natalia Noblet, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Bob Hartman, our interim Chief Financial Officer. Before we begin, I would like to inform you that as a result of the sale of its Control Devices business segment on January 30th, 2026, the company has applied the provisions of discontinued operations accounting guidance and has retrospectively presented the financial results of the Control Devices segment as discontinued operations and the accompanying presentation for all periods presented.
Additionally, in connection with the retrospective presentation of Control Devices as discontinued operations, prior period segment information has been recast to conform to current period presentation. More information on the basis of presentation will be included in the Form 10-Q, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. During today's call, we will be referring to certain non-GAAP financial measures. Please see slide two of the presentation for a more detailed description of these non-GAAP measures and the appendix for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures. In addition, certain statements today may be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements that are not historical in nature and include information concerning our future results or plans.
Although we believe that such statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, you should understand that these statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. Additional information about such factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ may be found on page three of the presentation and in our Form 10-Q under the heading Forward Looking Statements. After Natalia and Bob have finished their formal remarks, we will then open up the call to questions. With that, I will hand the call over to Natalia.
Thank you, Kelly. Good morning, everyone. It is a privilege to speak with you today in my first earnings call as President and CEO and at a time when our industry is being fundamentally transformed. With continuous shift to automation and connected vehicle technologies as well as focus on advanced safety and vehicle efficiency. Our product portfolio is directly aligned with this transformation and represents significant growth opportunities. Now turning to the first quarter, let me begin on page four. This quarter marks the next phase of our long-term strategy as we advance our key priorities to drive shareholder value. We made progress through disciplined execution, improved manufacturing and quality performance, net tariff related recoveries and organization-wide cost control.
More specifically, compared to the fourth quarter of prior year, first quarter adjusted gross margin expanded by 400 basis points and adjusted operating margin improved by 180 basis points. This resulted in adjusted EBITDA of $2 million, which exceeded our previous expectations of approximately break-even EBITDA performance. European commercial vehicle market is at late cycle normalization and transitioning to moderate growth, while North American market remains at the bottom of the production cycle with signals of recovery. Although we see the first positive signals in these end markets, macroeconomic and geopolitical headwinds continue to persist. That said, our first quarter revenue grew by 9.2% compared to the fourth quarter of prior year. This resulted in market outperformance compared to our weighted average OEM end market, which declined by 9.1% over the same period.
As previously announced, MirrorEye set another quarterly sales record, generating $33 million in sales, an increase of 11% compared to the fourth quarter of 2025. Similarly, Stoneridge Brazil OEM sales continue to grow as our local business accelerates, resulting in first quarter sales growth of more than 54% and our off-highway sales improved compared to the fourth quarter as well. As previously mentioned, adjusted gross margin improved by 400 basis points compared to the fourth quarter. This demonstrates progress on our excellence in execution initiatives and in particular, company-wide quality improvements, manufacturing productivity and recent tariff related recoveries, including agreements with customers and the benefit of the tariff refund process.
We remain committed to driving structural cost reduction by streamlining our SG&A costs to more effectively support our company's current structure and are on track with our commitment to reduce costs by at least $5 million this year. Our priority is delivering outstanding value to customers while collaborating with all of our partners to advance next-generation technologies for safer and more efficient transportation. We are excited to announce two major business awards totaling approximately $135 million of estimated lifetime revenue. First, we are announcing an award for an OEM integrated MirrorEye program with our first North American customer. We now have OEM programs with all four major Class 8 truck manufacturers in North America. Second, we are announcing a next-generation electronic controls program for a global off-highway manufacturer in Europe, representing the increasing demand for integrated intelligence systems.
Both of these awards highlight our ability to deliver reliable, high-performance solutions for our customers and build on our already strong backlog of growth products. I will provide more details on these awards later on the call. We are reaffirming our base full-year 2026 guidance. We are adjusting revenue and operating guidance ranges for the incremental impact of contract manufacturing associated with the sale of Control Devices. Bob will discuss this guidance update in more detail later on the call. Turning to slide five. As just mentioned, both the European and North American commercial vehicle end markets remain at low production levels. Europe went through a downturn by significantly milder than North America, the market is expected to normalize this year. North America, however, went through a deep down cycle, now we see early signs of recovery in trucking demand and order intake growth.
At the time of our fourth quarter call, IHS production forecasts were indicating growth of 7.1% for our weighted average OEM end market. As you can see from the charts on slide five, updated IHS production forecasts have now been reduced and are now indicating that our weighted average OEM end market will grow by just 1.8%. These updated forecasts are now more in line with our initial full year 2026 guidance expectations. Although we see the first signs of recovery in these end markets, especially for the second half of this year, inflationary pressure and geopolitical headwinds continue to persist. Turning to page 6. MirrorEye continues to gain momentum driven by increasing market acceptance as well as the continued ramp-up of recently launched programs in North America.
At the same time, we are executing on new business opportunities with key strategic OEM customers, as evidenced by our new program announcement with the fourth major OEM in North America. As already mentioned, first quarter MirrorEye sales set yet another quarterly record with $33 million. This represents 11% growth compared to the first quarter of 2025 and 32% year-over-year, driven largely by our European OEM programs with continued strength in market penetration and take rates, supported by our customers' focused marketing of this best-in-class innovative technology. Complementing this growth is the continued ramp-up of recently launched OEM programs in North America. While program ramp-ups remain in the early stages, we are seeing increased order strength and continue to receive positive feedback from the market.
As we pass through the ramp-up phase, we are focused on engineering optimization that will allow us to benefit from platform approach while adding product features at the same time. With volume increase and maturity gain, we will also see higher capacity utilization and material cost improvement through supply chain optimization. By executing those key activities, we can fully realize the value of our technology. In addition to strong commercial performance, and as previously announced, Stoneridge has now surpassed 150,000 MirrorEye systems produced globally, marking a major milestone in the system's life cycle. This achievement reflects the growing confidence of OEM partners and fleet operators, as well as Stoneridge's ability to scale production while maintaining the highest standards of quality and reliability. Reaching 150,000 systems is more than a production milestone.
It's a testament to the trust our customers place in MirrorEye every day. As adoption accelerates, we remain focused on continuous innovation and production efficiency. Building on our momentum and success of the MirrorEye platform, we are excited to announce that we have been awarded the OEM integrated CMS program with yet another major North American Class 8 truck manufacturer. As announced last year, we began offering our standard version as an option on their current heavy-duty truck models. Through continued strength of this customer relationship and the trust we've built to create a foundation for continuous collaboration, we were awarded the custom program based on our next generation camera monitoring system. This program is expected to launch in 2028 with estimated lifetime revenue of approximately $70 million and estimated peak annual revenue of approximately $20 million.
We now have MirrorEye programs with four major OEMs in North America, resulting in significant market share. MirrorEye and our strategy to create long-term growth for the platform is paying off with additional business awards and expansion across the global OEMs. We are deploying the resources necessary to optimize this growth platform and create long-term value for our shareholders. Turning to slide seven. In addition to MirrorEye, we continue to win new programs in our other key product categories. As part of our strategy to expand our electronic control business, we secured a business award for a next-generation control program with a leading global off-highway vehicle manufacturer in Europe. Replacing our current generation controls, this program will deliver upgraded products for the main electronic units on several construction equipment platforms, including wheel loaders, articulated haulers, and excavators.
The program is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2028 and is projected to generate total lifetime revenue of approximately $65 million with estimated peak annual revenue of approximately $15 million. This replacement business with a long-standing strategic customer reflects our ability to consistently deliver exceptional customer service and reliable high-performance solutions to our customers. As the commercial vehicles are moving towards software-defined vehicles architecture, we are prepared to enable this transformation with our scalable ECU platform products. We expect this award to continue to position us for future business wins. Stoneridge remains focused on consistently delivering innovative next-generation solutions that meet our customers' evolving needs. With that, I will turn the call over to Bob for the financial update.
Thank you, Natalia. Page nine summarizes our key financial metrics for the first quarter of 2026 compared to the fourth quarter. Sales in the first quarter were $160.8 million, which were relatively consistent with our prior expectations. First quarter revenue grew by 9.2% compared to the fourth quarter, driven by quarterly record sales for MirrorEye, as well as higher sales in the Brazilian OEM business and off-highway end markets. This growth was partially offset by continued pressure in the commercial vehicle end markets. During the quarter, we also recognized $3.8 million of revenue from contract manufacturing related to the Mexico supply agreement associated with the sale of Control Devices. Driven by execution of key company initiatives, margins continued to expand in the first quarter.
Continuous improvement in manufacturing performance, including company-wide efforts to reduce quality-related costs, as well as favorable net tariff-related recoveries, contributed to the 400 basis point improvement in adjusted gross margin over the fourth quarter of last year. As a result of our continued efforts to remediate tariff-related costs incurred, we recognized a favorable net tariff benefit during the quarter, resulting from both customer reimbursement agreements and IEEPA tariff refunds. First quarter adjusted operating income improved by 180 basis points relative to the fourth quarter of 2025. This was primarily driven by the gross margin improvement, partially offset by higher SG&A, due in part to the normalization of incentive-based compensation and higher D&A, primarily driven by lower customer reimbursements. As Natalia mentioned earlier on the call, we remain committed to the $5 million structural cost reduction target this year.
First quarter adjusted EBITDA was $2 million, which was above our previous expectations of approximately break-even performance. Excluding non-operating income and expenses, primarily related to the foreign currency impact on intercompany balances, first quarter adjusted EBITDA expanded by 170 basis points compared to the fourth quarter. In summary, during the quarter, our top line and margin expansion demonstrated solid progress towards our long-term goals. Turning to slide 10. As Natalia mentioned earlier on in the call, we are adjusting our full year 2026 guidance ranges to reflect the incremental impact of contract manufacturing revenue expected to be recognized this year from the Mexico supply agreement related to the sale of Control Devices.
While the estimated benefit of this agreement was previously included in our adjusted EBITDA guidance as non-operating other income net, we are updating full-year revenue and operating margin guidance ranges to align with revised revenue recognition treatment. As such, we are updating our full-year revenue guidance by $20 million. This results in full-year revenue guidance of $645 million-$670 million. Adjusted operating margin of approximately breakeven to 0.5%. Adjusted EBITDA guidance remains unchanged at $20 million-$25 million, resulting in 3.1%-3.7% sales. That said, our base guidance remains unchanged, supported by our solid progress to start the year. While commercial vehicle production volume forecasts are continuing to improve, macroeconomic and geopolitical volatility continues to persist.
We remain confident in our initial outlook and the meaningful progress we are making across all our key initiatives. Furthermore, we also remain focused on driving organizational efficiencies and have already taken actions to reduce structural costs to better align our cost base with the company's current scale, which will position us to deliver sustainable long-term performance. As it relates to the cadence of our guidance, we are expecting second quarter revenue to be slightly above the first quarter. We are expecting EBITDA to continue to improve in the second half of the year, aligned with expected revenue growth and the ramp-up of benefits from material and structural cost improvements. This expected cadence would result in improved EBITDA in the second half of the year compared to the first half.
In summary, we are still expecting revenue growth, continuous improvement in our operating performance, and structural cost reductions to drive EBITDA expansion in 2026. Page 11 summarizes our key financial metrics specific to electronics. First quarter sales of $144.9 million were 8.7% higher than sales in the fourth quarter. Stoneridge specific growth factors continued to offset production volume headwinds. More specifically, MirrorEye set another record for quarterly sales growing to $33 million or 11% relative to the fourth quarter of 2025. Furthermore, our sales in the European and North American off-highway end markets increased compared to the fourth quarter, driven by stronger market adoption of our products. This growth was partially offset by lower Smart 2 tachograph sales in Europe, as expected, due to the completion of the regulatory retrofit campaign.
Also included in first quarter sales was $3.8 million of contract manufacturing revenue from the Mexico supply agreement related to the sale of the Control Devices segment. First quarter adjusted operating margin expanded by approximately 260 basis points compared to the fourth quarter of the prior year, driven by higher gross margin as a result of manufacturing performance improvements, reduced quality-related costs, and the favorable impact of net tariff recoveries. The impact of contract manufacturing under the Mexico supply agreement, which began in the first quarter of 2026, was incremental to the fourth quarter. This was partially offset by higher SG&A, driven by normalized incentive compensation and higher D&A costs, primarily driven by lower customer reimbursements. We remain confident that Stoneridge specific growth drivers, including MirrorEye, will drive market outperformance going forward.
We will continue to focus our efforts on material cost and manufacturing performance, including quality-related cost improvements, to build a more efficient, scalable operation that consistently delivers high-quality products and results. Page 12 summarizes our key financial metrics specific to Stoneridge Brazil. Stoneridge Brazil's first quarter sales totaled $18.1 million, which represents a $1.6 million or 9.4% growth relative to the fourth quarter of last year. This increase was driven by higher local OEM sales, which expanded 54% compared to the fourth quarter. We remain focused on expanding our local OEM business to grow our presence in Brazil and unlock opportunities with our global customers.
First quarter adjusted operating income of $1.7 million or 9.5% of sales improved by 140 basis points compared to the fourth quarter of 2025, primarily driven by fixed cost leverage on higher sales and lower SG&A costs due to lower incentive compensation. This was offset by unfavorable sales mix caused by a lower proportion of service fee revenue. We continue to shift our portfolio in Brazil to more closely align with our global growth initiatives and further expand our local OEM programs to support our global customers, such as our second quarter launch of an audio product for a global automotive OEM. Brazil remains a critical engineering center where we utilize their local capabilities to cost effectively support our global business. Turning to page 13.
In the first quarter, net debt improved by approximately $42 million compared to the fourth quarter as the proceeds from the sale of Control Devices were used to pay down our debt balances. We remain focused on driving strong cash flow conversion through both disciplined working capital management and capital expenditure oversight. As a result of these efforts, we reduced inventory balances by approximately $16 million year-over-year while continuing to scrutinize capital expenditures. As disclosed last quarter, we completed an amendment of our current credit facility to extend the maturity date to July 1, 2027, to allow ample time to refinance. In April, we initiated this refinancing process to replace our existing credit facility with a capital structure that will more align with the long-term structure of the company and support future growth opportunities.
We are targeting completion of the refinancing process by November of this year. Finally, based on our current EBITDA guidance and our amended covenant ratios, we expect to remain in compliance with all of our covenant ratios and have sufficient liquidity to navigate continuing volatility. With that, I will turn it over to Natalia to provide an update on our progress against our key priorities.
Thank you, Bob. Turning to slide 14. To summarize, in the first quarter, we advanced our key strategic priorities driven by our focus on technology-led products, excellence in execution, and a strong performance culture, enabling meaningful progress across shareholder value of market outperformance, margin expansion, and cash flow conversion. First, our focus on advanced technology solutions continues to drive market outperformance. Our top-line growth exceeded our weighted average OEM end markets by more than 15%, driven by execution in our core programs, including MirrorEye, the Brazilian OEM business, and off-highway products. Furthermore, our strong customer intimacy and deep customer integration resulted in the new business awards I outlined earlier on the call. Driven by our robust backlog on differentiated innovative technologies, we expect to drive market outperformance of two to three times over the long term.
Second, driven by our focus on excellence in execution, we made meaningful progress towards improving margins and advancing long-term sustainable performance. We continue to reinforce strong, consistent practices across our processes to enhance operational efficiency and product reliability, which in return have driven modestly lower quality-related costs compared to the fourth quarter, primarily thanks to lower warranty-related costs. As a result, first quarter gross margin expanded by 400 basis points compared to the fourth quarter of prior year. In addition to margin performance, we are focused on cash flow conversion through disciplined working capital improvements and capital allocation. We continue to prioritize cash generation and a strong balance sheet through operating performance, inventory reduction, and strict capital spending.
As Bob already mentioned, we have reduced our year-over-year inventory balances through working capital initiatives and have significantly reduced our net debt compared to year-end through the use of proceeds of the sale of Control Devices. These actions have strengthened our balance sheet and strengthened our financial position going forward. As a team, we are also mobilized to mitigate arising inflationary pressures, especially in semiconductor space and volume uncertainty due to the current market and geopolitical situation. By fostering a culture of accountability, creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement, we are focused to execute our plan for this and next years to come. With that, I will turn the call over to questions.
As we have no questions, I would now like to turn the conference over back to Ms. Natalia Noblet for closing remarks.
For joining us for the call. I know your time is very important, and as always, we truly appreciate your willingness to engage us today. While the external environment remains dynamic with ongoing inflationary and geopolitical risks, we are focused on what we can control. We are executing with discipline, strengthening our operations and focusing to mitigate risks. We remain committed to delivering consistent performance, improving results, and creating sustainable value for our shareholders. Thank you again, and we look forward to updating you on our progress next quarter.
Thank you. The conference is now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation. You may now disconnect.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-05-04Stoneridge, Inc. to Broadcast its First Quarter 2026 Conference Call on the Web
PR Newswire
Stoneridge, Inc. to Broadcast its First Quarter 2026 Conference Call on the Web
NOVI, Mich., May 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Stoneridge, Inc. (NYSE: SRI) will webcast its first quarter 2026 earnings conference call live on Thursday, May 7, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. ET with Natalia Noblet, president and chief executive officer, and Bob Hartman, chief accounting officer and interim chief financial officer and treasurer. The webcast can be accessed on the Presentations & Events page of the Investors section of the Company's website, www.stoneridge.com. Stoneridge, Inc., headquartered in Novi, Michigan, is a global supplier of safe and efficient electronic systems and technologies. Our systems and products power vehicle intelligence, while enabling safety and security for on- and off-highway transportation sectors around the world. Additional information about Stoneridge can be found at www.stoneridge.com. View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/stoneridge-inc-to-broadcast-its-first-quarter-2026-conference-call-on-the-web-302760770.html
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-13Stoneridge Q4 Earnings Call Highlights
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Stoneridge Q4 Earnings Call Highlights
MirrorEye was the growth engine: MirrorEye sales topped about $111 million in 2025 (roughly 70% YoY growth, OEM revenue +84%) and management expects it to grow by roughly $50 million to at least $160 million in 2026, driven by higher take rates and new Daimler/Volvo programs. Portfolio focus and cash/organizational improvements: Stoneridge completed the sale of Control Devices for a $59 million base price to concentrate on higher‑return businesses, generated about $19 million of adjusted free cash flow in 2025, and achieved material and quality cost improvements that helped protect margins despite lower volumes. Conservative 2026 guidance and near‑term headwinds: Management is guiding to roughly 4.2% revenue growth at the midpoint and $22.5 million midpoint EBITDA (Q1 roughly break‑even), while noting risks from tariffs, FX, incremental Q4 quality costs (~$3.3M), and an expected ~$12M decline in aftermarket Smart 2 tachograph sales in 2026. Interested in Stoneridge, Inc.? Here are five stocks we like better. Stoneridge (NYSE:SRI) executives told investors the company navigated a difficult 2025 operating environment by leaning on growth in its MirrorEye camera-monitor platform, pursuing cost and quality improvements, and generating positive free cash flow, even as commercial vehicle production declined meaningfully versus expectations. President and CEO Jim Zizelman said Stoneridge’s “focused growth strategy,” continuous improvement efforts on material and quality-related costs, and structural cost controls helped the company “successfully navigate another year marked by very challenging macroeconomic conditions.” He highlighted that the company outperformed its weighted average OEM end markets by 150 basis points in 2025, despite lower production volumes across the transportation industry. → Alphabet’s Pullback May Be Opening a New Entry Point A key driver was MirrorEye, which Zizelman said delivered sales of over $110 million, representing about 70% growth versus the prior year. He later added that MirrorEye OEM revenue grew 84% year-over-year as European take rates increased and new programs launched with Daimler and Volvo in North America. Chief Financial Officer Matthew Horvath provided additional detail, stating that electronics segment MirrorEye sales totaled $111 million in 2025, up $45 million, or 69%, from 2024. He also said MirrorEye bus revenue gr...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-12Stoneridge Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2025 Results
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Stoneridge Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2025 Results
Outperformed End-Markets by 150 Basis Points in 2025 Driven by MirrorEye® Growth of 69% Drove Improvements in Material Cost of 80 bps and Quality-Related Costs of $6.6 Million in 2025 Issues 2026 Midpoint EBITDA Guidance of $22.5 Million and 2027 EBITDA Target of $44 Million 2025 Fourth Quarter Results Sales of $205.2 million Net loss of $(76.9) million ((37.5)% of sales) Includes the after-tax impairment of Control Devices assets of $(16.7) million and income tax expense related to the recording of valuation allowances of $(44.5) million, net Adjusted net loss of $(14.7) million ((7.2)% of sales) Adjusted EBITDA of $3.4 million (1.7% of sales) 2026 Full-Year Guidance Revenue guidance of $625 million - $650 million (midpoint of $638 million) represents growth of 4.2% vs. 2025 sales (excluding Control Devices) of $612 million Guidance conservatively assumes flat end market growth based on current customer expectations (IHS third party production data expects 7.1% year-over-year growth based on our weighted-average OEM end markets) Expecting continued market outperformance led by MirrorEye growth of at least 45% Adjusted EBITDA of $20 million to $25 million (adjusted EBITDA margin of 3.2% to 3.8%) Contribution margin from incremental sales, continued performance improvements and structural cost reductions of $5 million expected to drive significant margin improvement. 2027 Financial Targets 2027 revenue target of at least $715 million driven by improving market conditions and continued growth in MirrorEye Incremental growth opportunities with our aftermarket, off-highway and Brazilian OEM businesses 2027 EBITDA expected of at least $44 million based on contribution on incremental revenue Continued material cost, quality-related cost and structural cost improvement could expand targeted 2027 EBITDA above contribution-based target. NOVI, Mich., March 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Stoneridge, Inc. (NYSE: SRI) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025. The Company announced fourth quarter sales of $205.2 million. Gross profit was $33.2 million (16.2% of sales) and adjusted gross profit was $33.2 million (16.2% of sales). Operating loss was $(29.5) million ((14.4)% of sales) while adjusted operating loss was $(6.7) million ((3.3)% of sales). Operating loss was adjusted to account for the pre-tax impairment of Control Devices assets...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-12Stoneridge: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
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Stoneridge: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
NOVI, Mich. (AP) — NOVI, Mich. (AP) — Stoneridge Inc. (SRI) on Wednesday reported a loss of $76.9 million in its fourth quarter. The Novi, Michigan-based company said it had a loss of $2.76 per share. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 53 cents per share. The maker of electronic components for the automotive and other markets posted revenue of $205.2 million in the period. For the year, the company reported a loss of $102.8 million, or $3.70 per share. Revenue was reported as $861.3 million. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on SRI at https://www.zacks.com/ap/SRI
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-12Stoneridge, Inc. Q4 2025 Earnings Call Summary
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Stoneridge, Inc. Q4 2025 Earnings Call Summary
The company completed the sale of its Control Devices segment for $59,000,000 to reduce organizational complexity and focus resources on high-growth, high-return electronics businesses. MirrorEye technology remains the primary growth engine, achieving approximately 70% year-over-year growth to $111,000,000 despite a significantly challenged production environment. Management attributed 2025 market outperformance of 150 basis points to maturing OEM programs and increasing take rates for digital vision systems in Europe and North America. Operational discipline, including an 80 basis point improvement in material costs and a $6,600,000 reduction in quality costs, helped mitigate the impact of declining industry volumes. The leadership transition to Natalia Noble signals a shift toward 'excellence in execution,' focusing on embedding rigor into product development to prevent legacy warranty issues. Stoneridge Brazil achieved record OEM sales, doubling compared to the prior year, driven by new infotainment and electronic control awards. Management is adopting a conservative revenue outlook for 2026, assuming flat OEM end markets despite third-party forecasts suggesting growth of 7.1%. MirrorEye sales are projected to grow by approximately 45% in 2026 to at least $160,000,000, supported by committed OEM marketing campaigns and new program ramps. The company anticipates a 'pre-buy' effect in the North American commercial vehicle market as the industry prepares for EPA 2027 regulations. Structural cost reductions are expected to deliver at least $5,000,000 in savings in 2026, with additional benefits in 2027 following the expiration of transition service agreements. Long-term targets for 2030 project revenue between $850,000,000 and $1,000,000,000, driven by a 6.8% to 10.3% compound annual growth rate. Fourth-quarter results were negatively impacted by $3,300,000 in incremental quality costs related to settlements of legacy warranty issues with key customers. Tariff-related headwinds impacted the remaining business by $1,200,000 in Q4, though management expects to recover these costs through customer reimbursements over time. The company amended its credit facility to extend maturity to 07/01/2027, providing liquidity to align the capital structure with the post-divestiture business model. SmartTube Tachograph aftermarket sales are expected to decline by approximat...
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-12Stoneridge (SRI) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
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Stoneridge (SRI) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool. Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 9 a.m. ET President and Chief Executive Officer — James Zizelman Chief Financial Officer — Matthew R. Horvath President of Stoneridge Electronics; Incoming President and Chief Executive Officer — Natalia Noble Chief Accounting Officer; Incoming Interim Chief Financial Officer — Bob Hartman Director of Investor Relations — Kelly K. Harvey Kelly K. Harvey: Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us to discuss our fourth quarter and full year 2025 results. The release and accompanying presentation were filed with the SEC and are posted on our website at stoneridge.com in the Investors section under Presentations and Events. Joining me on today's call are James Zizelman, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Matthew R. Horvath, our Chief Financial Officer. Also on today's call are Natalia Noble, our President of Stoneridge Electronics and incoming Chief Executive Officer, and Bob Hartman, our Chief Accounting Officer who will be stepping into the role of interim Chief Financial Officer on April 1. During today's call, we will be referring to certain non-GAAP financial measures. Please see Slide 2 of the presentation for a more detailed description of these non-GAAP measures, and the appendix for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures. In addition, certain statements today may be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements that are not historical in nature, and include information concerning our future results or plans. Although we believe that such statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, you should understand that these statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially. Additional information about such factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ may be found on page 3 of the presentation and in our most recently filed Form 8-K and the 2025 Form 10-Ks which will be filed in the next few business days with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the heading Forward-Looking Statements. After our speakers have finished their formal remarks, we will then open up the call to questions. I will now turn the call over to James Zizelman. James Zizelman: Thank you, Kelly, and good morning, everyone. Let me begin on page 4. In 2...
TranscriptFY2025 Q42026-03-12FY2025 Q4 earnings call transcript
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FY2025 Q4 earnings call transcript
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Stoneridge, Inc. fourth quarter and full year 2025 earnings conference call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star and then one on your touch-tone telephones. To withdraw your questions, you may press star and then two. Please also note today's event is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the floor over to Kelly K. Harvey, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.
Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us to discuss our fourth quarter and full year 2025 results. The release and accompanying presentation were filed with the SEC and are posted on our website at stoneridge.com in the Investors section under Presentations and Events. Joining me on today's call are James Zizelman, our President and Chief Executive Officer, and Matthew R. Horvath, our Chief Financial Officer. Also on today's call are Natalia Noble, our President of Stoneridge Electronics and incoming Chief Executive Officer, and Bob Hartman, our Chief Accounting Officer who will be stepping into the role of interim Chief Financial Officer on April 1. During today's call, we will be referring to certain non-GAAP financial measures. Please see Slide 2 of the presentation for a more detailed description of these non-GAAP measures, and the appendix for a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures. In addition, certain statements today may be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements that are not historical in nature, and include information concerning our future results or plans. Although we believe that such statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, you should understand that these statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially. Additional information about such factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ may be found on page 3 of the presentation and in our most recently filed Form 8-K and the 2025 Form 10-Ks which will be filed in the next few business days with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the heading Forward-Looking Statements. After our speakers have finished their formal remarks, we will then open up the call to questions. I will now turn the call over to James Zizelman.
Thank you, Kelly, and good morning, everyone. Let me begin on page 4. In 2025, our focused growth strategy, continuous improvements on material and quality-related costs, and rigorous structural cost control enabled us to successfully navigate another year marked by very challenging macroeconomic conditions. We are proud of our ability to continuously outperform our end markets even in a significantly challenged production environment while also limiting the impact on our bottom line. Our outperformance was primarily driven by continued momentum with MirrorEye resulting in sales of over $110,000,000, or approximately 70% growth compared to the prior year. In addition to strong performance this year, our strategy to grow the MirrorEye platform continues to pay off with additional business awards and expansion across many of our global OEMs. Our focus on long-term growth, enabled by our advanced technology offerings, drove significant new business awards in 2025. New business awards announced this year for Electronics and Stoneridge Brazil total approximately $830,000,000 in estimated life revenue. This included the largest business award in Stoneridge, Inc. history for a global OEM MirrorEye program extension, and the largest OEM program award in Stoneridge Brazil's history, as well as several other significant programs for secondary displays, the SmartTube Tachograph, and other electronic control products. In 2025, we limited the impact of significant end market headwinds by reducing material costs by 80 basis points, reducing quality-related costs by $6,600,000, and driving continued inventory reductions to support positive cash flow performance. Our focus on cash performance and inventory management resulted in positive free cash flow of approximately $19,000,000, driven by a significant improvement in inventory balances of $18,700,000. Earlier this year, we announced that we completed the sale of our Control Devices segment for a base purchase price of $59,000,000, reflecting an important milestone for the company's long-term strategy. As a result of this sale, Stoneridge, Inc. will now focus its resources on our highest growth, highest return businesses and reduce overall organizational complexity leading to a clear, focused strategy for the company. Additionally, this transaction strengthens our balance sheet, as proceeds from the sale will be used to pay down debt and reduce interest expense burden. As part of this next chapter for Stoneridge, Inc., we are thrilled to announce that Natalia Noble, our current President of Stoneridge Electronics, has been promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer effective April 1. Natalia will continue focusing on the strategic vision of the company by advancing the rigor and discipline we have built into our daily execution over the last several years to drive long-term sustainable performance. Later on the call, I will more formally introduce Natalia, and she will provide her perspective on the deeply embedded strategy for Stoneridge, Inc. and our unshakable commitment to long-term value creation for our stakeholders. We are proud of our accomplishments in 2025. Yet again, we successfully navigated a year of macroeconomic pressures and maintained operational discipline and focus. With the expected favorable market tailwinds ahead, a revitalized company following the divestiture of Control Devices, sustained momentum from our growth products driving continued outperformance, and keen monitoring of potential headwinds such as geopolitical volatility, we are quite optimistic about the years to come. Page 5 covers our fourth quarter financial performance and summarizes our key financial metrics for the full year 2025 compared to the prior year. While we continue to make significant progress across our key priorities in 2025, fourth quarter results did underperform our prior expectations. The Control Devices segment, which was subsequently divested in January 2026, underperformed by approximately $2,000,000, driven primarily by the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange and incremental tariffs. Similarly, tariffs impacted the remaining business by an incremental $1,200,000 in the quarter relative to our prior expectations. While we expect to recover a significant portion, if not all, of these incremental costs, there are timing differences between when the tariffs are incurred and when the recovery is realized. We have shown historically strong performance in recouping these tariff-related costs and expect to continue to do so with those incurred at the end of the year. Finally, during the fourth quarter, we incurred incremental quality-related costs of approximately $3,300,000 relative to our prior expectations. As evidenced by our full year quality cost reduction of $6,600,000, our relentless focus on continuous improvement has been effective. As stated, we have continued to face challenges with certain legacy warranty issues culminating with settlements with key customers to bring them to conclusion. While this drove incremental cost in the quarter, it also allows us to move on from these historical issues and focus on building stronger relationships with these customers to drive growth in the future. This is why it is imperative that we remain committed to improved quality processes early in the product development cycle to prevent quality issues with long tails as the ones we dealt with this quarter. Now shifting to our full year performance. There is no question 2025 presented some challenges for the broader transportation industry as production volume declined significantly compared to the prior year and fell well below our initial expectations. Even with significantly reduced production volumes, we outperformed our weighted average OEM end markets by 150 basis points in 2025. This market outperformance was driven primarily by the substantial growth in MirrorEye sales as our OEM programs continue to mature, take rates continue to increase in Europe, and new programs launched with Daimler and Volvo in North America. This resulted in MirrorEye OEM revenue growth of 84% compared to the prior year. We continue to be encouraged by the overwhelmingly positive response to our MirrorEye technology from our customers, and their customers alike. Later on the call, we will discuss how this strong market acceptance is expected to continue to drive substantial growth over the long term. Adjusted operating margin was significantly impacted by the decline in sales and the underlying macroeconomic pressures, including tariff-related headwinds and significantly reduced production at certain customers. However, our actions to improve material costs, manufacturing performance, and quality-related costs partially mitigated this impact. Our focused efforts to reduce material-related costs resulted in an 80 basis point improvement relative to the prior year. In addition, and as indicated earlier, quality-related costs improved by $6,600,000, contributing an additional 50 basis points to operating performance, as we continue to focus on built-in quality, responsiveness, and a proactive process to address any historical quality issues. Excluding other non-operating expense of $3,600,000 primarily related to adverse foreign currency impacts, full year adjusted EBITDA was $28,600,000, or 3.3% of sales. This resulted in a 60 basis point decline compared to the prior year and reflects our success in limiting the impact of the significantly reduced volumes faced during the year. We achieved this by our strict focus on improved operational performance, which drove a decremental contribution margin of just 14.2% versus our historical average of 25% to 30%. Finally, as I mentioned previously, our focus on cash and inventory management drove positive adjusted free cash flow of approximately $19,000,000. Lower contribution margin was offset by the significant improvement in our inventory balances, which declined by $18,700,000 this year. Overall, despite continued and significant challenges in our end markets, we were able to outperform our weighted average end markets, significantly improve our operational performance, and drive cash performance in 2025. Turning to page 6. Just a few weeks ago, I announced that I will be retiring effective May 20. As part of Stoneridge, Inc.'s long-term, thoughtful succession planning strategy, the Board has prioritized leadership continuity and a smooth transition to support the company's next phase of growth. That said, I was pleased to announce that Natalia Noble, our current President of Electronics, has been appointed as incoming President and CEO and member of the Board of Directors. I will remain as President and Chief Executive Officer through March 31. On April 1, Natalia will assume the role of President and Chief Executive Officer, and I will remain on the Board of Directors and transition into a Strategic Adviser role to support the transition and key stakeholder relationships through May 20. I will also be a Board nominee for election at our next annual meeting to provide continuity and support for the company. Natalia is the right leader for this company. For nearly two years, Natalia has led the Electronics segment with focus and discipline, making this a natural and well-prepared transition. Natalia is a highly experienced global leader with deep roots in the commercial vehicle industry. She consistently delivers on our commitments and operational excellence while strengthening meaningful relationships with our customers. During her tenure, Natalia led the segment in securing several significant new business awards, including the largest program in company history. Her customer connections and commitment to excellence in execution demonstrate her ability to drive growth, strengthen competitive positioning, and deliver measurable results. Over the course of her career, she has held various senior leadership roles within global transportation technology companies including ZF and Wabco, where she led complex multi-regional businesses with full profit and loss responsibility. Her broad cross-functional leadership experience and proven ability to drive performance make her a natural choice to lead Stoneridge, Inc. through its well-planned evolution. Natalia's appointment marks an exciting new chapter for the company. Over the next few months, we will continue to work very closely together to ensure a seamless, well-organized transfer of responsibilities. I am confident that under her leadership, Stoneridge, Inc. will continue to accelerate its drive forward. Before I conclude, I would like to take a moment to say thank you. Serving as the CEO of this company has truly been an honor. I am incredibly proud of what we have built together—our focus, our rigor, and our discipline to drive operational excellence and the establishment of a strong performance culture. To our employees, our customers, our shareholders, and other partners, thank you for your trust and your commitment. I am confident the improvements we have made are built into the company DNA, positioning it for sustainable long-term growth well beyond my tenure. I will now turn the call over to Natalia to walk us through Stoneridge, Inc.'s refined company strategy and position. Natalia, the floor is yours.
Good morning, everyone, and thank you, Jim. I am fortunate enough to have already spent nearly two years with Stoneridge, Inc. as President of the Electronics division and as a member of the executive staff where I have contributed to shaping the company's next phase of disciplined, sustainable growth. I look forward to working closely with the Board of Directors, our senior leadership team, and our talented, dedicated global teams as we continue to execute on a strong long-term strategy focused on sustainable, profitable growth. Now turning to page 7. Stoneridge, Inc.'s strength is rooted in our global footprint, with strong operations in Europe, North America, and Brazil, each positioned for significant growth over the long term. Earlier this year, Stoneridge, Inc. took a significant step in its long-term strategic vision by completing the sale of the Control Devices division. As Jim just mentioned, this transaction allows us to focus resources on our highest growth, highest return businesses, and reduce overall organizational complexity leading to a clear, focused strategy for the company. We will continue to utilize our global footprint to serve our customers. Our strong global presence enables us to remain a preferred global supplier of industry-leading technologies to the world's leading commercial and off-highway vehicle manufacturers. Furthermore, we will continue to leverage our global engineering footprint and technology expertise. Our global engineering capabilities remain focused and robust, aligning our technologies with key industry trends, including safety and vehicle efficiency. Brazil remains a critical engineering center that augments our global teams located in Europe and North America, and our dedicated engineering partners in India strengthen our capabilities to meet the evolving needs of our global customers. We will continue investing in and scaling our cost-advantaged engineering presence to deepen customer partnerships. Overall, Stoneridge, Inc. will continue to drive global growth and invest in the resources required to advance our capabilities within a more cost-efficient structure. Turning to page 8. Our portfolio is focused on advanced technologies and electronic solutions primarily serving the global commercial vehicle and off-highway end markets. Over the past several years, the commercial vehicle industry has been undergoing a fundamental transformation with more automation and connected vehicle technologies focused on advanced safety and vehicle efficiency. Our product portfolio related to vision and safety, connectivity, vehicle intelligence, and electronic controls is directly aligned with this transformation and represents significant growth opportunities. Beginning with our vision and safety systems, we are a global leader in camera monitor and vision systems in the truck, bus, and off-highway end markets. Our award-winning, industry-changing MirrorEye technology replaces traditional rear and side-view mirrors with external digital cameras and digital displays inside the cab of the vehicle. The best-in-class technology offers innovative features and functionality that enable fleets to reduce operational costs while enhancing safety for everyone on the road. Our technology sets us apart from the competitors. Next to the fact that it is a significant growth driver, MirrorEye provides us with the opportunity to not only expand on our current product, but also enables a pathway to new technologies and capabilities. This includes connected trailer and 360-degree surround view suite of technologies. With focused resource deployment, we expect to further accelerate these opportunities. Our vehicle intelligence and electronic control products include digital driver information systems and secondary displays primarily for the commercial vehicle end market. These fully configurable displays allow customer differentiation and flexibility. They are the main source of data for a driver in the vehicle and will enable increased in-vehicle connectivity and customized solutions for future technology packages including Schrader connectivity and 360-degree surround view technologies I just mentioned. This category also includes our electronic control units that range from basic controls to highly engineered system-based products. Electronic control units will be at the center of the consolidation of existing products into complex electronic systems. Stoneridge, Inc. is well positioned to take advantage of this consolidation. Furthermore, we recently announced Stoneridge Brazil's largest program in its history for an OEM infotainment controller. Through our continued delivery of high-quality products and focus on customer support, we continue to win in this market. Finally, our connectivity portfolio includes our Telematics and Tachograph products, as well as our digital services. We also offer end-to-end tracking solutions for logistics, cargo security, and fleet management in Brazil. Our connectivity products provide streamlined solutions to efficiently monitor individual drivers and fleets, providing readily accessible data on their vehicles, allowing them to ensure compliance with legal requirements. Decades of design and manufacturing coupled with our insight and experience allow us to remain a leading supplier of connectivity products. Our products occupy a significant amount of real estate inside the cockpit of the vehicle. As such, we plan to further integrate these complex electronic systems into a large system offering. This will bring advanced technology to our customers to help differentiate their vehicles, improve vehicle safety and efficiency, and provide opportunities for long-term profitable growth for the company. Our customers are choosing to work with us for our technology and our proximity and flexibility. We are not just delivering product, systems, and services. We are improving safety on the roads, reducing emissions, improving overall efficiency of the vehicles, and enabling better driver comfort. Our strong product portfolio has built a meaningful and growing backlog of awarded programs, and we expect to continue this momentum in the coming years. Turning to Slide 9. As President and CEO, I will continue the strong focus on excellence in execution, to sharpen our strategy and drive financial performance. As the President of our Electronics division, I played an integral role in establishing our focus on sustainable long-term value creation. Therefore, our key drivers for sustainable performance remain the same: drive market outperformance, margin expansion, and cash flow conversion to create long-term value for shareholders, customers, and employees. To accomplish this, we must continue to deliver a strong customer value proposition and differentiation. First, we will continue to deliver advanced technology solutions that solve critical challenges and help our customers achieve their long-term goals, whether it is improving efficiency, enhancing safety, or increasing driver comfort. Supported by our strong backlog of awarded business and deep customer integration, our robust technology roadmap will continue to create opportunities with both existing and new products to the market. As such, we expect to continue to drive market outperformance of two to three times over the long term. Later in the call, I will provide further perspective on top line growth expectations through discussion of our long-term target. Second, we are focused on excellence in execution in everything we do. This starts with consistent delivery of our promised outcomes. Whether it is to our customers, our employees, or other stakeholders, we must drive disciplined execution to meet the expectations. In turn, this allows us to build trust and confidence of our customers and other stakeholders. We will continue to embed rigor and discipline in all our processes to drive operational efficiency and continuous improvement. By investing in quality-related processes and resources, we not only improve product reliability and performance for our customers, but also reduce internal quality costs. At the same time, our robust pipeline of material and manufacturing cost reduction initiatives, through smarter engineering and more efficient supply chains, enhances cost efficiency. Together, these efforts lower quality, manufacturing, and material-related costs, drive margin expansion, and support sustainable growth. As part of this overarching driver, the executive team and I are committed to organizational cost efficiencies by streamlining corporate costs to better support our company in this structure. Finally, when passion, process, and priorities are aligned, a strong performance culture emerges—one that consistently drives long-term value. By fostering a culture of accountability, creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement, we drive outcomes that matter most to our customers and business. With empowering leadership, our talent aligned with core technology strategy, and a global footprint providing flexibility and proximity, we can bring faster innovation and problem-solving strategies to better support our customers. By combining our operational levers, we will convert our strategy into measurable outcomes. We want our customers to see tangible results, our teams to feel motivated and aligned, and our stakeholders to benefit from sustainable long-term value. Later on the call, we will provide further detail on how we will drive long-term shareholder value through market outperformance, margin expansion, and cash flow conversion, both in the current year and over the long term. I am excited about this next stage of our strategy and am committed to executing on the long-term plan that Stoneridge, Inc. has in place. I will now turn the call over to Matt.
Thank you, Natalia, and again, congratulations on your new role. Page 11 summarizes our key financial metrics specific to Electronics and Stoneridge Brazil. For Electronics, full year sales of $551,000,000 outperformed our weighted average OEM end markets by approximately 430 basis points. This market outperformance was driven by MirrorEye sales which totaled $111,000,000 in 2025, resulting in growth of $45,000,000, or 69%, compared to the prior year. This includes increasing take rates in Europe and the ramp-up of new programs for Daimler and Volvo in North America. Additionally, MirrorEye bus revenue grew by approximately 34% as our latest generation camera systems have received extremely positive market feedback. We expect continued expansion of MirrorEye as our end markets improve and our recently launched programs continue to mature. Electronics adjusted operating income declined by 140 basis points, primarily driven by lower contribution from sales. While we were able to offset a portion of our tariff-related expenses, our adjusted operating income was also impacted by incremental tariff-related expenses of approximately $2,000,000. This was partially offset by material cost improvement of approximately 120 basis points and lower quality-related costs of $3,700,000 compared to 2024 for the Electronics segment. Stoneridge Brazil full year sales growth of $15,000,000, or approximately 30%, was primarily driven by incremental OEM sales as our Brazilian OEM business continues to accelerate. OEM sales in Brazil set a record at $26,700,000, which approximately doubled compared to the prior year. We expect OEM sales in Brazil to continue to expand as new programs launch and we continue to win local OEM business. Full year adjusted operating income improved by $4,600,000, or 660 basis points compared to the prior year, primarily driven by increased contribution from incremental sales. As we have previously announced, this will be my final earnings call as I have accepted a role outside the company. It has been a privilege to serve in this role, and I am proud of what we have accomplished. With that, I would like to turn the call over to Bob Hartman, our Chief Accounting Officer, who will serve as the interim Chief Financial Officer upon my resignation from the company effective March 31.
Thank you, Matt. I am looking forward to stepping into the role of interim CFO and I am confident that this team will continue to drive long-term value for our stakeholders as we transition to a more focused, leaner global company. Turning to Slide 12. As mentioned earlier on the call, the commercial vehicle end market created significant headwinds during 2025. This is highlighted by an almost 7% decline in our weighted average OEM end markets in 2025 compared to our initial expectations of approximately flat end market conditions. That said, in 2026, our end markets are expected to begin to recover. More specifically, the European commercial vehicle market is expected to show stabilization with potential for moderate growth after subdued demand over the last two years. Similarly, in North America, we expect that soft freight demand and continued capital spending discipline will persist, resulting in relatively flat first half revenues. However, we are beginning to see increasing order strength from our customers and third-party production forecasts have improved for the second half of the year. Additionally, with EPA 2027 regulations becoming clearer, we expect a pre-buy effect as the year progresses in our North American commercial vehicle market. As a result, North American OEM production is forecast to improve by 9.8% this year while European production is forecast to improve by 6.6%, resulting in expected full year 2026 weighted average end market growth of 7.1%. For 2027, current third-party production forecasts suggest 6.6% growth for our weighted average OEM end markets. We are seeing moderate improvement in production levels in 2026. More importantly, we are also receiving increasingly positive indications from customers that would align with third-party forecasts, particularly in the second half of the year. That said, turning to Slide 13, we are taking a relatively conservative approach to our revenue expectations for the year as we are assuming OEM end markets will remain flat. While third-party forecasts have indicated potential upside to this expectation, we believe continued geopolitical volatility warrants some level of conservatism. We are expecting yet another year of strong growth for our MirrorEye products. In total, we expect MirrorEye to grow by approximately $50,000,000 to at least $160,000,000, which translates to approximately 45% growth compared to 2025. Of the $160,000,000 in sales forecasted for MirrorEye, we expect approximately $140,000,000 in OEM sales, or approximately 45% growth relative to 2025. We expect continued strong improvement in take rates this year as recently launched programs continue to mature and strong customer feedback drives further adoption in both Europe and North America. Our MirrorEye OEM programs continue to gain positive momentum from our customers’ committed marketing campaigns that highlight the substantial benefits of our system, including improved safety, fuel economy, and driver comfort. We are also expecting significant growth in our MirrorEye bus programs due to strong market feedback on our latest camera system. After two years of strong SmartTube Tachograph aftermarket sales, driven by incremental regulatory requirements, we are expecting a sales decline of approximately $12,000,000 in 2026 relative to the prior year. Overall, SmartTube will still contribute significantly to sales in 2026, with OEM programs expected to be flat year over year. As highlighted by a recent award announced in the second quarter, our SMART II Tachograph continues to win new business in Europe. We will work with our current customers, as well as prospective customers, to drive continued OEM growth in this segment. Finally, we expect that customer price reductions and continued pressures in our aftermarket and other end markets will substantially offset foreign currency tailwinds, tariff-related reimbursements, and continued growth in our off-highway end markets. However, similar to our OEM end markets, recovery in off-highway vehicle production could drive upside to our guidance. In summary, based on our midpoint guidance, we are expecting revenue growth of approximately 4.2% in 2026, primarily driven by continued MirrorEye growth as our weighted average OEM end markets are expected to be flat. Slide 14 outlines our expectations for 2026 EBITDA in detail. We expect that the revenue growth of $26,000,000 will contribute approximately $6,500,000 of EBITDA growth based on the low end of our historical contribution margin of 25% to 30%, as the SMART II Tachograph business generally drove a higher margin and we are expecting lower sales from that product this year. As Natalia discussed earlier on the call, we are committed to driving organizational efficiency by streamlining our corporate costs to more effectively support our company's current structure. This year, we expect the benefit of at least $5,000,000 from these structural cost reductions. In 2027, we expect to realize additional savings as we complete our obligations under the transition services agreements from the sale of Control Devices. As our markets recover and overall company performance continues to improve, we expect that our incentive compensation programs will return to target levels in 2026. This increase, in addition to merit-based wage increases, is expected to drive a $6,700,000 headwind year over year. As Natalia and Jim also mentioned earlier in the call, we remain focused on improving operating and manufacturing performance, including reducing quality-related and material costs to drive gross margin improvement. We have incorporated some incremental warranty costs in our guidance for this year as we address the few remaining legacy issues that Jim mentioned earlier in the call. Overall, we expect that our continued focus on quality during the product development process will drive fundamental improvement in the long-term quality of our product portfolio. In summary, we are expecting revenue growth, continuous improvement in our operating performance, and structural cost reductions to drive EBITDA improvement in 2026 to our midpoint EBITDA guidance of $22,500,000. As it relates to the cadence of our guidance, we are expecting a relatively muted first quarter as production volumes remain lower to start the year, resulting in approximately breakeven EBITDA in the first quarter. This assumes first quarter revenue to be slightly below 2025. Following the first quarter, we are expecting improving volumes and structural cost benefits to drive improved EBITDA in the second quarter and beyond. We are expecting EBITDA to continue to improve in the second half of the year aligned with continued revenue growth and the ramp-up of benefits from structural cost improvement. This expected cadence would result in significant EBITDA improvement in the second half of the year compared to the first half. Turning to page 15. As Matt mentioned earlier on the call, we continue to manage cash efficiently even as production volumes remained significantly lower than originally expected in 2025, driven primarily by inventory reductions and capital expenditure management. In 2026, we will continue to prioritize efficient cash generation as we remain focused on optimizing inventory levels to reduce working capital levels. Additionally, we will maintain disciplined oversight of our capital expenditures. Last week, we completed an amendment of our current credit facility to extend the maturity date to 07/01/2027 to allow ample time to refinance our existing credit facility and align our long-term capital structure with the structure of the company after the sale of Control Devices. Based on our current EBITDA guidance and our amended covenant ratios, we expect to remain in compliance with all of our covenant ratios and have sufficient liquidity to navigate continuing volatility. Based on our 2026 guidance, we expect a compliance ratio between 3.0x and 3.5x by the end of the year. With that, I will turn it back over to Natalia for detail regarding our medium- to long-term targets.
Thank you both. Slide 17 lays out the drivers of our medium and long-term financial targets. First, as a reminder, our weighted average end markets are expected to improve by 6.6% from 2026 to 2027, which would drive approximately $42,000,000 of incremental revenue in 2027. In addition to a strong market, we are expecting continued expansion of our MirrorEye programs driven primarily by the continued ramp-up of our OEM programs and improved customer take rates in both North America and Europe. Based on the third-party market forecast and our expectations for MirrorEye by 2027, we currently estimate revenue of at least $715,000,000 in 2027, which would represent approximately 12% growth versus our midpoint expectation for 2026. We continue to focus on market outperformance and believe that incremental opportunities in both our Brazilian OEM business as well as our off-highway business could drive upside to these expectations. Looking beyond 2027, we are expecting continued strong growth in our key product categories. In addition to market growth, we expect continued expansion in our MirrorEye programs as they mature. Similarly, we are expecting our other products to outpace market growth, including the continued adoption of camera-based safety systems in the off-highway market, as well as the expansion of our connected trailer and 360-degree surround view technologies as we continue to build on our existing systems and capabilities. In turn, we expect these growth drivers to result in revenue of $850,000,000 to $1,000,000,000 by 2030, representing a five-year compound annual growth rate of 6.8% to 10.3%. We expect that revenue growth will drive significant earnings expansion as well. Based on our historical and expected contribution margin, we expect that our growth will improve EBITDA to at least $44,000,000 in 2027, based only on market growth and continued momentum with our MirrorEye programs. We will have the ability to outperform this contribution-based target as we will continue to execute on our pipeline of material cost improvement activities, quality improvement initiatives, and structural cost reductions. Similarly, based on our long-term revenue targets, we expect EBITDA growth aligned with the midpoint of our historical contribution margins of 25% to 30%. Based only on contribution from incremental revenue, we are targeting EBITDA of approximately $80,000,000 to $120,000,000 in 2030. Again, we will rely on our robust pipeline of material cost improvement activities and the continued focus on long-term excellence in overall execution to drive to and beyond these targets. Stoneridge, Inc. is well positioned to significantly outpace our underlying end markets even as they are forecasted to recover over the next several years and provide a tailwind to overall growth. Our industry-leading product portfolio, focused on our vision and safety, connectivity, and vehicle intelligence and controls products, is expected to drive significant growth forward as we build on recent momentum, particularly with our MirrorEye platform. We expect that this growth will drive meaningful earnings expansion that will be amplified by excellence in execution as we continue to build on the recent success of reducing material costs, improving our quality processes, and utilizing a lean, global structure to optimize performance. Turning to page 18. In summary, with favorable market tailwinds ahead, a revitalized company following the divestiture of Control Devices, and sustained momentum from our growth products driving continued market outperformance, while monitoring potential headwinds such as geopolitical volatility, we are quite optimistic about the years to come. Under Jim's leadership, we built a strong foundation. Now, with our simplified company structure and focused strategy, we will continue to drive strong performance going forward. We will continue to focus on excellence in execution to drive significant earnings expansion and, as a result, strong shareholder returns both in the short and long term. Stoneridge, Inc. remains well positioned to outpace our weighted average end markets, significantly expand our earnings, and drive long-term shareholder value. We will now open for questions.
Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, we will begin the question-and-answer session. To ask a question, you may press star and then one on your touch-tone phones. If you are using a speakerphone, we ask that you please pick up the handset prior to pressing the keys to ensure the best sound quality. To withdraw your questions, you may press star and then two. Again, that is star and then one to join the question queue. Our first question today comes from Gary Prestopino from Barrington Research. Please go ahead with your question.
Yeah. Good morning, Walt. Several questions here. First of all, I think I heard you say that there are going to be legacy warranty costs related to the Control Devices business this year and possibly, I do not know how for how long really, but that would assume that when you sold the business, those warranty costs were not part of the sale and transferred to the new owners of the business. Is that correct?
Gary, actually, no. When we referred to legacy warranty questions, those were legacy warranty questions for issues within our Electronics products themselves. Any warranty that related to Control Devices was passed with the business to the new buyer.
Okay. Alright. I guess some other questions here. I just want to refer back to one of the slides where you broke out your sales footprint. Your three markets, I think you talked about here. I am referring to Slide 8, at least on my computer. You have got connectivity, vision and safety, and intelligence and electronic controls. Can you give us an idea of what percentage of the revenues between Electronics and Brazil make up those three markets?
Yes. Hey, Gary. It is Matt. How are you doing? Generally, you will see two different breakouts. One on Slide 7 there where you see revenue by region and end market. We do not break out specifically by product category. As we talked about, the Brazilian OEM business is growing pretty significantly, so you are seeing some pretty strong growth across a couple of those product categories. In Brazil, for example, the connectivity devices that we call out on Slide 8 has the track-and-trace business and digital services. A large portion of that is Brazil. Of course. So I would say we do not break it out specifically. But the connectivity business is certainly more global than the other businesses. But we are seeing some things—as we talked about, OEM sales doubling in Brazil—we are seeing some increased penetration of some of those other product categories in Brazil. And we would also say that the Europe versus North America, these are global customers. So we really do consider them as a singular customer across the globe. Their purchasing teams are operating that way. So the only real split we would say is Brazil currently about 15% of the business. Electronics business globally is 85%. That is the best way. That is the way we deal with our customers on it as well.
Okay. So if we look at the numbers for this past year, your MirrorEye sales were up dramatically, so there had to be a dramatic downturn in the Electronics business in some of these other areas. Is that really a correct assumption? I mean, I have to go through and work through the numbers, but it seems like if your MirrorEye sales were up $111,000,000 but your other sales were down, where are you seeing the most impact across these three areas?
I agree. It is Natalia. So, yes, the MirrorEye platform was representing a big increase in the sales. Overall, when you look at the vehicle production, especially in North America, but not only, in other products that are really linked with the vehicle production, this is where the biggest downside is coming from.
Yes. So looking at commercial vehicle volumes, there were some months in 2025 that set all-time record lows for actual orders placed in the commercial vehicle space. That is how weak that sector got during the course of the year. Fortunately, toward the end of the year, we saw a nice uptick there in December. And we expect a lot more of that coming forward. And so do the third-party prognosticators—ACT and S&P Global—they are starting to show a recovery, especially in North America on the commercial vehicle side.
Right. I have seen the first two months of the year that that has been pretty strong. And I guess that was a lead into the next question. How has your sales force in the market when trying to sell MirrorEye—what have they been experiencing here for the first two months of the year, given that truck production looks like it is starting to move up? At least, I saw the North America numbers. I did not see European.
Right. Indeed, we see first very positive signals from the third-party companies that are showing the orders of the trucks, Class 8 in North America, but also looking at Europe. We are also seeing first slight increases in the orders from our customers, primarily in the second half of the year. We are also very cautious of the overall geopolitical situation and monitoring that very closely. But indeed, the first positive signals are out there.
Okay. And then just one quick question, and I will jump off. Let me understand something here with your business, especially on the telematics. With everything that you are doing, you are basically selling product that allows for this telematics to happen. Are you also the backbone on the connected service side through a network? Or are the products that you have agnostic and able to work with any network?
Thank you for that. Indeed, especially in Brazil, but not only, with our track-and-trace business, we are quite successful in digital services. This is direct recurring revenue and a business that is completely different from the hardware or hardware with embedded software. We do also have a certain portfolio of digital services linked with our Tachograph products as well as MirrorEye products. That is an area that we are also growing. The strongest market here for us is Brazil at this point.
Okay. Thank you very much.
Thank you, Gary. It is showing no additional questions at this time. I would like to turn the floor back over to Natalia Noble for closing remarks.
Thank you, everyone, for joining us for the call. I know your time is very important, and as always, we truly appreciate your willingness to engage with us today. We have built a strong foundation that will allow us to drive significant earnings expansion as we grow. We will continue to deliver on our commitments by focusing on our advanced technology and excellence in execution delivered by our talented and passionate team. We expect that our performance, along with our unique mix of industry-changing product platforms, will continue to drive strong shareholder value. Thank you.
And with that, ladies and gentlemen, we will conclude today's conference call and presentation. We thank you for joining. You may now disconnect your lines.
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2026-03-03Stoneridge, Inc. to Broadcast Its Fourth Quarter 2025 Conference Call on the Web
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Stoneridge, Inc. to Broadcast Its Fourth Quarter 2025 Conference Call on the Web
NOVI, Mich., March 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Stoneridge, Inc. (NYSE: SRI) will webcast its fourth quarter 2025 earnings conference call live on Thursday, March 12, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. ET with members of the executive team. The webcast can be accessed on the Presentations & Events page of the Investors section of the Company's website, www.stoneridge.com. Stoneridge, Inc., headquartered in Novi, Michigan, is a global supplier of safe and efficient electronic systems and technologies. Our systems and products power vehicle intelligence, while enabling safety and security for on- and off-highway transportation sectors around the world. Additional information about Stoneridge can be found at www.stoneridge.com. View original content to download multimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/stoneridge-inc-to-broadcast-its-fourth-quarter-2025-conference-call-on-the-web-302701365.html
Investor releaseQuarter not tagged2025-11-06Stoneridge: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
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Stoneridge: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
NOVI, Mich. (AP) — NOVI, Mich. (AP) — Stoneridge Inc. (SRI) on Wednesday reported a loss of $9.4 million in its third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Novi, Michigan-based company said it had a loss of 34 cents. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 18 cents per share. The maker of electronic components for the automotive and other markets posted revenue of $210.3 million in the period. Stoneridge expects full-year revenue in the range of $860 million to $870 million. _____ This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on SRI at https://www.zacks.com/ap/SRI

