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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHarley-Davidson Profit Wiped Out by Trump Tariffs
Harley-Davidson Inc. barely broke even in the last quarter of a year in which the struggling American icon got caught up in President Donald Trumps trade wars. The motorcycle makers shares plunged the most in a year.
Earnings per share on a GAAP basis were zero in the fourth quarter, the Milwaukee-based manufacturer said in a statement Tuesday. Excluding restructuring and tariff costs, profit was 17 cents a share, missing analysts average estimate for 29 cents.
Trump attacked Harley last year after it announced plans to shift some U.S. production overseas to sidestep levies imposed by the European Union. But the motorcycle maker has more than tariffs and angry tweets to blame for its performance. U.S. retail sales tumbled 10 percent in the three months ended in December, the eighth consecutive quarterly drop. Chief Executive Officer Matt Levatich is having trouble attracting younger riders and plans to offer cheaper bikes and sell more clothing and gear including on Amazon to reach new customers.
2019 we expect to be another difficult year until major initiatives like More Roads start kicking in, Levatich said in an interview, referring to a turnaround plan unveiled last year. Everything is angled at that core issue of building riders in the U.S. and leveraging growth opportunities we have in the near term and internationally.
Earnings per share on a GAAP basis were zero in the fourth quarter, the Milwaukee-based manufacturer said in a statement Tuesday. Excluding restructuring and tariff costs, profit was 17 cents a share, missing analysts average estimate for 29 cents.
Trump attacked Harley last year after it announced plans to shift some U.S. production overseas to sidestep levies imposed by the European Union. But the motorcycle maker has more than tariffs and angry tweets to blame for its performance. U.S. retail sales tumbled 10 percent in the three months ended in December, the eighth consecutive quarterly drop. Chief Executive Officer Matt Levatich is having trouble attracting younger riders and plans to offer cheaper bikes and sell more clothing and gear including on Amazon to reach new customers.
2019 we expect to be another difficult year until major initiatives like More Roads start kicking in, Levatich said in an interview, referring to a turnaround plan unveiled last year. Everything is angled at that core issue of building riders in the U.S. and leveraging growth opportunities we have in the near term and internationally.
http://fortune.com/2019/01/29/harley-davidson-profit-wiped-trump-tariffs/
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Harley-Davidson Profit Wiped Out by Trump Tariffs (Original Post)
spanone
Jan 2019
OP
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. KGOP republican Dirty Donny* pissed on the Golden Hog
Everything the republican misleader touches goes to shit.
* aka republican Draft-dodger-in-Chief
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)2. #ETTD
Everything Trump Touches Dies.
47of74
(18,470 posts)3. Attention Harley Davidson
doompatrol39
(428 posts)4. They supported him, they get what they deserve....
...That's not even getting into their myriad shitty business decisions that already had them on a downward slide even before this happened.
And I say this as someone who has owned and still owns several Harley's over the past 30 years.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)5. I really don't care, do U?
Sleep with dogs, wake up with fleas.
curlyred
(1,879 posts)6. Thought and Prayers, H-D
JDC
(10,146 posts)8. I guess elections have consequences. Womp womp as they say
I for one am indeed tired of all this winning. I wonder if HD is.
malaise
(269,299 posts)9. Everything he touches
turns to shit
spanone
(135,934 posts)10. the shitmeister
panader0
(25,816 posts)11. There goes the Hell's Angels vote!
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)12. Harley has
a Demographic Problem as well as a messed up Profit problem.