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spanone

(135,934 posts)
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 04:55 PM Jan 2019

Harley-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 Trump’s trade wars. The motorcycle maker’s 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.”


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
KGOP republican Dirty Donny* pissed on the Golden Hog Achilleaze Jan 2019 #1
#ETTD sarcasmo Jan 2019 #2
Attention Harley Davidson 47of74 Jan 2019 #3
They supported him, they get what they deserve.... doompatrol39 Jan 2019 #4
I really don't care, do U? ProudLib72 Jan 2019 #5
Thought and Prayers, H-D curlyred Jan 2019 #6
MAGA JI7 Jan 2019 #7
I guess elections have consequences. Womp womp as they say JDC Jan 2019 #8
Everything he touches malaise Jan 2019 #9
the shitmeister spanone Jan 2019 #10
There goes the Hell's Angels vote! panader0 Jan 2019 #11
Harley has Wellstone ruled Jan 2019 #12

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
1. KGOP republican Dirty Donny* pissed on the Golden Hog
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 04:57 PM
Jan 2019

Everything the republican misleader touches goes to shit.

* aka republican Draft-dodger-in-Chief

 

doompatrol39

(428 posts)
4. They supported him, they get what they deserve....
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 05:04 PM
Jan 2019

...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.

JDC

(10,146 posts)
8. I guess elections have consequences. Womp womp as they say
Tue Jan 29, 2019, 05:14 PM
Jan 2019

I for one am indeed tired of all this winning. I wonder if HD is.

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