Company: CPS
Filing Date: 2025-08-01
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001320461-25-000131
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Company: Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-01
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
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Item 2.        Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

This management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is intended to assist in understanding and assessing the trends and significant changes in our results of operations and financial condition. Our historical results may not indicate, and should not be relied upon as an indication of, our future performance. Our forward-looking statements reflect our current views about future events, are based on assumptions and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by these statements. See “Forward-Looking Statements” below for a discussion of risks associated with reliance on forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause differences between actual results and those contemplated by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those discussed below and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“2024 Annual Report”), including Item 1A. “Risk Factors.” The following should be read in conjunction with our 2024 Annual Report and the other information included herein. Our discussion of trends and conditions supplements and updates such discussion included in our 2024 Annual Report. References in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q (the “Report”) to “we,” “our,” or the “Company” refer to Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries.

Executive Overview 

Our Business

We design, manufacture and sell sealing systems and fluid handling systems (consisting of fuel and brake delivery systems and fluid transfer systems) for use primarily in passenger vehicles and light trucks manufactured by global original equipment manufacturers (“OEMs”). We are primarily a “Tier 1” supplier, with approximately 86% of our sales in 2024 made directly to major OEMs for installation on new vehicles.

Recent Trends and Conditions

General Economic Conditions and Outlook

The global automotive industry is susceptible to unpredictable economic conditions that can adversely impact new vehicle demand and production. Business conditions can fluctuate significantly across different periods and regions. In 2024, light vehicle production experienced a modest slowdown, primarily due to rising inventory levels, relatively high interest rates, concerns about affordability, and ongoing geopolitical tensions worldwide. However, global commodity markets and pricing stabilized to a large degree in 2024, providing some support to the manufacturing sector. In the first half of 2025, global production increased by approximately 3% compared to the same period in 2024.