BorgWarner Reports Strong Third Quarter 2025 Results

Returned $136 million to Stockholders During Third Quarter

Announces Increased 2025 Guidance

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Oct. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE:BWA) today reported third quarter results and increased 2025 guidance.

Third Quarter Results and Business Update

• BorgWarner's (the "Company") U.S. GAAP net sales increased approximately 4.1%, while organic sales increased approximately 2.1%, year-over-year compared with third quarter 2024.
• The Company achieved a U.S. GAAP operating margin of 6.9% during the third quarter of 2025, which equated to an adjusted operating margin of 10.7% or an increase of 60 basis points compared with third quarter 2024. The Company's solid conversion on higher sales and focus on cost controls allowed it to deliver strong performance despite a 60 basis point net headwind from tariffs.
• The Company returned $136 million to its stockholders during the third quarter. This includes the purchase of approximately $100 million of outstanding shares and a $36 million cash dividend payment.

New Business Awards Across Portfolio

The Company secured multiple new business awards that are expected to support its long-term profitable growth, these include the following:

Foundational Awards

• Two all-wheel drive contracts with Chery. One for on-demand transfer cases with mechanical lock (Mlock TOD) for pickup truck vehicles, and another for cross wheel drive (XWD) system for SUV models. Production is expected to begin in 2027.
• Variable turbine geometry (VTG) turbocharger award with Stellantis for the OEM's Hurricane 4, a 4-cylinder gasoline engine. This turbocharger will be featured on the automaker's 2026 Jeep® Grand Cherokee.
• Electric variable cam timing (eVCT) technology award with Stellantis for use on the OEM's Jeep Cherokee engine.

eProduct Awards

• A contract to supply a 7-in-1 integrated drive module (iDM) to a leading Chinese OEM. Exclusively designed for the customer's hybrid SUV, BorgWarner's iDM integrates multiple functions within a single compact unit to boost overall system performance and efficiency. Production is expected to begin in 2026.
• Two dual inverter programs awards with Great Wall Motor for HEV and PHEV vehicles. Production is expected to begin in 2026.
• Battery system for the all-new HOLON Urban, a 15-person, Level 4 autonomous, fully electric shuttle. The battery system features the latest generation cell chemistry and benchmark-setting energy density. Production is expected to begin in 2027.

Third Quarter Highlights (continuing operations basis):

• U.S. GAAP net sales of $3,591 million, an increase of approximately 4.1% compared with third quarter 2024.
  • Excluding the impact of foreign currencies, organic sales increased 2.1% compared with third quarter 2024.
• U.S. GAAP net earnings of $0.73 per diluted share.
  • Excluding $0.51 of net losses per diluted share related to non-comparable items (detailed in the table below), adjusted net earnings were $1.24 per diluted share, an increase of 14% compared with third quarter 2024.
• U.S. GAAP operating income of $248 million, or 6.9% of net sales.
  • Excluding $137 million of pretax expenses related to non-comparable items, adjusted operating income was $385 million, or 10.7% of net sales.
• Net cash provided by operating activities of $368 million.
  • Free cash flow of $266 million.

Financial Results (continuing operations basis):

The Company believes the following table is useful in highlighting non-comparable items that impacted its U.S. GAAP net earnings per diluted share. The non-comparable items presented below are calculated after tax using the corresponding effective tax rate discrete to each item and the weighted average number of diluted shares for the periods presented. The Company defines adjusted earnings per diluted share as earnings per diluted share adjusted to eliminate the impact of restructuring expense, merger, acquisition and divestiture expense, other net expenses, discontinued operations and other gains and losses not reflective of the Company's ongoing operations and related tax effects.

Net sales were $3,591 million for the third quarter 2025, an increase of approximately 4.1% compared with the third quarter 2024. This increase was primarily due to higher market production volumes and light vehicle eProduct sales growth, partially offset by lower battery and charging sales and downtime at one of the Company's European customers due to a cyber related shutdown. Net earnings for the third quarter 2025, were $158 million, or $0.73 per diluted share, compared with net earnings of $242 million, or $1.08 per diluted share for the third quarter 2024. Adjusted net earnings per diluted share for the third quarter 2025, were $1.24, up approximately 14% from adjusted net earnings per diluted share of $1.09 for the third quarter 2024. Adjusted net earnings for the third quarter 2025, excluded net non-comparable items of $(0.51) per diluted share, while adjusted net earnings for the third quarter 2024, excluded net non-comparable items of $(0.01) per diluted share. These and other non-comparable items are listed in the table above, which is provided by the Company for comparison with other results and the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP measures. The increase in adjusted net earnings per diluted share was primarily due to higher adjusted operating income and the impact of a lower share count.

Full Year 2025 Guidance Update: The Company has increased its 2025 full year margin, EPS and free cash flow guidance, and narrowed its net sales outlook. The Company expects net sales to be in the range of $14.1 billion to $14.3 billion in 2025, compared with 2024 sales of approximately $14.1 billion. The change from the Company's previous forecast range of $14.0 billion to $14.4 billion is a result of higher industry production expectations and the favorable impacts of foreign exchange, partially offset by customer production disruptions in North America and Europe. The Company expects its weighted light and commercial vehicle markets to be in the range of down 1% to approximately flat in 2025. This is an increase from the Company's prior range of down 2.5% to down 0.5%. The Company's sales guidance implies a year-over-year change in organic sales of down 1% to approximately flat or in line with estimated market production. Stronger foreign currencies primarily due to the Euro are expected to result in an increase in sales of $30 million compared to the Company's previous guidance.

The Company expects its U.S. GAAP operating margin to be in the range of 7.8% to 7.9% in 2025. Excluding the impact of non-comparable items and the add back of intangible asset amortization expense, adjusted operating margin is expected to be in the range of 10.3% to 10.5%. The increase compared to the Company's previous adjusted operating margin range of 10.1% to 10.3% is due to strong year-to-date results and on-going cost performance measures. Net earnings are expected to be within the range of $3.52 to $3.63 per diluted share. Excluding the impact of non-comparable items, adjusted net earnings are expected to increase and be in the range of $4.60 to $4.75 per diluted share, compared to the Company's previous adjusted net earnings range of $4.45 to $4.65 per diluted share. Full-year operating cash flow is expected to be in the range of $1,434 million to $1,484 million, and free cash flow is expected to be in the range of $850 million to $950 million, which is a $150 million increase from prior guidance.

At 9:30 a.m. ET today, a brief conference call concerning third quarter 2025 results and guidance will be webcast at: https://www.borgwarner.com/investors. Additionally, an earnings call presentation will be available at https://www.borgwarner.com/investors.

For more than 130 years, BorgWarner has been a transformative global product leader bringing successful mobility innovation to market. With a focus on sustainability, we're helping to build a cleaner, healthier, safer future for all.

 

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You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond our control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed, projected or implied in or by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties, among others, include: supply disruptions impacting us or our customers, commodity availability and pricing, and an inability to achieve expected levels of recoverability in commercial negotiations with customers concerning these costs; competitive challenges from existing and new competitors, including original equipment manufacturer ("OEM") customers; the challenges associated with rapidly changing technologies, and our ability to innovate in response; the difficulty in forecasting demand for electric vehicles and our electric vehicles revenue growth; potential disruptions in the global economy caused by wars or other geopolitical conflicts; the ability to identify targets and consummate acquisitions on acceptable terms; failure to realize the expected benefits of acquisitions on a timely basis; the possibility that our 2023 tax-free spin-off of our former Fuel Systems and Aftermarket segments into a separate publicly traded company will not achieve its intended benefits; the failure to promptly and effectively integrate acquired businesses; the potential for unknown or inestimable liabilities relating to the acquired businesses; impacts of our exit of the charging business; our dependence on automotive and truck production, which is highly cyclical and subject to disruptions; our reliance on major OEM customers; impacts of any future strikes involving any of our OEM customers and any actions such OEM customers take in response; fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates; our dependence on information systems; the uncertainty of the global economic environment; the uncertainty surrounding global trade policies including tariffs and export restrictions, and their impacts on the Company, its customers and suppliers and the economies in which the Company operates; the outcome of existing or any future legal proceedings, including litigation with respect to various claims, or governmental investigations, including related litigation; future changes in laws and regulations, including, by way of example, taxes and tariffs, in the countries in which we operate; impacts from any potential future acquisition or disposition transactions; and the other risks noted in reports that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Item 1A, "Risk Factors" in our most recently filed Form 10-K and/or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We do not undertake any obligation to update or announce publicly any updates to or revisions to any of the forward-looking statements in this press release to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions, circumstances, or assumptions underlying the statements.

 

 

 

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release contains information about the Company's financial results that is not presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Such non-GAAP financial measures are reconciled to their closest U.S. GAAP financial measures below and in the Financial Results table above. The provision of these comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures for 2025 is not intended to indicate that the Company is explicitly or implicitly providing projections on those U.S. GAAP financial measures, and actual results for such measures are likely to vary from those presented. The reconciliations include all information reasonably available to the Company at the date of this press release and the adjustments that management can reasonably predict.

Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to management, investors and banking institutions in their analyses of the Company's business and operating performance. Management also uses this information for operational planning and decision-making purposes.

Non-GAAP financial measures are not and should not be considered a substitute for any U.S. GAAP measure. Additionally, because not all companies use identical calculations, the non-GAAP financial measures as presented by the Company may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

Adjusted Operating Income and Adjusted Operating Margin

The Company defines adjusted operating income as operating income adjusted to exclude the impact of restructuring expense, merger, acquisition and divestiture expense, intangible asset amortization expense, other net expenses, discontinued operations and other gains and losses not reflective of the Company's ongoing operations. Adjusted operating margin is defined as adjusted operating income divided by net sales.

Adjusted Net Earnings

The Company defines adjusted net earnings as net earnings attributable to the Company, adjusted to eliminate the impact of restructuring expense, merger, acquisition and divestiture expense, other net expenses, discontinued operations and other gains and losses not reflective of the Company's ongoing operations and related tax effects. The impact of intangible asset amortization expense continues to be included in adjusted net earnings.

Adjusted Earnings per Diluted Share

The Company defines adjusted earnings per diluted share as earnings per diluted share adjusted to eliminate the impact of restructuring expense, merger, acquisition and divestiture expense, other net expenses, discontinued operations and other gains and losses not reflective of the Company's ongoing operations and related tax effects. The impact of intangible asset amortization expense continues to be included in adjusted earnings per share.

Free Cash Flow

The Company defines free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities minus capital expenditures, net of customer advances related to capital expenditures. The Company believes this measure is useful to both management and investors in evaluating the Company's ability to service and repay its debt.

Organic Net Sales Change

The Company defines organic net sales changes as net sales change year-over-year excluding the estimated impact of foreign exchange ("FX") and net mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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