Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) Stake Raised by Asset Management One Co. Ltd.

Asset Management One Co. Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F - Free Report) by 7.3% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,592,082 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock after purchasing an additional 108,007 shares during the period. Asset Management One Co. Ltd.'s holdings in Ford Motor were worth $15,969,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Ford Motor by 16.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 402,083,883 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock worth $3,980,630,000 after purchasing an additional 57,182,803 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in Ford Motor by 5.3% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 129,106,379 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock worth $1,278,153,000 after buying an additional 6,497,321 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 84,078,284 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock valued at $830,662,000 after buying an additional 2,089,127 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of Ford Motor by 11.8% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 46,508,882 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock valued at $460,444,000 after acquiring an additional 4,925,993 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Ford Motor in the fourth quarter worth $387,282,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 58.74% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

F has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. UBS Group decreased their price objective on shares of Ford Motor from $10.00 to $9.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 10th. Sanford C. Bernstein cut Ford Motor from a "market perform" rating to an "underperform" rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $9.40 to $7.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 9th. Wolfe Research raised Ford Motor from an "underperform" rating to a "peer perform" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Citigroup raised their price objective on Ford Motor from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. Finally, TD Cowen started coverage on Ford Motor in a research report on Friday, March 7th. They set a "hold" rating and a $10.00 target price for the company. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $10.03.

Ford Motor Stock Performance

Shares of F opened at $10.64 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.13, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.26. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $10.34 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $9.96. Ford Motor Company has a 12 month low of $8.44 and a 12 month high of $14.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $42.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.89 and a beta of 1.50.

Ford Motor (NYSE:F - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, May 5th. The auto manufacturer reported $0.14 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.02) by $0.16. The business had revenue of $40.66 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $35.99 billion. Ford Motor had a net margin of 2.74% and a return on equity of 13.49%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.49 earnings per share. As a group, analysts predict that Ford Motor Company will post 1.47 EPS for the current year.

Ford Motor Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 12th were paid a dividend of $0.15 per share. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.64%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 12th. Ford Motor's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 48.00%.

Ford Motor Profile

Ford Motor Company develops, delivers, and services a range of Ford trucks, commercial cars and vans, sport utility vehicles, and Lincoln luxury vehicles worldwide. It operates through Ford Blue, Ford Model e, and Ford Pro; Ford Next; and Ford Credit segments. The company sells Ford and Lincoln vehicles, service parts, and accessories through distributors and dealers, as well as through dealerships to commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments.

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