Achmea Investment Management B.V. Acquires 213,063 Shares of Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)

Achmea Investment Management B.V. raised its holdings in Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F - Free Report) by 14.9% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,639,983 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock after buying an additional 213,063 shares during the quarter. Achmea Investment Management B.V.'s holdings in Ford Motor were worth $16,449,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of F. Grove Bank & Trust grew its holdings in shares of Ford Motor by 289.1% in the 1st quarter. Grove Bank & Trust now owns 2,533 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 1,882 shares during the last quarter. Flagship Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Ford Motor in the 4th quarter worth about $30,000. Spurstone Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Ford Motor in the 4th quarter worth about $31,000. Wood Tarver Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Ford Motor in the 4th quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, VSM Wealth Advisory LLC bought a new stake in shares of Ford Motor in the 4th quarter worth about $36,000. Institutional investors own 58.74% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently weighed in on F. UBS Group lowered their target price on shares of Ford Motor from $10.00 to $9.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 10th. Wolfe Research raised shares of Ford Motor from an "underperform" rating to a "peer perform" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Ford Motor from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded shares of 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. Finally, Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Ford Motor from $8.00 to $9.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 6th. 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 data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $10.03.

Ford Motor Price Performance

Shares of Ford Motor stock traded up $0.18 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $10.81. The company had a trading volume of 181,959,522 shares, compared to its average volume of 81,877,388. 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 company has a market capitalization of $42.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.90 and a beta of 1.50. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $10.36 and a 200 day simple moving average of $9.96. Ford Motor Company has a 1-year low of $8.44 and a 1-year high of $14.85.

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

Ford Motor Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 12th were paid a $0.15 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, May 12th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.55%. Ford Motor's payout ratio is presently 48.00%.

Ford Motor Company 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.