MCF Advisors LLC Has $135,000 Stock Position in Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)

MCF Advisors LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F - Free Report) by 65.2% during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 13,425 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock after selling 25,177 shares during the period. MCF Advisors LLC's holdings in Ford Motor were worth $135,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. United Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Ford Motor during the first quarter worth $169,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH increased its holdings in shares of Ford Motor by 5.1% in the 1st quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH now owns 2,040,818 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock worth $20,469,000 after acquiring an additional 99,932 shares during the period. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Ford Motor in the 1st quarter worth about $520,000. VSM Wealth Advisory LLC increased its holdings in shares of Ford Motor by 55.0% in the 1st quarter. VSM Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 5,670 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock worth $57,000 after acquiring an additional 2,011 shares during the period. Finally, Flynn Zito Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Ford Motor by 24.7% in the 1st quarter. Flynn Zito Capital Management LLC now owns 30,315 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock worth $304,000 after acquiring an additional 6,011 shares during the period. 58.74% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at Ford Motor

In other Ford Motor news, insider Andrew Frick sold 30,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $11.00, for a total value of $330,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 113,939 shares in the company, valued at $1,253,329. This trade represents a 20.84% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently weighed in on F. Piper Sandler increased their price objective on shares of Ford Motor from $8.50 to $9.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Ford Motor from $12.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Monday, July 21st. UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of Ford Motor from $9.00 to $11.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Monday, July 14th. Wolfe Research raised shares of Ford Motor from an "underperform" rating to a "peer perform" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein cut shares of Ford Motor from a "market perform" rating to an "underperform" rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $9.40 to $7.00 in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $10.37.

Ford Motor Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:F traded up $0.21 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $11.47. 52,268,568 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 79,838,680. Ford Motor Company has a 52 week low of $8.44 and a 52 week high of $11.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.26, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 1.13. The company's fifty day simple moving average is $10.87 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $10.17. The company has a market cap of $45.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.30 and a beta of 1.49.

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

Ford Motor Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 12th were given a dividend of $0.15 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, May 12th. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.23%. Ford Motor's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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.