Ford Motor Company Company Profile (NYSE:F)

Ford Motor Company trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "F."

Ford Motor Company announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 13th. Stockholders of record on Monday, July 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, September 1st. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 20th. View Ford Motor Company's Dividend History.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 26th. The company reported $0.56 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.13. The company earned $36.93 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $37.22 billion. Ford Motor Company had a net margin of 2.48% and a return on equity of 19.36%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down .5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.52 EPS. View Ford Motor Company's Earnings History.

Ford Motor Company updated its FY17 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of $1.65-1.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $1.51.

21 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Ford Motor Company's stock. Their predictions range from $10.00 to $20.00. On average, they anticipate Ford Motor Company's share price to reach $13.46 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for Ford Motor Company.

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Ford Motor Company stock:

• 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Ford has underperformed the Zacks categorized Automotive-Domestic industry over the last six months due to unfavorable forecasts for 2017. Also, over the past 30 days, the company’s full year 2017 earnings estimates declined. In fact, 2017 profit is likely to drop due to higher investments in electrification, autonomy and mobility. Also, weak economic environment in South America led to lower wholesale volume, revenues and operating margins. Frequent product recalls and rising structural expenses are other issues faced by the company. Moreover, Ford’s investment for the production of its next generation cars can be beneficial in the long-run but are likely to create short-term strains on the financials of the company." (7/10/2017)
• 2. Morgan Stanley analysts commented, "While we recognize sentiment on Ford may be as low as any name under our US coverage, we think is it justifiably so. The market appears to have moved against Ford along some key vectors in a meaningful way. Some tweaks to our earnings model drive a slight reduction of price target to $11 from $12 previously. We have made rather small adjustments to our earnings model, mostly reducing our NA and European pricing assumptions to reflect an increasingly competitive market environment in passenger car segments (i.e., excluding SUVs and pickups) where we see Ford as relatively more exposed than its peers. This leads to our NA pretax margin falling 110bps to 8.6% in 2017 from 9.7% in 2016. The EPS impact is a negative revision of 4% for our 2017 EPS and a 2% negative revision for 2018 and 2019. Following the cut, our 2017 EPS forecast is 3% below consensus before falling to levels 11% and 12% below consensus in 2018 and 2019 respectively. We wanted to take this opportunity to point out how significantly our earnings forecast for Ford lags that of the market. The impact on our LBO-based price target is a slight reduction to $11 from $12 previously, suggesting 12% downside to fair value.Key headwinds on Ford's product strategy:High exposure to small cars.High exposure to downsized/boosted engines.The emphasis on material science to reduce weight in the pickup truck may have come at the sacrifice of margin.Relatively low exposure to full sized SUVs vs. key domestic peers.Low exposure to premium brands.Ford's NA margins peaked at over 10% in 2012 and 2013 and stood at a still-very-strong 9.7% in 2016. We forecast a 'soft landing' to 7.7% NA margins by 2020 before stabilizing at 5.5% through the cycle. Any sign that a mid-single-digit forecast level could be catalyzed earlier could help wash-out consensus expectations. Please note, we are not at this time forecasting an NA margin decline of several hundred basis points for Ford, but we are watching the situation closely." (3/7/2017)
• 3. Jefferies Group LLC analysts commented, "Ford's bad news has been more than dissected in the last 6 months and sufficiently priced-in. Cyclical risks remain but estimates are holding up and Ford would benefit most among D3 from 1) infrastructure spending, 2) border adjusted tax reform and 3) exposure to a Russian auto recovery, all of which could spring earnings surprises. We upgrade to Hold (PT from $10 to $12) and switch relative preference from GM where cash returns appear at risk." (2/10/2017)
• 4. Barclays PLC analysts commented, "We see the biggest source of weakness from NA, with profits contracting by $1.2bn (down to $8.8bn), and with margin compression of 110bp down to 8.4%. Smart Mobility strategy update to give us greater comfort on Ford’s role in a world of #disruptivemobility: We expect Ford to show how it will expand its role in a world of #disruptivemobility beyond just vehicle manufacturing. We are also likely to get a more clear framework of its technology portfolio in electrification and autonomous (leveraging its autonomous announcement last month, and today’s mobility announcement that it is buying a shuttle service that uses Transit vans). Still expect OEMs to outperform suppliers, but beware volatility: We still believe that OEM stocks should outperform suppliers for now, given significantly depressed valuations and solid dividend yields for the OEMs. That said, negative datapoints will cause volatility, and we believe that Ford stock may underperform in the very near-term off a weaker outlook." (9/12/2016)

Ford Motor Company saw a drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 14th, there was short interest totalling 123,700,851 shares, a drop of 4.0% from the June 30th total of 128,793,104 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 31,944,049 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.9 days. Currently, 3.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

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Ford Motor Company's management team includes the folowing people:

• William Clay Ford Jr., Executive Chairman of the Board
• James P. Hackett, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
• Robert L. Shanks, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
• Stephen T. Odell, Executive Vice President - Global Marketing, Sales and Service
• James D. Farley Jr., Executive Vice President and President - Global Markets
• Joseph R. Hinrichs, Executive Vice President and President - Global Operations
• Marcy Klevorn, Executive Vice President and President, Mobility
• Raj Nair, Executive Vice President, President - North America
• Hau Thai-Tang, Executive Vice President - Product Development and Purchasing
• Ken Washington, Chief Technology Officer, Vice President - Research and Advanced Engineering

Ford Motor Company's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (0.39%), APG Asset Management N.V. (0.28%), Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc. (0.09%), Hexavest Inc. (0.09%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.08%) and Strs Ohio (0.08%). Company insiders that own Ford Motor Company stock include Bennie W Fowler, Bradley M Gayton, David L Schoch, Hau N Thai-Tang, James D Farley Jr, John C Lechleiter, John Fleming, Joseph R Hinrichs, Mark Fields, Sankar S Nair, Stuart J Rowley, William Clay Ford Jr and Ziad S Ojakli. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Ford Motor Company.

Ford Motor Company's stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Russell Investments Group Ltd. and James Investment Research Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Ford Motor Company stock in the last year include Bennie W Fowler, Bradley M Gayton, David L Schoch, Hau N Thai-Tang, James D Farley Jr, Sankar S Nair and Ziad S Ojakli. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ford Motor Company.

Ford Motor Company's stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Breton Hill Capital Ltd., Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V., Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, National Pension Service, Hermes Investment Management Ltd., Bedrijfstakpensioenfonds Voor DE Media PNO and Harbour Capital Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Ford Motor Company stock in the last two years include John C Lechleiter and William Clay Ford Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ford Motor Company.

Shares of Ford Motor Company can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of Ford Motor Company stock can currently be purchased for approximately $11.06.