Ford Motor - F Stock Forecast, Price & News

Ford Motor Company designs, manufactures, markets, and services a range of Ford trucks, cars, sport utility vehicles, electrified vehicles, and Lincoln luxury vehicles worldwide. It operates through three segments: Automotive, Mobility, and Ford Credit. The Automotive segment 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. The Mobility segment designs and builds mobility services; and provides self-driving systems development services. The Ford Credit segment primarily engages in vehicle-related financing and leasing activities to and through automotive dealers. It provides retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles; and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail and commercial customers, such as leasing companies, government entities, daily rental companies, and fleet customers. This segment also offers wholesale loans to dealers to finance the purchase of vehicle inventory; and loans to dealers to finance working capital and enhance dealership facilities, purchase dealership real estate, and other dealer vehicle programs. The company has a strategic collaboration with ARB Corporation Limited to develop a suite of aftermarket products for the new Ford Bronco. Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903 and is based in Dearborn, Michigan.

Ford Motor Trading Up 2.2 %

Shares of NYSE:F traded up $0.35 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $16.18. 53,182,530 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 71,142,896. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is $12.83 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $14.89. Ford Motor has a fifty-two week low of $10.61 and a fifty-two week high of $25.87. The stock has a market cap of $65.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.66, a P/E/G ratio of 0.85 and a beta of 1.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.92, a current ratio of 1.16 and a quick ratio of 1.00.

Ford Motor (NYSE:F - Get Rating) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 27th. The auto manufacturer reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.44 by $0.24. Ford Motor had a return on equity of 16.91% and a net margin of 7.86%. The company had revenue of $37.91 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $35.17 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.13 EPS. Ford Motor's revenue for the quarter was up 57.1% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Ford Motor will post 2.05 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Ford Motor Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, August 11th will be issued a dividend of $0.15 per share. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.71%. This is a boost from Ford Motor's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 10th. Ford Motor's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 20.98%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on F. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on Ford Motor from $22.00 to $21.00 in a research report on Monday, April 25th. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their target price on Ford Motor from $18.00 to $14.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, June 1st. TheStreet upgraded Ford Motor from a "c" rating to a "b-" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 27th. Nomura raised Ford Motor from a "reduce" rating to a "neutral" rating and set a $12.40 price objective for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 21st. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price objective on Ford Motor from $12.00 to $13.00 in a research note on Thursday, July 28th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $17.74.

Insider Activity at Ford Motor

In other news, insider Ashwani Kumar Galhotra sold 25,892 shares of Ford Motor stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $12.41, for a total value of $321,319.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 511,605 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,349,018.05. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. 0.90% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.