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 Down 0.2 %

NYSE:F traded down $0.04 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $16.14. The stock had a trading volume of 579,377 shares, compared to its average volume of 79,624,078. Ford Motor has a one year low of $10.61 and a one year high of $25.87. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.92, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a current ratio of 1.16. The company has a market cap of $64.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.66, a P/E/G ratio of 0.85 and a beta of 1.33. The business's 50 day moving average is $12.83 and its 200-day moving average is $14.82.

Ford Motor (NYSE:F - Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 27th. The auto manufacturer reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.44 by $0.24. The firm had revenue of $37.91 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $35.17 billion. Ford Motor had a net margin of 7.86% and a return on equity of 16.91%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 57.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.13 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Ford Motor will post 2.09 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Ford Motor Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 11th will be issued a $0.15 dividend. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.72%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 10th. This is a boost from Ford Motor's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. Ford Motor's dividend payout ratio is 20.98%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

F has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Benchmark cut their price target on shares of Ford Motor to $23.00 in a report on Tuesday, August 9th. Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of Ford Motor from $16.00 to $15.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, August 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group decreased their target price on shares of Ford Motor from $18.00 to $14.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, June 1st. Tigress Financial lifted their target price on shares of Ford Motor from $20.00 to $22.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, May 20th. Finally, TheStreet upgraded shares of Ford Motor from a "c" rating to a "b-" rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 27th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Ford Motor currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $17.74.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Ashwani Kumar Galhotra sold 25,892 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $12.41, for a total transaction of $321,319.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 511,605 shares in the company, valued at $6,349,018.05. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.71% of the company's stock.