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.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently issued reports on F shares. Berenberg Bank started coverage on Ford Motor in a research report on Tuesday, May 10th. They set a "hold" rating and a $17.00 target price for the company. Citigroup cut their target price on Ford Motor from $16.00 to $15.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, August 2nd. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Ford Motor from $13.00 to $14.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 2nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their target price on Ford Motor from $12.00 to $13.00 in a research report on Thursday, July 28th. Finally, Tigress Financial raised their price target on Ford Motor from $20.00 to $22.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, May 20th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have given a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $17.74.

Ford Motor Price Performance

Shares of F Stock opened at $15.83 on Friday. Ford Motor has a 52-week low of $10.61 and a 52-week 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 firm has a market capitalization of $63.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 5.53, a P/E/G ratio of 0.82 and a beta of 1.33. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $12.73 and a 200 day moving average price of $14.94.

Ford Motor (NYSE:F - Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 27th. The auto manufacturer reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 firm had revenue of $37.91 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $35.17 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.13 EPS. Ford Motor's quarterly revenue was up 57.1% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Ford Motor will post 2.03 earnings per share for the current year.

Ford Motor Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, August 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share. This is a positive change from Ford Motor's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 10th. Ford Motor's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 13.99%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Ashwani Kumar Galhotra sold 25,892 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $12.41, for a total transaction of $321,319.72. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 511,605 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,349,018.05. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.90% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.