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, October 12th. Investors of record on Monday, October 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, December 1st. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 20th. View Ford Motor Company's Dividend History.

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July, 26th. The company reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.43 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $36.93 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $37.22 billion. Ford Motor Company had a return on equity of 26.06% and a net margin of 5.14%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down .5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.52 EPS. View Ford Motor Company's Earnings History.

Ford Motor Company is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 26th 2017. View Earnings Estimates for Ford Motor Company.

Ford Motor Company issued an update on its FY17 earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.65-1.85 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.75.

20 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Ford Motor Company's stock. Their predictions range from $10.00 to $14.00. On average, they expect Ford Motor Company's stock price to reach $12.29 in the next year. 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 posted better-than-expected second-quarter 2017 adjusted earnings per share and it came higher than the prior-year quarter figure. Results were driven by lower tax rate. However, it missed the revenues estimate, though it was higher year over year. In the first half of 2017, Ford’s total sales rose 3.7% in the traditional Euro 20 markets. Ford has recently announced an investment of $900 million for upgradation of Louisville, KE truck plant. The plant will be revamped to manufacture all-new Ford’s Expedition and Lincoln Navigator models. Ford is also expanding its production capacity in many emerging markets to facilitate supply, cost reduction and manage transportation challenges. But, the company is facing other obstacles which include higher cost, lower volume and unfavorable currency exchange. Frequent product recalls and rising structural expenses are other issues faced by the company." (7/31/2017)
• 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)

Ford Motor Company saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 29th, there was short interest totalling 108,211,865 shares, a drop of 11.9% from the September 15th total of 122,828,792 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 30,290,452 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days. Currently, 2.8% of the company's shares 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 number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. (0.41%), PGGM Investments (0.13%), Strs Ohio (0.09%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.08%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.05%) and Hermes Investment Management Ltd. (0.04%). 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 T Lawler, Joseph R Hinrichs, Mark Fields, Sankar S Nair, Steven R Armstrong, 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 APG Asset Management N.V., Denali Advisors LLC, Park National Corp OH, State Treasurer State of Michigan, Foster & Motley Inc., Mutual of America Capital Management LLC, LS Investment Advisors LLC and Canal Capital Management LLC. 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, John T Lawler, Joseph R Hinrichs, Steven R Armstrong and Ziad S Ojakli. View Insider Buying and Selling for Ford Motor Company.

Ford Motor Company's stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc., Hermes Investment Management Ltd., Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Ingalls & Snyder LLC, Strs Ohio, Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC and Advisors Capital Management 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 $12.04.