Ford Motor Co. (F) Suffers From Weak Fundamental Momentum

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Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) has a beta value of 1.63 and has seen 10.13 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $40.23B, closed the last trade at $10.12 per share which meant it lost -$0.02 on the day or -0.20% during that session. The F stock price is -46.74% off its 52-week high price of $14.85 and 6.23% above the 52-week low of $9.49. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 76.62 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 57.86 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Ford Motor Co. (F) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.56. 3 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 7 out of 25 have rated it as a Hold, with 15 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.5.

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Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) trade information

Sporting -0.20% in the red today, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the F stock price touched $10.12 or saw a rise of 1.27%. Year-to-date, Ford Motor Co. shares have moved -15.77%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 3.58%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) have changed -29.67%. Short interest in the company has seen 105.75 million shares shorted with days to cover at 1.52.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $16, which means that the shares’ value could jump 36.75% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $10.0 while the price target rests at a high of $30.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -196.44% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 1.19% from the levels at last check today.

Ford Motor Co. (F) estimates and forecasts

Figures show that Ford Motor Co. shares have underperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have lost -19.03% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -5.47%, compared to -1.70% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 3.90%.

9 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 41.91B for the current quarter. 9 have an estimated revenue figure of 44.14B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 41.22B and 43.21B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 1.70% for the current quarter and 3.90% for the next.

If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 3.18% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest -6.51% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to decrease by -2.35%.

F Dividends

Ford Motor Co. is expected to release its next earnings report 2024-Oct-24 this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue. The forward dividend is 0.60 at a share yield of 5.91%. The company’s dividend yield has gone up over the past 12 months, with a 5 Year Average Dividend Yield of 5.76%.

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F)’s Major holders

Insiders own 0.27% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 58.18% with a share float percentage of 58.34%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Ford Motor Co. having a total of 2021.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 339.57 million shares worth more than $4.51 billion. As of 2024-03-31, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 8.4935% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 283.57 million shares as of 2024-03-31. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $3.77 billion and represent 7.0929% of shares outstanding.