In recent trading session today, 9.27 million shares of the Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) have been traded, and its beta is 1.63. Most recently the company’s share price was $10.43, and it changed around -$0.06 or -0.62% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $41.44B. F at last check was trading at a discount to its 52-week high of $14.85, offering almost -42.38% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $9.49, which indicates that the recent value has risen by an impressive 9.01% since then. We note from Ford Motor Co.’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 51.21 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 59.75 million.

Ford Motor Co. stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 2.63. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 2 out of 24 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 0 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 18 recommended F as a Hold, whereas 4 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) trade information

Instantly F has been showing red trend so far today with a performance of -0.62% on intraday trading today. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 10.73 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 2.8%. The company’s shares are currently down -13.24% year-to-date, but still down -3.02% over the last five days. On the other hand, Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) is -2.20% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 94.96 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 2.08 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $16, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 34.81% from its current value. Analyst projections state that F is forecast to be at a low of $10 and a high of $29.

Ford Motor Co. (F) estimates and forecasts

Ford Motor Co. share prices are performing particularly well not compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have fallen -23.01 percent over the past six months and at a -6.47% annual growth rate that is well below the industry average of -3.60%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 3.18%. Ford Motor Co. earnings are expected to increase by -7.58% in 2024, but the outlook is positive 5.18% per year for the next five years.

F Dividends

Ford Motor Co.’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2024-Oct-25. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 5.73 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.60. It is important to note, however, that the 5.73% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 5.76 per year.

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

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.27% of Ford Motor Co. shares, and 57.72% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 57.88%. Ford Motor Co. stock is held by 2016.0 institutions, with VANGUARD GROUP INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 8.6243% of the shares, which is about 343.16 million shares worth $4.3 billion.

BLACKROCK INC., with 7.0766% or 281.58 million shares worth $3.53 billion as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Jun 30, 2024. The former held 124.05 shares worth $1.29 billion, making up 3.18% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard 500 Index Fund held roughly 100.65 shares worth around $1.05 billion, which represents about 2.58% of the total shares outstanding.