Ford Motor Co (F) Outlook And Short Term Estimates

Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F) has a beta value of 1.64 and has seen 16.95 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $40.56B, closed the recent trade at $10.20 per share which meant it gained $0.12 on the day or 1.24% during that session. The F stock price is -45.59% off its 52-week high price of $14.85 and 6.96% 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 61.56 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 60.32 million shares.

The consensus among analysts is that Ford Motor Co (F) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.89. 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 0.32.

Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F) trade information

Sporting 1.24% in the green 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 $10.20 or saw a rise of 2.11%. Year-to-date, Ford Motor Co shares have moved 3.08%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 1.74%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Ford Motor Co (NYSE:F) have changed 1.34%. Short interest in the company has seen 114.99 million shares shorted with days to cover at 1.79.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $11.44, which means that the shares’ value could jump 10.84% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $10.0 while the price target rests at a high of $14.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -37.25% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock lose 1.96% 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 -7.32% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of -11.44%, compared to -10.10% for the industry. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 6.10%.

7 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 42.83B for the current quarter. 2 have an estimated revenue figure of 42.3B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 43.21B and 39.89B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will shrink by -0.89% for the current quarter and 6.10% 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 2025 is a modest -10.16% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to decrease by -4.73%.

F Dividends

Ford Motor Co is expected to release its next earnings report in February 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 5.88%. 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 0.29% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 57.83% with a share float percentage of 58.00%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Ford Motor Co having a total of 1994.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 343.16 million shares worth more than $4.3 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 8.6113% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 281.58 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $3.53 billion and represent 7.066% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. As of Sep 30, 2024, the former fund manager holds about 3.17% shares in the company for having 123.59 shares of worth $1.26 billion while later fund manager owns 102.26 shares of worth $1.05 billion as of Sep 30, 2024, which makes it owner of about 2.62% of company’s outstanding stock.