Ford Motor (NYSE:F) Trading Up 0.5% - What's Next?

Ford Motor (NYSE:F - Get Free Report) shares shot up 0.5% on Friday . The company traded as high as $11.17 and last traded at $11.12. 6,030,171 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 89% from the average session volume of 53,165,086 shares. The stock had previously closed at $11.07.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on F. The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of Ford Motor from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their price target for the company from $12.00 to $13.00 in a research report on Tuesday, October 1st. Wolfe Research began coverage on shares of Ford Motor in a research report on Thursday, September 5th. They issued a "peer perform" rating for the company. StockNews.com raised shares of Ford Motor from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. Morgan Stanley lowered shares of Ford Motor from an "overweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $16.00 to $12.00 in a research note on Wednesday, September 25th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on shares of Ford Motor from $10.00 to $9.00 and set an "underweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, September 10th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $12.56.

Ford Motor Trading Up 0.3 %

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.30, a current ratio of 1.17 and a quick ratio of 1.00. The business's 50 day moving average price is $10.73 and its 200-day moving average price is $11.80. The firm has a market capitalization of $44.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.77 and a beta of 1.62.

Ford Motor (NYSE:F - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 24th. The auto manufacturer reported $0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.68 by ($0.21). Ford Motor had a net margin of 2.13% and a return on equity of 15.28%. The business had revenue of $47.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $47.79 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.72 EPS. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts forecast that Ford Motor will post 1.88 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Ford Motor Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 7th were issued a $0.15 dividend. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.41%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, August 7th. Ford Motor's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 61.86%.

Institutional Trading of Ford Motor

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of F. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 27.4% during the second quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 36,190,972 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock valued at $453,732,000 after buying an additional 7,793,944 shares during the period. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund lifted its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 456.9% during the second quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund now owns 4,000,000 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock valued at $50,160,000 after buying an additional 3,281,800 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 103.6% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 4,908,726 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock valued at $60,844,000 after buying an additional 2,497,695 shares during the period. Natixis lifted its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 1,930.4% during the first quarter. Natixis now owns 2,174,316 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock valued at $28,875,000 after buying an additional 2,067,226 shares during the period. Finally, Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 11.0% during the first quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 12,290,204 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock valued at $163,214,000 after buying an additional 1,214,640 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 58.74% of the company's stock.

Ford Motor Company Profile

Ford Motor Company develops, delivers, and services a range of Ford trucks, commercial cars and vans, sport utility vehicles, and Lincoln luxury vehicles worldwide. It operates through Ford Blue, Ford Model e, and Ford Pro; Ford Next; and Ford Credit segments. The company 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.