Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) finished Thursday with a subtraction of -$0.21 to close at $11.75, a downside of -1.76 percent. An average of 34,759,500 shares of common stock have been traded in the last five days. There was a fall of -$0.08 in the past week, and it reached a new high 2 times over the past 12 months. The last 20 days have seen an average of 52,238,359 shares traded, while the 50-day average volume stands at 54,165,898.
F stock has decreased by -14.05% in the last month. The company shares reached their 1-month lowest point of $11.72 on 08/18/23. With the stock rallying to its 52-week high on 07/12/23, shares of the company touched a low of $10.37 and a high of $15.42 in 52 weeks. It has reached a new high 17 times so far this year and achieved 6.15% or $0.12 in price. In spite of this, the price is down -23.80% from the 52-week high.
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Insider Transactions
F stock investors should be aware that Ford Motor Company (F) stock had its last reported insider trading activity 175 days ago on Mar 03. In this transaction, the insider spent $1,027,840. Vice President, CFO, Lawler John T., disposed of 29,821 shares at a price of $13.07 on Mar 03. The insider now owns more than $389,623 worth of shares. Prior to that, President, Ford Blue Galhotra Ashwani Kumar went on to Sale 24,850 shares at $13.01 each on Mar 03. An amount of $323,321 was transacted.
Valuation Metrics
Ford Motor Company (F) has a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.44. The stock’s beta is 1.62. Other valuation ratios to consider include the trailing price-to-sales (P/S) ratio at 0.27, the price-to-book (PB) ratio at 1.08, and the price-to-cash flow ratio at 8.78.
The company has a payout ratio of 57.90%. The company’s most recent quarterly dividend payment was $0.15 a share, without any change from last year. Its latest increase dividend $0.05 reported on Thursday July 28 2022.
Financial Health
The quick ratio of Ford Motor Company for the three months ended June 30 was 1.00, and the current ratio was 1.20, indicating that the company is able to meet its debt obligations. Further, the company has a long term debt to equity ratio of 2.15 and a total debt to equity ratio of 3.28 for the quarter ending June 30. Ford Motor Company’s EBITDA margin for the year ending June 30 is 8.16%, while its operating margin for the same period stands at 3.80%. Its gross profit as reported stood at $23.66 billion compared to revenue of $158.06 billion.
Earnings Surprise
For the three-month period that ended June 30, Ford Motor Company had $19.17 billion in total debt. In the quarter under review, the net income was up than the previous quarter. The company posted a net income of $1.92 billion in the quarter, while revenues of $1.76 billion were grew 65.21%. The analyst consensus anticipated Ford Motor Company’s latest quarter earnings to come in at $0.55 per share, but it turned out to be $0.72, a 30.90% surprise. For the quarter, EBITDA amounted to $4.06 billion. Shareholders own equity worth $4.0 billion.
Technical Picture
From a technical analysis perspective, let’s take a brief look at Ford Motor Company (F) price momentum. RSI 9-day as of the close on 24 August was 23.71%, suggesting the stock is oversold, with historical volatility in this time frame at 16.51%.
As of today, F’s price is $11.90 -0.68% or -$0.08 from its 5-day moving average. F is currently trading -14.42% lower than its 20-day SMA and -6.75% lower than its 100-day SMA. However, the stock’s current price level is -16.84% below the SMA50 and -13.03% below the SMA200.
The stochastic %K and %D were 10.12% and 12.88%, respectively, and the average true range (ATR) was 0.25. With the 14-day stochastic at 2.42% and the average true range at 0.28, the RSI (14) stands at 26.38%. The stock has reached -0.07 on the 9-day MACD Oscillator while the 14-day reading was at -0.30.
Analyst Ratings
Jefferies downgraded Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) to a a Hold rating in its most recent analyst report. Previously, the stock was rated as a Buy. The consensus rating for Ford Motor Company (F) among analysts is Hold. According to current brokerage recommendations, 4 brokerage firms advise that investors sell F, while 11 suggest investors hold. There are 0 analysts who rate the stock as underweight. The stock is rated overweight by 1 analysts, while 7 others rate it as a “buy”.
What is F’s price target for the next 12 months?
Analysts predict a range of price targets between $11.00 and $23.00, with a median target of $14.30. Taking a look at these predictions, the average price target given by analysts for Ford Motor Company (F) stock is $14.77.
