Ford Motor (NYSE:F) Shares Sold by XML Financial LLC

XML Financial LLC cut its position in shares of Ford Motor (NYSE:F) by 5.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 19,358 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock after selling 1,209 shares during the quarter. XML Financial LLC’s holdings in Ford Motor were worth $192,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Quarry LP acquired a new stake in Ford Motor in the 2nd quarter valued at $27,000. Kimelman & Baird LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Ford Motor in the second quarter worth about $30,000. Reston Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Ford Motor in the third quarter valued at about $33,000. Access Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Ford Motor during the 3rd quarter valued at about $34,000. Finally, Modus Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Ford Motor during the 4th quarter worth approximately $34,000. 58.74% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

F has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of Ford Motor from a “hold” rating to an “underperform” rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $12.00 to $9.00 in a research note on Monday, December 16th. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and set a $10.00 price target on shares of Ford Motor in a research note on Tuesday, October 29th. Sanford C. Bernstein cut shares of Ford Motor from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $11.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. Barclays lowered Ford Motor from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $13.00 to $11.00 in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Wolfe Research reissued an “underperform” rating on shares of Ford Motor in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have assigned a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $11.67.

Ford Motor Stock Performance

Shares of F opened at $10.16 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.34, a current ratio of 1.15 and a quick ratio of 0.98. Ford Motor has a 12-month low of $9.49 and a 12-month high of $14.85. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $10.33 and its 200 day moving average price is $10.87. The stock has a market capitalization of $40.36 billion, a PE ratio of 11.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.01 and a beta of 1.64.

Ford Motor (NYSE:F) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 28th. The auto manufacturer reported $0.49 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.47 by $0.02. The business had revenue of $46.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $45.13 billion. Ford Motor had a net margin of 1.93% and a return on equity of 16.16%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.39 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Ford Motor will post 1.77 EPS for the current year.

Ford Motor Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 7th were given a dividend of $0.15 per share. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 7th. Ford Motor’s payout ratio is 68.18%.

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.