Moors & Cabot Inc. Increases Stock Position in Ford Motor (NYSE:F)

Moors & Cabot Inc. raised its position in Ford Motor (NYSE:F) by 18.4% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 93,864 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock after purchasing an additional 14,561 shares during the period. Moors & Cabot Inc.’s holdings in Ford Motor were worth $1,177,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of F. Gilbert & Cook Inc. increased its holdings in Ford Motor by 4.1% in the 4th quarter. Gilbert & Cook Inc. now owns 46,670 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock worth $569,000 after acquiring an additional 1,836 shares in the last quarter. Aveo Capital Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Ford Motor by 6.9% in the fourth quarter. Aveo Capital Partners LLC now owns 20,906 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $255,000 after purchasing an additional 1,352 shares during the period. Gryphon Financial Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 4.0% during the fourth quarter. Gryphon Financial Partners LLC now owns 26,116 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock worth $334,000 after purchasing an additional 1,002 shares in the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. raised its position in shares of Ford Motor by 10.4% during the 4th quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 67,973 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock worth $829,000 after purchasing an additional 6,393 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC lifted its stake in Ford Motor by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC now owns 51,845 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $632,000 after buying an additional 1,787 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 58.74% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have commented on the company. Sanford C. Bernstein assumed coverage on Ford Motor in a report on Thursday, May 23rd. They set an “outperform” rating and a $16.00 target price for the company. Morgan Stanley restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $16.00 price objective on shares of Ford Motor in a report on Thursday, September 12th. StockNews.com raised shares of Ford Motor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, August 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on shares of Ford Motor from $14.00 to $12.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, July 25th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price target on shares of Ford Motor from $13.00 to $10.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, August 12th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Ford Motor has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $12.95.

Ford Motor Trading Up 0.8 %

F opened at $10.99 on Thursday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $11.34 and its 200 day moving average price is $12.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.30, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a current ratio of 1.17. The stock has a market capitalization of $43.86 billion, a PE ratio of 11.32, a P/E/G ratio of 0.76 and a beta of 1.62. Ford Motor has a one year low of $9.49 and a one year high of $14.85.

Ford Motor (NYSE:F) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 24th. The auto manufacturer reported $0.47 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.68 by ($0.21). The business had revenue of $47.81 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $47.79 billion. Ford Motor had a return on equity of 15.28% and a net margin of 2.13%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.72 earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Ford Motor will post 1.88 EPS for the current year.

Ford Motor Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 3rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 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 5.46%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, August 7th. Ford Motor’s dividend payout ratio is presently 61.86%.

Ford Motor 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.