Ford Motor (NYSE:F) Shares Purchased by Kiley Juergens Wealth Management LLC

Kiley Juergens Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Ford Motor (NYSE:F) by 5.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 36,712 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,029 shares during the period. Kiley Juergens Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Ford Motor were worth $363,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in F. Ballentine Partners LLC boosted its stake in Ford Motor by 37.8% during the 4th quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC now owns 22,838 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock worth $226,000 after purchasing an additional 6,259 shares during the last quarter. Zhang Financial LLC raised its holdings in Ford Motor by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Zhang Financial LLC now owns 163,564 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,619,000 after acquiring an additional 3,116 shares during the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. boosted its holdings in shares of Ford Motor by 11.3% during the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 17,604 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock worth $174,000 after purchasing an additional 1,785 shares during the last quarter. M.E. Allison & CO. Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Ford Motor in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $513,000. Finally, RoundAngle Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Ford Motor in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $866,000. 58.74% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

F has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price objective on shares of Ford Motor from $11.00 to $10.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed a “sector perform” rating and issued a $10.00 price target on shares of Ford Motor in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Morgan Stanley lowered shares of Ford Motor from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and cut their target price for the stock from $16.00 to $12.00 in a research note on Wednesday, September 25th. Sanford C. Bernstein downgraded shares of Ford Motor from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $11.00 price target for the company. in a research note on Thursday, November 7th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group downgraded 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 report on Monday, December 16th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $11.83.

Ford Motor Trading Up 1.6 %

Shares of F opened at $10.17 on Tuesday. Ford Motor has a one year low of $9.49 and a one year high of $14.85. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $10.38 and a 200 day moving average price of $10.91. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.34, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a current ratio of 1.15. The company has a market capitalization of $40.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.56, a P/E/G ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.64.

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

Ford Motor Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed 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. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, November 7th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.90%. Ford Motor’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 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.