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The price of Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) closed at $13.04 in the last session, up 0.69% from day before closing price of $12.95. In other words, the price has increased by $0.69 from its previous closing price. On the day, 86.57 million shares were traded. F stock price reached its highest trading level at $13.18 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $12.63.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at F’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 1.50 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 10.46. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.99 and its Current Ratio is at 1.17. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 3.49 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.32.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Piper Sandler on March 15, 2024, initiated with a Neutral rating and assigned the stock a target price of $13.
On January 24, 2024, Redburn Atlantic started tracking the stock assigning a Sell rating and target price of $10.
UBS Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on January 17, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $12.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 06 ’24 when Kosman Mark sold 26,898 shares for $12.53 per share. The transaction valued at 337,032 led to the insider holds 7,102 shares of the business.
FIELD JOHN DOUGLAS bought 182,000 shares of F for $2,010,590 on Dec 08 ’23. The Chief EV, Digital & Design Off now owns 720,176 shares after completing the transaction at $11.05 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, F now has a Market Capitalization of 51458580480 and an Enterprise Value of 169434038272. As of this moment, Ford’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 12.13, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 6.94. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.29 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.27. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 0.955 whereas that against EBITDA is 15.675.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, F has reached a high of $15.20, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $9.49. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.64%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 9.18%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, F traded on average about 54.64M shares per day over the past 3-months and 60192080 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 3.90B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 3.89B. Insiders hold about 2.02% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 55.53% stake in the company. Shares short for F as of 1713139200 were 139017596 with a Short Ratio of 2.54, compared to 1710460800 on 144759629. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 139017596 and a Short% of Float of 3.8699999999999997.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for F is 0.60, which was 0.45 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.034749035The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 5.76.
