Ballentine Partners LLC Has $226,000 Holdings in Ford Motor (NYSE:F)

Ballentine Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Ford Motor (NYSE:FFree Report) by 37.8% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 22,838 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,259 shares during the quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC’s holdings in Ford Motor were worth $226,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in F. Zhang Financial LLC grew its position in Ford Motor by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Zhang Financial LLC now owns 163,564 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock worth $1,619,000 after acquiring an additional 3,116 shares during the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. boosted its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 11.3% during the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 17,604 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $174,000 after purchasing an additional 1,785 shares in the last quarter. M.E. Allison & CO. Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Ford Motor during the fourth quarter worth about $513,000. RoundAngle Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Ford Motor in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $866,000. Finally, Arbor Trust Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Ford Motor in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $115,000. Institutional investors own 58.74% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have issued reports on F. The Goldman Sachs Group upgraded shares of Ford Motor from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the company from $12.00 to $13.00 in a research report on Tuesday, October 1st. Wolfe Research restated an “underperform” rating on shares of Ford Motor in a report on Thursday, December 5th. Jefferies Financial Group downgraded Ford Motor from a “hold” rating to an “underperform” rating and cut their target price for the stock from $12.00 to $9.00 in a report on Monday, December 16th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price objective on Ford Motor from $11.00 to $10.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein cut Ford Motor from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $11.00 target price on the stock. in a report on Thursday, November 7th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and two have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $11.82.

Check Out Our Latest Analysis on F

Ford Motor Price Performance

Shares of F opened at $10.12 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $10.29 and its 200 day moving average is $10.84. Ford Motor has a 12-month low of $9.49 and a 12-month high of $14.85. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 1.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.34. The stock has a market cap of $40.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.49, a P/E/G ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.64.

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

Ford Motor Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 2nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 7th were paid a $0.15 dividend. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.93%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, November 7th. Ford Motor’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 68.18%.

About Ford Motor

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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.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Ford Motor (NYSE:F)

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