Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Auto - Manufacturers
Ford Motor Company F
$12.10 -1.39% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $48.25B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-1.87, down 339.5% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $187.97B, up 1.5% from a year earlier, slowing from 3.8% a quarter earlier.
- The stock is 31% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 39%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 4%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 25%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 31%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 19%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 23%
- Gross marginBottom 5%
- Operating marginBottom 23%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 27%
- Interest coverBottom 39%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 13%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 12%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 11%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 43%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 31%
- 6-month returnTop 43%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 43%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 42%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 16%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 27%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 42%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 23%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 26%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 39%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 3.8% | 1.5% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -223.9% | -339.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 7.1% | 10.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 1.4% | 2.0% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 5.5% | 3.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.5% | 3.8% | ↓ | Bottom 39% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -339.5% | -223.9% | ↓ | Bottom 4% |
| Gross margin | 10.8% | 7.1% | ↑ | Bottom 5% |
| Operating margin | 2.0% | 1.4% | ↑ | Bottom 23% |
| Net margin | -3.9% | 1.7% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 3.9% | 5.5% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 1.0% | — | Bottom 23% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 5.8% | — | Top 31% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -7.4 pp
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.7×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 4.98%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.64%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.62%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.2%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +64.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $16.38
- Target vs current price
- +35.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 47
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 38%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | +27.3% | +1.9% | -1.7% | -5.1% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +230.0% | -1.3% | -5.7% | +28.1% | +15.9% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | -27.5% | -0.1% | +4.0% | -9.9% | -10.4% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | +27.2% | -0.7% | +6.5% | +3.8% | +6.8% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +11.9% | -1.9% | -0.2% | +6.9% | +12.2% |
| May 5, 2025 | +4355.3% | -1.1% | +1.5% | -2.9% | +5.7% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | +11.4% | -1.5% | -9.4% | -5.0% | +0.2% |
| Oct 28, 2024 | +5.5% | +2.7% | -7.7% | +1.0% | -8.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2026 | $0.42 | $0.33 | +27.3% | $48.30B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.66 | $0.20 | +230.0% | $48.30B |
| Feb 10, 2026 | $0.13 | $0.18 | -27.5% | $45.90B |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $0.45 | $0.35 | +27.2% | $50.53B |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.37 | $0.33 | +11.9% | $50.18B |
| May 5, 2025 | $0.14 | -$0.00 | +4355.3% | $40.66B |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $0.39 | $0.35 | +11.4% | $48.21B |
| Oct 28, 2024 | $0.49 | $0.46 | +5.5% | $46.20B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 6.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 1.03× | — | — | Top 43% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 15.09% | — | — | Top 12% |
| Earnings yield | -15.45% | — | — | Bottom 13% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.0× – 24.1× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -1.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -339.5%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +0.8%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -12.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -10.3%
- RSI (14)
- 31.7
- Relative volume
- 1.02×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 31.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 21th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.88
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.37
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -30.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -40.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 14, 2022 | Apr 8, 2025 | -65.5% | 809 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jun 3, 2021 | Aug 20, 2021 | -21.4% | 55 days | 42 days (Oct 20, 2021) |
| Mar 12, 2021 | Apr 29, 2021 | -15.8% | 33 days | 19 days (May 26, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $48.25B
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$1.87
- Revenue (TTM)
- $187.97B
- Dividend yield
- 4.96%
- 52-week range
- $11.11 – $17.78
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $136.34B | $158.06B | $176.19B | $184.99B | $187.27B |
| Gross profit | $24.55B | $25.10B | $24.31B | $23.41B | $22.81B |
| Operating income | $5.03B | $6.41B | $5.38B | $5.09B | $2.53B |
| Net income | $17.94B | -$1.98B | $4.35B | $5.88B | -$8.18B |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.45 | -$0.49 | $1.08 | $1.46 | -$2.06 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $46.20B | $48.21B | $40.66B | $50.18B | $50.53B | $45.89B | $43.25B | $48.30B |
| Net income | $892.0M | $1.82B | $471.0M | -$36.0M | $2.45B | -$11.06B | $2.55B | -$1.33B |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.22 | $0.45 | $0.12 | -$0.01 | $0.60 | -$2.77 | $0.63 | -$0.33 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $15.79B | $6.85B | $14.92B | $15.42B | $21.28B |
| Capital expenditure | -$6.23B | -$6.87B | -$8.24B | -$8.68B | -$8.81B |
| Free cash flow | $9.56B | -$13.0M | $6.68B | $6.74B | $12.47B |
| Dividends paid | -$403.0M | -$2.01B | -$5.00B | -$3.12B | -$2.99B |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$484.0M | -$335.0M | -$426.0M | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $31.33B
- Total assets
- $285.53B
- Total liabilities
- $249.78B
- Total debt
- $163.30B
- Net debt
- $144.69B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $35.72B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | $0.15 | Sep 1, 2026 |
| May 12, 2026 | $0.15 | Jun 1, 2026 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | $0.15 | Mar 2, 2026 |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $0.15 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| Aug 11, 2025 | $0.15 | Sep 2, 2025 |
| May 12, 2025 | $0.15 | Jun 2, 2025 |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $0.30 | Mar 3, 2025 |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.15 | Dec 2, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 112,918,181
- Days to cover
- 2.41
- Change vs previous report
- +14.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 3, 2000
- 69,927-for-40,000
- Jun 29, 2000
- 10,000-for-9,607
- Apr 8, 1998
- 10,000-for-6,641
- Jul 6, 1994
- 2-for-1
- Jan 13, 1988
- 2-for-1