Vontobel Holding Ltd. Grows Position in Ford Motor (NYSE:F)

Vontobel Holding Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Ford Motor (NYSE:F) by 39.7% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 252,384 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock after purchasing an additional 71,765 shares during the quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd.’s holdings in Ford Motor were worth $2,499,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in F. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its stake in Ford Motor by 14,373.9% in the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 8,885,389 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $93,830,000 after purchasing an additional 8,824,000 shares in the last quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. raised its stake in Ford Motor by 112.8% in the third quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 11,976,950 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $126,477,000 after purchasing an additional 6,348,185 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in Ford Motor by 4.5% in the third quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 122,609,058 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $1,294,752,000 after purchasing an additional 5,270,562 shares in the last quarter. Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Ford Motor in the third quarter valued at approximately $55,456,000. Finally, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec raised its stake in Ford Motor by 420.2% in the third quarter. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec now owns 6,042,820 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $63,812,000 after purchasing an additional 4,881,105 shares in the last quarter. 58.74% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

F has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their target price on shares of Ford Motor from $10.00 to $9.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Wolfe Research reiterated an “underperform” rating on shares of Ford Motor in a research report on Thursday, December 5th. BNP Paribas upgraded shares of Ford Motor to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, February 10th. Barclays cut shares of Ford Motor from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and cut their target price for the stock from $13.00 to $11.00 in a report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein cut shares of 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 research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Ford Motor presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $11.89.

Ford Motor Stock Performance

Shares of Ford Motor stock opened at $9.48 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.16, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.31. The firm has a market capitalization of $37.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.49, a P/E/G ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.63. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $9.92 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $10.47. Ford Motor has a 12 month low of $9.10 and a 12 month high of $14.85.

Ford Motor (NYSE:F) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The auto manufacturer reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.35 by $0.04. Ford Motor had a return on equity of 16.88% and a net margin of 3.18%. On average, equities analysts forecast that Ford Motor will post 1.7 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Ford Motor Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 3rd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be given a $0.15 dividend. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.33%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 18th. Ford Motor’s dividend payout ratio is presently 41.10%.

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.