Ford Motor Stock: Analyst estimates and reviews

The Ford Motor Company (F) with its headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, developed, delivers and serves a number of Ford trucks, commercial cars and vans, sports vehicles and Lincoln luxury vehicles. The company also offers funds, leasing and insurance companies in connection with vehicles worth $ 40.1 billion from market capitalization.

The shares of this LPG made the wider market significantly below average last year. F dropped by 14.4% during this period, while the wider S&P 500 index ($ SPX) gathered almost 22.7%. In 2025, the F share increased by 1.8% compared to the YTD base of SPX by 2.7%.

When you narrow the focus, FS Under -Performance looks less pronounced compared to the first Trust -NASDAQ transport -Tf (FTXR). The fund traded by the stock exchange increased around 17.9% last year. In addition, the 2.5% of the ETF on the YTD base outshine the returns of the share over the same period.

Ford is below average due to considerable losses in its model E business, strong guarantee costs, quality problems with older models and a softer EV demand in the industry. The lack of a competitive advantage and the fights in the administration of warranty costs have contributed to the concerns of investors. Despite the efforts to address these problems, Ford can continue to be exposed to increased warranty costs for some time. The car manufacturer has reduced its forecast for EBIT and EPS forecasts in 2024 and, due to its joint venture in Turkey, has a higher inflation, increased material prices and cost pressure.

On October 28, F -shares closed more than 2% after reporting the results of the Q3. The sales of 46.2 billion US dollars defeated the analyst estimates of 42.3 billion US dollars. The company’s adjusted EPS was $ 0.49 and exceeded the analyst estimates of $ 0.47.

For the current financial year, which ended in December 2024, the analysts await the EPS of F on a diluted basis to decrease by 11.4% to USD 1.78. The company’s achievement of yield is mixed. The consensus estimate in three of the last four quarters made or agreed, while the forecast was missing on another occasion.

Among the 19 analysts that cover F stock, the consensus is a “stop”. This is based on three “strong purchase” Schnits, 11 “Holds”, a “moderate sale” and four “strong sale”.

This configuration is less optimistic than a month ago, with four analysts proposing a “strong purchase”.

On January 24th, the Bank of America Securities Analyst John Murphy maintained a merchanting for F with a price target of 19 USD, which implied a potential upward trend of 88.5% compared to the current level.

The average price target of $ 10.79 corresponds to a bonus of 7% compared to the current price of F.

At the time of publication, Neha Panjwani had no positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article (either directly or indirectly). All information and data in this article serve exclusively for information purposes. Further information can be found here the Barchart open -minded policy.

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