Ford (F) Stock Higher, Launches 2017 Super Duty Pickup
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Ford Motor (F) - Get Report are up 1.35% to $12.74 on Thursday afternoon as the Dearborn, MI-based automaker releases its 2017 Ford F-Series Super Duty pickup.
"The all-new Super Duty is the toughest, most capable Super Duty ever. With a host of driver-assist technologies, it is also the smartest Super Duty ever," Ford's Brian Rathsburg, Super Duty marketing manager, said in a statement.
First manufactured in 1948, Ford's F-Series has been the nation's best selling vehicle since 1981 and the best selling pickup since 1977, beating competitors like GM's Chevrolet'sSilverado.
Separately, TheStreet Ratings rated Ford as a "buy" with a score of B-.
This is driven by a number of strengths, which can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, attractive valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and impressive record of earnings per share growth. TheStreet Ratings feels its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated.
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