Ford Motor Co (F): Today's Featured Automotive Winner
(
) pushed the Automotive industry higher today making it today's featured automotive winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 2.1%. By the end of trading, Ford Motor rose $0.27 (1.8%) to $15.74 on light volume. Throughout the day, 30,162,160 shares of Ford Motor exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 41,220,000 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $15.56-$15.79 after having opened the day at $15.61 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $15.47. Other companies within the Automotive industry that increased today were:
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), up 9.5%,
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), up 9.2%,
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), up 8.5% and
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), up 6.7%.
Ford Motor Company engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, and service of vehicles, parts, and accessories worldwide. The company operates through two sectors, Automotive and Financial Services. Ford Motor has a market cap of $60.4 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.6, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 19.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 9 analysts that rate Ford Motor a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Ford Motor
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, attractive valuation levels, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated.
- You can view the full Ford Motor Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
China Zenix Auto International Ltd ADR
(
), down 4.6% and
(
), down 1.7%.
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For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the automotive industry could consider
Consumer Discretionary Sel Sec SPDR
(
) while those bearish on the automotive industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Goods
(
).
- Find other investment ideas from our top rated ETFs lists.
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