Ford Motor Co.
New York symbol F, is a North American carmaker.
Just a few years ago, the North American automobile industry was in a deep slump and some long-established names appeared to be on the verge of failing. But while General Motors is still struggling to regain profitability, its biggest Detroit rival has engineered a strong turnaround and is making expansion plans.
FORD MOTOR CO. (New York symbol F; www.ford.com) is the …read more »
FORD MOTOR CO. $10 (New York symbol F; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 3.8 billion; Market cap: $38.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; Dividend yield: 2.0%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.ford.com) stopped paying dividends in June 2006 to conserve cash for a major restructuring plan.
This plan helped turn the company around, and it is now seeing stronger …read more »
FORD MOTOR CO. $12 (New York symbol F; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 3.8 billion; Market cap: $45.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; No dividends paid since June 2006; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.ford.com) sold 1.5 million cars and trucks in the three months ended June 30, 2011. That’s up 7.1% from 1.4 million a year earlier. The …read more »
FORD MOTOR CO. $15 (New York symbol F; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 3.6 billion; Market cap: $54.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.4; No dividends paid since June 2006; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.ford.com) has agreed to form a 50/50 joint venture with Russian carmaker Sollers. This new business should start making passenger cars and light commercial vehicles …read more »
FORD MOTOR CO. $16 (New York symbol F; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 3.5 billion; Market cap: $56.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.1; No dividends paid; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.ford.com) is lowering its stake in Japanese carmaker Mazda Motor Corp. to 3.5% from 11.0%. This will let Ford and Mazda end a three-way joint venture with a …read more »
FORD MOTOR CO. $5.64 (New York symbol F; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 3.2 billion; Market cap: $18.1 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.1; WSSF Rating: Speculative) has rallied from $1.01 last November, partly on expectations that it stands to gain market share in the wake of the bankruptcies of GM and Chrysler.
Ford is taking advantage of its …read more »
ABB LTD. ADRs $33 (New York symbol ABB; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 2.3 billion; Market cap: $75.9 billion; WSSF Rating: Above average) earned $0.44 per ADR in the three months ended March 31, 2008, up 76.0% from $0.25 a year earlier. (Each American Depository Receipt represents one ABB common share.) Revenue grew 29.0%, to $8.0 …read more »
FORD MOTOR CO. $7.36 (New York symbol F; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 2.0 billion; Market cap: $14.7 billion; WSSF Rating: Extra risk) aims to sell its struggling Jaguar and Land Rover luxury brands in the next few months. It has already sold its Aston Martin operations, but plans to hang on to its Volvo division. …read more »
LINAMAR CORP. $21 (Toronto symbol LNR; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 69.8 million; Market cap: $1.5 billion; SI Rating: Speculative) makes precision-machined components, assemblies and systems for the North American and European car and light to heavy truck markets. It focuses on the highly engineered systems of vehicles such as engines, transmissions, brakes, steering and suspensions.
Linamar …read more »
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PRECISION DRILLING TRUST $16 (Toronto symbol PD.UN; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Resources sector; Units …read more »
