FORD MOTOR CO. $10 - New York symbol F

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 vehicle sales. As a result, it will resume quarterly dividend payments of $0.05 a share. The $0.20 annual rate yields 2.0%.

In light of the new dividend, we’ve upgraded Ford’s TSINetwork Rating from Speculative to Extra Risk.

Ford is a buy.

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