F Consumer Cyclical

Ford Motor Company

$12.31-2.30%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 8, 2026

Basics

Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Auto Manufacturers
Country: United States
Market cap: 49.1B USD
Enterprise value: 190.3B USD
Full-time employees: 169,000

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers
Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings
Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.94 vs a peer median of 0.63), less short-term liquidity (current ratio 1.09 vs a peer median of 1.48) and more debt relative to equity (4.57× vs a peer median of 0.46×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.94 vs peers 0.63), less liquidity (current ratio 1.09 vs peers 1.48) and more debt vs equity (4.57× vs peers 0.46×)

Ranks #1,455 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 4%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Stock pay outran buybacks. Stock-based pay expense $1.5B vs $761M spent repurchasing shares over the 3 fiscal years to 2025.
Over three fiscal years Ford Motor recorded $1.5B of stock-based pay expense and spent $761M repurchasing shares (repurchases can include shares withheld to cover employees' taxes). Repurchases were smaller than the stock pay, so they did little to offset new employee shares.Over three fiscal years Ford Motor recorded $1.5B of stock-based pay expense and spent $761M repurchasing shares. Repurchases were smaller than the stock pay, so they did little to offset new employee shares.
Earnings slid into a loss. Loss per share this year after a profit last year.
Ford Motor made a loss per share in its latest year after a profit the year before.
Much more borrowing than peers. Debt is 4.6× equity vs a peer median of 0.5×.Debt is 4.6× equity vs peers 0.5×.
Debt is 4.6× shareholders' equity, against a peer median of 0.5×, among the highest 10% of its peer group.Debt is 4.6× shareholders' equity, vs peers 0.5×, among the highest 10% of its peer group.
Operating margin at a 6-year low. -4.9% in 2025, the weakest of the last 6 years.
Ford Motor's operating margin fell to -4.9% in 2025, its lowest in the 6 years of filings we have.

StockQuotient Score

15/ 100▼ 1 since Oct 27 close

Oct 5 15 → Nov 4 15

Valuation

Is the price right?

29/100

Weak▼ 1 since Oct 27 close

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major changeValuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 30 → 29

Share price +5.1%-1

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Earnings yield
▼ EBITDA yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield-15.0%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price30% base weight · Z-score -1.34Sector median: 0.0439 · MAD: 0.0329

EBITDA yield4.0%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC enterprise value unavailable (debt or EBITDA not reported in standard form) · trailing 12 monthsReported value50% base weight · Z-score -1.03Sector median: 0.0877 · MAD: 0.0461

Free cash flow yield14.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score 1.59Sector median: 0.0614 · MAD: 0.0545

Other data (not scored)

Book yield72.8%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.5650 · MAD: 0.3500

Growth

Is it growing?

25/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ EPS growth

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growthUnavailable

Earnings per share turned from a profit to a loss33% base weight · Z-score -2.14Sector median: 0.0420 · MAD: 0.2537

3-year revenue growth3.4%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.13Sector median: 0.0425 · MAD: 0.0636

Revenue growth1.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.35Sector median: 0.0373 · MAD: 0.0653

Profitability

Does it earn well?

6/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ ROIC
▼ ROA
▼ Operating margin

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin-3.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.19Sector median: 0.0638 · MAD: 0.0461

Return on assets-2.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -2.32Sector median: 0.0331 · MAD: 0.0254

Return on invested capital-32.5%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.50Sector median: 0.0733 · MAD: 0.0600

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin8.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.3025 · MAD: 0.1399

Return on equity-20.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0746 · MAD: 0.0674

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Beta
▼ Debt / equity
▼ Current ratio

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta1.94

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.80Sector median: 0.6345 · MAD: 0.2980

Current ratio1.09×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.70Sector median: 1.4800 · MAD: 0.5570

Debt / equity4.57×

Yahoo Finance fallback · no standard SEC debt tagOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -9.02Sector median: 0.4646 · MAD: 0.3556

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Ford Motor

Is Ford Motor getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Jul 29, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is 15/100, down 1 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Ford Motor valued vs its peers?: Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 29/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Free cash flow yield 14.8% vs a peer median of 6.1% (stronger than 82% of peers).Free cash flow yield 14.8% vs peers 6.1% (stronger than 82% of peers). Earnings yield -15.0% vs a peer median of 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -15.0% vs peers 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is Ford Motor growing?: More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 25/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers.
How profitable is Ford Motor?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 6/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Return on invested capital -32.5% vs a peer median of 7.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).Return on invested capital -32.5% vs peers 7.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How risky is Ford Motor?: Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.94 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 100% of peers).Beta 1.94 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Jul 29, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026

No major changes

Worth watching: Ford Motor is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	189.9B USD	188.0B USD	−1.0%
Net income (12 months)	−6.1B USD	−7.4B USD	+21.3%
Operating margin	-3.8%	-3.7%	+0.0 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	9.5B USD	7.3B USD	−23.7%
Cash	17.6B USD	18.6B USD	+5.4%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Consumer Cyclical · 182 companies

Valuations in Consumer Cyclical are within their usual range since 2016.

36% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
15% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +0% and earnings +10% (medians): prices and earnings moved broadly together.
Median price-to-sales is −55% vs the whole market, against a usual −41%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Consumer Cyclical: too few Auto Manufacturers companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Gross margin	15.9%	15.0%	14.6%	14.4%	6.8%	▼ 7.5 pts
Operating margin	3.3%	4.0%	3.1%	2.8%	-4.9%	▼ 7.7 pts
Net margin	13.2%	-1.3%	2.5%	3.2%	-4.4%	▼ 7.5 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	7.0%	-0.8%	1.6%	2.1%	-2.8%	▼ 4.9 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	37.0%	-4.6%	10.2%	13.1%	-22.7%	▼ 36 pts
Free cash flow margin	7.0%	-0.0%	3.8%	3.6%	6.7%	▲ 3.0 pts
Current ratio	1.20×	1.20×	1.20×	1.16×	1.07×	▼ 7.7%
Quick ratio	1.07×	1.06×	1.04×	1.02×	0.94×	▼ 8.1%
Debt to equity	—	—	—	—	—	—
Interest coverage	0.98×	1.37×	0.72×	4.68×	-7.31×	▼ 256%

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: growing more slowly than most peersgrowing more slowly than peers

Drawback: its shares are priced higher than most peers relative to what it earnspriced higher than peers for its earnings

Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 1.94 vs a peer median of 0.63), less short-term liquidity (current ratio 1.09 vs a peer median of 1.48) and more debt relative to equity (4.57× vs a peer median of 0.46×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 1.94 vs peers 0.63), less liquidity (current ratio 1.09 vs peers 1.48) and more debt vs equity (4.57× vs peers 0.46×)

Ranks #1,455 of 1,502 consumer cyclical companies (bottom 4%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Stock pay outran buybacks. Stock-based pay expense $1.5B vs $761M spent repurchasing shares over the 3 fiscal years to 2025.

Over three fiscal years Ford Motor recorded $1.5B of stock-based pay expense and spent $761M repurchasing shares (repurchases can include shares withheld to cover employees' taxes). Repurchases were smaller than the stock pay, so they did little to offset new employee shares.Over three fiscal years Ford Motor recorded $1.5B of stock-based pay expense and spent $761M repurchasing shares. Repurchases were smaller than the stock pay, so they did little to offset new employee shares.

Earnings slid into a loss. Loss per share this year after a profit last year.

Ford Motor made a loss per share in its latest year after a profit the year before.

Much more borrowing than peers. Debt is 4.6× equity vs a peer median of 0.5×.Debt is 4.6× equity vs peers 0.5×.

Debt is 4.6× shareholders' equity, against a peer median of 0.5×, among the highest 10% of its peer group.Debt is 4.6× shareholders' equity, vs peers 0.5×, among the highest 10% of its peer group.

Operating margin at a 6-year low. -4.9% in 2025, the weakest of the last 6 years.

Ford Motor's operating margin fell to -4.9% in 2025, its lowest in the 6 years of filings we have.

Questions investors ask about Ford Motor

Is Ford Motor getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Jul 29, 2026) showed no major changes. Its overall score is 15/100, down 1 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Ford Motor valued vs its peers?

Priced higher than most peers relative to what it earns. Valuation scores 29/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Free cash flow yield 14.8% vs a peer median of 6.1% (stronger than 82% of peers).Free cash flow yield 14.8% vs peers 6.1% (stronger than 82% of peers). Earnings yield -15.0% vs a peer median of 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -15.0% vs peers 4.4% (weaker than 100% of peers).

Is Ford Motor growing?

More slowly than most of its peers. Growth scores 25/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers.

How profitable is Ford Motor?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 6/100 against 1,612 consumer cyclical peers. Return on invested capital -32.5% vs a peer median of 7.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).Return on invested capital -32.5% vs peers 7.3% (weaker than 100% of peers).

How risky is Ford Motor?

Higher risk relative to 1,612 consumer cyclical peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Beta 1.94 vs a peer median of 0.63 (weaker than 100% of peers).Beta 1.94 vs peers 0.63 (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

189.9B USD

188.0B USD

−1.0%

Net income (12 months)

−6.1B USD

−7.4B USD

+21.3%

Operating margin

-3.8%

-3.7%

+0.0 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

9.5B USD

7.3B USD

−23.7%

Cash

17.6B USD

18.6B USD

+5.4%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Gross margin

15.9%

15.0%

14.6%

14.4%

6.8%

▼ 7.5 pts

Operating margin

3.3%

4.0%

3.1%

2.8%

-4.9%

▼ 7.7 pts

Net margin

13.2%

-1.3%

2.5%

3.2%

-4.4%

▼ 7.5 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

7.0%

-0.8%

1.6%

2.1%

-2.8%

▼ 4.9 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

37.0%

-4.6%

10.2%

13.1%

-22.7%

▼ 36 pts

Free cash flow margin

7.0%

-0.0%

3.8%

3.6%

6.7%

▲ 3.0 pts

Current ratio

1.20×

1.16×

1.07×

▼ 7.7%

Quick ratio

1.07×

1.06×

1.04×

1.02×

0.94×

▼ 8.1%

Debt to equity

—

Interest coverage

0.98×

1.37×

0.72×

4.68×

-7.31×

▼ 256%