Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund Grows Stock Holdings in Ford Motor Company $F

Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund lifted its holdings in Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) by 32.4% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 446,852 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock after acquiring an additional 109,409 shares during the quarter. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund’s holdings in Ford Motor were worth $5,344,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 462,245,997 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $5,015,369,000 after buying an additional 4,585,636 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Ford Motor by 3.7% in the second quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 145,172,134 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock worth $1,575,118,000 after buying an additional 5,118,228 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Ford Motor by 17.9% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 103,784,031 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock worth $1,122,434,000 after acquiring an additional 15,748,694 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Ford Motor during the second quarter valued at approximately $405,328,000. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc lifted its holdings in Ford Motor by 3.3% in the second quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 34,301,362 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $372,170,000 after acquiring an additional 1,104,139 shares during the period. 58.74% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Ford Motor News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Ford Motor this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Ford’s push to bring Level‑3 “eyes‑off” highway autonomy to market by 2028 and a plan for a $30,000 UEV platform could expand addressable market and margin power if executed. This is being framed as a key growth driver and puts Ford competitively alongside Tesla, GM and Rivian. Ford Bets Big on Level 3 Autonomy Reuters: Ford to offer eyes-off system
• Positive Sentiment: Piper Sandler upgraded Ford to overweight and raised its price target to $16, signaling stronger analyst confidence in the turnaround and providing potential upside support. Benzinga
• Positive Sentiment: Sales momentum: Ford reported its best U.S. sales and Q4 performance since 2019, driven by trucks, SUVs and record hybrid volumes — a near‑term fundamentals boost for revenue and margin outlook. Ford’s Best Sales Since 2019
• Positive Sentiment: Market bullishness visible in flow: unusually large call option buying (≈154k calls, ~59% above average) suggests some traders are betting on near‑term upside or a catalyst. No link
• Positive Sentiment: Relative wins vs. peers: commentary arguing Ford is the auto stock to buy as GM takes a roughly $6B EV charge may prompt investor rotation toward Ford on perceived execution and cost advantages. As EV Dream Fades, Ford — Not GM — Is the Auto Stock to Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: Ford announced an in‑house AI driving companion and reiterated plans to build more autonomy tech internally (cited as ~30% cheaper than licensing). These initiatives support product differentiation but carry execution and software‑development risk. Business Insider: AI companion Business Insider: autonomy in-house
• Neutral Sentiment: Non-core partnership: Henry Ford Health/BAMF Health announced a medical center partnership — strategic for regional community impact but not material to auto fundamentals. BAMF Health partner release
• Negative Sentiment: Despite the positive headlines, shares fell today — likely reflecting short‑term profit‑taking, valuation compression after recent gains, or investor caution about execution/costs and timing for autonomy rollouts. No specific negative company news was reported in these items. No link

Ford Motor Stock Performance

F opened at $14.22 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $13.27 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $12.25. Ford Motor Company has a 52-week low of $8.44 and a 52-week high of $14.50. The company has a market cap of $56.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.25 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 1.12 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.20.

Ford Motor (NYSE:F) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The auto manufacturer reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.38 by $0.07. The business had revenue of $50.53 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $43.08 billion. Ford Motor had a net margin of 2.48% and a return on equity of 11.94%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.49 earnings per share. Equities analysts anticipate that Ford Motor Company will post 1.47 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Ford Motor Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 7th were issued a dividend of $0.15 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 7th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.2%. Ford Motor’s dividend payout ratio is presently 51.72%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently commented on F. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on shares of Ford Motor from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, September 29th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Ford Motor from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, December 27th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Ford Motor in a report on Monday, December 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price objective on shares of Ford Motor from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research report on Friday, October 24th. Finally, Barclays raised their target price on Ford Motor from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 27th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $12.54.

Ford Motor Company Profile

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan. Founded by Henry Ford in 1903, the company became an early pioneer of mass-production techniques with the Model T and the adoption of the moving assembly line. Today, Ford designs, manufactures, markets and services a broad range of vehicles and mobility solutions under the Ford and Lincoln brands, spanning passenger cars, SUVs, pickup trucks and commercial vehicles.

Ford’s business activities extend beyond vehicle production to include parts and aftermarket services, fleet and commercial sales, and automotive financing through Ford Motor Credit Company.