Ford Motor (NYSE:F) was upgraded by equities research analysts at Morgan Stanley from an "underweight" rating to an "overweight" rating in a report issued on Wednesday, March 14th, MarketBeat Ratings reports.

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Several equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. The company has its outstanding shares of 3.89B.

In other news, insider Ashwani Kumar Galhotra sold 31,415 shares of Ford Motor stock in a transaction on Friday, March 2nd. A beta of 1 indicates that the security's price moves with the market. With the latest closing price of $11.35, that is a 0.09% from the open. It is important not to rely on any one financial measure, but to use it in conjunction with statement analysis and other measures. 19,508,608 shares of the company were exchanged. Similarly, the Earnings Yield Five Year Average is the five year average operating income or EBIT divided by the current enterprise value. Susquehanna Bancshares set a $12.00 price objective on Ford Motor and gave the company a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 14th. As of today, the company has a SMA200 (200-day simple moving average) of -1.41 Percent. The average FCF of a company is determined by looking at the cash generated by operations of the company. (NYSE:F) as Buy, 0 analysts given Outperform signal, 5 reported Hold, and 0 analysts rated the stock as Sell. The stock traders and corporate investors will also need to scrutinize both the fundamental and technical data vigilantly. He said it would take around 15 months to retool the company's plant in Cologne but said it would not be worth the investment if sales of electric cars reached only 30,000 or 40,000 vehicles a year. The fund owned 248,321 shares of the auto manufacturer's stock after buying an additional 166,711 shares during the period.

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 240.92 points, or 0.99 percent, to 24,505.22, the S&P 500 gained 18.15 points, or 0.69 percent, to 2,662.84 and the Nasdaq Composite added 34.44 points, or 0.49 percent, to 7,076.55. A profitability ratio is an estimate of profitability, which is a way to measure a company's performance. ROIC helps show how efficient a firm is at turning capital into profits. This ratio is calculated by dividing the current share price by the book value per share. The stock price is showing 4.35% distance above 50 SMA. The Free Cash Flow or FCF margin is 5.21. Volatility is one of those things which for many retail shareholders means very little, but it's the basis on which stocks and are traded and the sentiment in markets is also assessed.