Stock Update (NYSE:F): Ford Joins with Girls Who Code in Silicon Valley to Educate the Next Generation of Women, Close STEM Gender Gap

[Business Wire] – Ford Research and Innovation Center Palo Alto is joining with Girls Who Code to help close the gender gap in technology and engineering fields. Read more on this. Ford Motor Co. (F) , valued at $55.04B, opened at $13.75. Today’s price range has been between $13.72 and $14.00 per share and has traded between $10.44 and $16.74 over the past 12 months. F shares are currently priced at 8.62x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively inexpensive compared to the industry’s 13.43x forward p/e ratio. And for dividend hunters, the company pays shareholders $0.60 per share annually in dividends, yielding 4.40%. In a review of the consensus earnings estimate this quarter, 17 sell-side analysts are looking at $0.47 per share, which would be $0.21 better than the year-ago quarter and a $0.05 sequential decrease. The full-year EPS estimate is $1.62 which would be a $0.46 better than last year’s full-year earnings. The quarterly earnings estimate is based on a consensus revenue forecast of the current quarter of $36.33 Billion. If realized, that would be a 7.49% increase over the year-ago quarter. More recently, Goldman upgraded F from Neutral to Buy (Jun 24, 2015). Previously, Stifel upgraded F from Hold to Buy. With the above information in mind, readers should note that the average price target is $17.65, which is 28.36% above where the stock opened this morning. See more in (NYSE:F) Similar Articles: Company Update (NYSE:F): U.S. watchdog joins German investigation of Ford -source Stock Update: Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) – Ford joins rivals in ramping up pace of self-driving car tech Stock Update: Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) – Ford Fireworks in Detroit Highlight Ford Motor Company’s Commitment to Region, Military and Social Services