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Ford Motor Co.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Weak signals across every dimension
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1 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Weak fundamentals
1 signal unavailable
Profitability
2/4
Debt & liquidity
1/3
Efficiency
0/2
Three of the four standard valuation multiples are unavailable for F, so the quality picture carries the full analytical weight here. That picture is weak: an F-Score of 3/9 reflects thin profitability scores and zero efficiency signals, and ROIC trails the sector median by -320%, while operating margin runs -141% below the median 11.8%. Two numbers cut against that reading — Debt/EBITDA of 0.0× sits -100% below the sector median, and FCF grew 41.7% year over year, outpacing the sector median 13.5% by +208%. The forward picture is more constructive: the beat rate over the last eight quarters is strong, and the most recent report came in at -241.1% above consensus — though realized three-year EPS growth is missing from SEC filings, so the gap between the market's forward expectations and the actual track record cannot be fully closed. The composite sits at 40/100 against the sector median.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMZN | Amazon | 6/9 | 22% | +12% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
When Ford reports on October 21, 2026, track operating margin against the current sector gap of 141% below median (11.8%) and check whether ROIC shows any narrowing from its 320% deficit. The F-Score profitability sub-score of 2/4 means two of four signals are already failing — watch for any reversal in asset returns or net income direction.
Ford's Leverage and Liquidity sub-score of 1/3 and Efficiency score of 0/2 point to specific pressure areas worth tracing in the annual filing. Focus on management's discussion of capital allocation, warranty liabilities, and EV transition costs, which directly bear on the weak operating margin and low ROIC figures.
Pick two or three companies from the same-sector table in section 06 and line up one metric — operating margin or ROIC works well given Ford's gaps there. The table is alphabetical with no ranking, so the comparison is yours to draw; no single entry should be read as a reference point.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: -100%+51,500%+1%+85%
Over 4 years: 0.000.000.000.00
Over 4 years: +16%+11%+5%+1%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 7 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| 11% |
| BABA | Alibaba | 3/9 | 10% | +8% | 5% |
| BKNG | Booking Holdings | 6/9 | — | +13% | 33% |
| F | Ford Motor Co. | 3/9 | -20% | +1% | -5% |
| GM | General Motors | 5/9 | 4% | -1% | 2% |
| HD | Home Depot | 3/9 | 146% | +3% | 13% |
| LOW | Lowe's | 6/9 | — | +3% | 12% |
| MAR | Marriott | 7/9 | — | +4% | 16% |
| MCD | McDonald's | 5/9 | — | +4% | 46% |
| NKE | Nike | 4/9 | 22% | +0% | — |
| ORLY | O'Reilly Automotive | 6/9 | — | +6% | 19% |
| ROST | Ross Stores | 6/9 | 37% | +8% | 12% |
| SBUX | Starbucks | 6/9 | — | +3% | 8% |
| TJX | TJX Companies | 7/9 | 59% | +7% | — |
| TSLA | Tesla | 5/9 | 5% | -3% | 5% |
| YUM | Yum! Brands | 4/9 | — | +9% | 31% |
A sample of 16 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →