Single use plastic bottles are among the worst offenders in terms of plastic waste but Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) has figured out how to do its part in turning the polluters into something useful. Around 470 plastic bottles are used for the carpets in one Ford EcoSport SUV and since the model went on sale in 2012, Ford has blended up more than 650 million 500ml bottles. The combined weight of these bottles is roughly 9000 tonnes, and if the bottles were lined up end to end would stretch around the world twice.
Technical Stock Analysis
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), a Consumer Goods sector firm, traded 47.87 Million shares in last trading session and stock decreased -0.50% with closing price of $9.99 per share. Company gross margins represents its total sales revenue minus its cost of goods sold (COGS), divided by the total sales revenue earned by the company, expressed as a percentage. And its good to know that the higher that percentage, the more the company retains on each dollar of sales, to service its other costs and the debt obligations, and Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s gross margin stands at 9.30%.
Investment Worthy Stock or not?
For personal guess ROI is usually expressed as a percentage and is typically used for taking any financial decisions, for the purpose of comparing a Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s profitability or to compare the efficiency of different investments, hence, F return on investment (ROI) is 1.30%.
52-Week Range
52-Week Range are valuable stats for watching Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s past year fluctuation as that gives investors an idea of how much the security has moved in the last year and whether it is trading near the top, middle or bottom of the range. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s stock value has moved between $7.4 – 11.89 in last one year.
Analyst’s Views
Analysts mean target price for Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) is $10.44 while analysts mean recommendation is 2.60.
Stock Performance
Its weekly performance is 0.10% while year to date (YTD) performance is 30.59%.
EPS Growth
Earnings per share growth is defined as the percentage change in normalised earnings per share over the previous 12 month period to the latest year end. It gives a good picture of the rate at which a company has grown its profitability. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s EPS growth this year is -50.70%. For best decision making investors should look at Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)’s EPS growth for next year stands at 1.80%.
