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Ford Motor Company

FMC1.DE
15
Auto - Manufacturers · Consumer Cyclical
Exchange
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Winston Score
15
Winston is worried
Weak fundamentals across most pillars.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Weak
Growth
Weak
Cash Flow
Weak
Stability
Weak
Valuation
Data not available
Dividends
Good

Winston Score History

The full picture

Ford Motor Company designs and sells cars, trucks, and SUVs to everyday consumers and commercial buyers around the world. Its most popular products include the F-Series pickup trucks, the Mustang, and the Bronco, along with a growing lineup of electric vehicles like the F-150 Lightning and Mustang Mach-E. The F-Series has been the best-selling vehicle in the United States for over 40 consecutive years.

Ford earns money primarily by selling vehicles through a network of dealerships, but it also generates significant revenue from Ford Credit, its financing arm that offers loans and leases to car buyers. The company operates globally, with major markets in North America, Europe, and China, and reported roughly $185 billion in revenue in 2023. Its thin operating margin of 1.8% highlights how costly it is to build cars, and Ford's biggest challenge is managing the expensive transition to electric vehicles while keeping its traditional combustion engine business profitable.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+6.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+425.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

Insider Activity

1.0%ownership

Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

€93.2B cash & investments at current burn rate

Growth context

Ford Motor Company is growing revenue at 6% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
12.3%
Thin — 12.3% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
5.4%
Thin — 5.4% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
-3.7%
Weak — -3.7% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+3.7%
Slow sales growth (+3.7% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
-211.0%
Earnings shrinking (-211.0% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
3/8 quarters
Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
N/A
Data not available
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
5.0%
Thin free cash flow (5.0%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
4.19
Heavy debt load (4.19)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
N/A
Data not available

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/M
no trend
Negative earnings — P/E not meaningful
Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
N/A
not available
Data not available

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
4.18%
no trend
Healthy income — 4.18% yield

Generous yield. Worth checking whether the payout is sustainable.

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
-21.5%
no trend
Dividend cut (-21.5% YoY) — warning sign

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