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DETROIT – Ford Motor’s inventory on Monday added to its greatest month because the Nice Recession in 2009, signaling a major swing for the automaker this yr.
Shares of the Detroit automaker closed Monday at $15.34, up 4.4%. The features added to the inventory rising by 31.9% in July – marking the perfect month-to-month share acquire for Ford’s shares since 127.4% in April 2009, when the automaker was rising from the Nice Recession with out going via chapter like its crosstown rivals General Motors and then-Chrysler.
Ford’s inventory efficiency final month was pushed by a gradual stream of product-related bulletins, together with securing battery supplies for its upcoming electrical autos, in addition to a 14.6% improve final week amid the corporate reporting second quarter outcomes that beat Wall Street’s expectations.
Ford final week additionally reiterated its earlier steerage for the total yr and stated that it’ll improve its quarterly dividend to fifteen cents per share, the quantity it paid earlier than the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ford considerably outperformed GM, which was up by 14.2% final month, in addition to different U.S.-listed automakers equivalent to Stellantis (up 16.3%), Ferrari (up 15.1%) and Toyota Motor (up 5.5%). It did not outperform others equivalent to Rivian, which was up 33.3% final month, and Tesla, up 32.4%
Ford’s inventory stays off by about 26% in 2022, after being the top growth stock amongst U.S.-listed automakers final yr.
– CNBC’s John Rosevear and Michael Bloom contributed to this report.
