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Ford Says Trump Tariffs Will Slash Earnings by $2B

Posted on 31 July 2025 by Ken Zino

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) reported late yesterday its Q2 and H1 2025 financial performance. The now common internally created factors of Ford’s warranty costs,* losses on electric vehicles and the external Trump’s tariff chaos negative effects were in play. Tariffs slashed $800 million from Ford profits during Q2, the Dearborn-based company said. Its latest estimate of $2 billion in tariff costs for the year includes the impact of cost-cutting and other measures Ford is taking in response to President Trump’s trade policies. Ford Motor booked a $1.3 billion loss from repairs of vehicles under warranty, cancellation of plans to build an electric sport utility vehicle and other one-time costs. The Q2 net loss was $36 million. Ford common stock per share has been trading in the $8.44 – $11.97 range during the last year, hovering ~$11 a share recently. Its three-year return of ~5% compares to the S&P 500 at 54%. Continue reading →

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Ford Motor 2025 Q1 Net Income $47M Down from $1.3B!

Posted on 6 May 2025 by Ken Zino

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F)* late yesterday announced weak first- quarter 2025 financial results and “suspended” financial guidance, including full year adjusted EBIT and adjusted free cash flow because of Trump tariff-related” uncertainties.” Ford first-quarter revenue of was $40.7 billion; net income $471 million with an adjusted EBIT of $1 billion. Operating cash flow was $3.7 billion. Improvements in cost and quality favorably contributed to performance in the quarter, Ford claimed. When excluding the nearly 200 million impact of tariffs, this was Ford’s third consecutive quarter of year-over -year cost improvement. Ford estimates a tariff-related net adverse adjusted EBIT impact of about $1.5 billion for full year 2025, subject to ongoing tariff-related policy developments. For comparison, General Motors earned $2.78 billion, $3.35 per share, for the three months ended March 31. During Q1 of 2024 GM earned $2.98 billion, or $2.56 per share. Continue reading →

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Ford Credit to Regroup Next March

Posted on 15 December 2023 by Ken Zino

Ford Motor (NYSE: F) said today that Marion Harris will retire 1 March 2024 as president and CEO of Ford Credit. Replacing him will be Cathy O’Callaghan, Ford’s vice president, controller, and chief accounting officer since June 2018. Mark Kosman will become chief accounting officer. The new jobs for O’Callaghan and Kosman are effective 12 February, after Ford has reported its Q4 and full-year 2023 financial results. O’Callaghan and Kosman will report to CFO John Lawler. Continue reading →

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Ford Motor Q1 Sales, Profits, Cash Flow Up. But…

Posted on 3 May 2023 by Ken Zino

Late yesterday Ford Motor posted Q1 2023 revenue of $41.5 billion, up 20% from the same period a year ago on shipments ~1.1 million vehicles, a 9% increase with $1.5B in net income. A year ago Ford posted a net … Continue reading →

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Ford Motor Blues – Q1 Loss of $3.1 Billion

Posted on 27 April 2022 by Ken Zino

As with GM yesterday, Ford was battered by supply chain disruptions mostly beyond its control, as well as self-created costs from the valuation of its investment in Rivian with a mark-to-market loss of $5.4 billion on the company’s investment down from $10.6 billion at the end of 2021. Strong customer demand from the ongoing Biden Administration recovery wasn’t helped by Ford’s popular vehicles because of  persistent supply chain issues that Ford was unable to adjust for. Continue reading →

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Ford Credit CEO Mike Bannister Retires. Bernard Silverstone Succeeds

Posted on 22 October 2012 by Ken Zino

Ford Motor Company today announced that Mike Bannister, executive vice president and chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Credit Company, has elected to retire effective 1 January 2013, after 39 years of service. Bannister, 62, will be succeeded by Bernard Silverstone, 56, who is being named group vice president and chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Credit Company. Continue reading →

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