5 Fastest Growing Auto Stocks in the World

2. Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 47  

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) designs, manufactures, markets, and services a range of Ford trucks, cars, sport utility vehicles, electrified vehicles, and Lincoln luxury vehicles worldwide. On October 3, Ford Motors announced the sales of its cars in the United States, reporting it sold 12,258 units of the Ford Mustang, a decrease of 16% compared to 14,676 units sold in the second quarter of 2021 and 22 units of the GT, an increase of 27% compared to 30 units sold in the second quarter of 2021.

On November 30, Citi analyst Itay Michaeli maintained a Neutral rating on Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) stock and raised the price target to $14 from $13, noting that the new target represents modestly higher multiples reflecting Ford’s improved auto free cash flow conversion this year.  

At the end of the third quarter of 2022, 47 hedge funds in the database of Insider Monkey held stakes worth $1.2 billion in Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F), compared to 46 in the preceding quarter worth $608.8 million. 

In its Q3 2022 investor letter, Leaven Partners, an asset management firm, highlighted a few stocks and Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) was one of them. Here is what the fund said:

“In our last quarterly letter, I briefly mentioned that the consensus estimates for corporate profits appeared to be a bit too sanguine. I referenced a Reuters article that reported, as of June 17, Wall Street expected S&P 500 earnings to grow by 9.6% in 2022, which was up from 8.8% in April and from 8.4% in January. That tune began to change at the end of July and accelerated in August and September, as major players, such as Ford (NYSE:F), have recently issued profit warnings and/or have withdrawn guidance. In response, Wall Street has altered its outlook: lowering third-quarter profit growth to 4.6% [2] from 7.2% in early August and slashing full-year profit growth to 4.5%.”