Thursday 28 July 2016

F - car crash stock

Whilst the broader market saw yet another day of micro chop, there was severe weakness in Ford Motors (F), which settled -8.2% @ $12.71. Q2 earnings were a clear miss, and Mr Market is now concerned about increasing problems for the remainder of the year.


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Summary

I'm one of the first who will whine about grossly over-valued stocks, but despite today's earnings, I simply can't remotely tout Ford as anything other than grossly under-valued.

Even with the earnings miss, Ford is generating around $2 EPS a year... that works out to roughly a PE of just 6.

6.

Just reflect on that for a moment..  and then consider the following (trailing) PEs...

AMZN: 309
FB: 76
NFLX: 286

Even AAPL is 12
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The mainstream cheerleaders are spooked


From a pure price perspective, next support is around $12, 10, and then $8.

I do not expect any price action <$10.

Typically, after a major earnings miss, a stock will trundle lower for some days, and take a few weeks to cement an initial floor.

So... even if the sp'2250/2300s by October, Ford could still be lurking in the 13/12 zone.
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Not on the fence

My argument is that (at the very least) Ford should be valued at least equal to the market average.

Ford is arguably trading around a third of what it should be. Yours truly would seek Ford to at least double.. if not triple the current valuation to the 25-35 zone.. which is a monstrous increase since the Nov'2008 low of $0.85. The yield is around 4.5%... around 3x the US 10yr bond!

As I often say lately, or perhaps you'd prefer a negative yield bond from Japan, or the EU?