Forensic Analysis · Industrials / Manufacturing / Defense · as of Jun 27, 2026
FORD MOTOR CO (F)
A forensic read on FORD MOTOR CO built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.
C · Mixed — selective
Forensic grade
Distress
Financial health
0.4
Altman Z-score
Clean
Earnings quality
3
Forensic signals
-14.7%
ROE
$56.3B
Market cap
4.25%
Dividend yield
FORD MOTOR CO earns a C (Mixed — selective) forensic quality grade, and its Altman Z-score is 0.4, placing it in the Distress zone. 3 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.
What the filings flag
-5%Return on invested capital.Return on invested capital is -5% and slipping from 4% — well below its ~9% cost of capital, so reinvested dollars may be destroying value, not building it.
-0.3%/yrShare-count dilution.Diluted share count changed -1% over the last 3 years to FY2025 (-0.3%/yr). Roughly flat — buybacks are about offsetting stock comp, not shrinking the count. Per-share value isn't being meaningfully helped or hurt by the count.
-75%Dividend — cut.The payout was CUT ~75% in FY2020 (from FY2019). It still returns some cash, but it is NOT the dependable, rising dividend an unbroken streak implies — weigh the cut when judging reliability.
Key fundamentals
Net Margin-4.4%
Debt / Equity0.01x
Free Cash Flow$12.47B
Latest Revenue$187.27B
Return on Equity-22.7%
Revenue Growth YoY+1.2%
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