{"id":4148,"date":"2026-02-26T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automarketwatch.com\/?p=4148"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:30:32","slug":"why-ford-stock-keeps-climbing-despite-a-rocky-earnings-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automarketwatch.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/why-ford-stock-keeps-climbing-despite-a-rocky-earnings-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ford Stock Keeps Climbing Despite a Rocky Earnings Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Ford Motor Company has been having a quietly strong start to 2026. Despite posting its biggest earnings miss in four years, the stock has kept climbing, and that might seem puzzling at first glance. But dig a little deeper and you&#8217;ll find a company making aggressive moves to prepare for what&#8217;s coming, from bold Chinese partnership talks to a promising 2026 earnings outlook that has Wall Street cautiously optimistic.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ford stock is up 7.6% so far this year, outpacing the S&amp;P 500 Index, which has barely moved.<\/li>\n<li>Ford&#8217;s 2026 guidance calls for adjusted EBIT between $8 billion and $10 billion, up from $6.8 billion last year.<\/li>\n<li>Multiple reports have surfaced claiming Ford has been in discussions with Chinese companies including BYD, Geely, and Xiaomi regarding potential partnerships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Q4 2025 Results Missed, But 2026 Guidance Turned Heads<\/h2>\n<p>Ford reported its largest quarterly earnings miss in four years in its Q4 2025 results, while guiding for 2026 to be a rebound year for the automaker. Adjusted earnings came in at 13 cents per share versus the 19 cents analysts expected, and automotive revenue hit $42.4 billion against expectations of $41.83 billion.<\/p>\n<p>So what went wrong? The earnings miss was largely due to unexpected tariff costs of roughly $900 million related to credits for auto parts not taking effect as early as expected. Ford CFO Sherry House said the lower results were also tied to fires at a Novelis aluminum supplier plant in New York, which isn&#8217;t expected to be fully operational until the middle of 2026. The plant supplies Ford&#8217;s lucrative F-Series pickup trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all that, the forward-looking numbers grabbed investors&#8217; attention. Ford&#8217;s 2026 guidance includes adjusted free cash flow between $5 billion and $6 billion, up from $3.5 billion in 2025, and capital expenditures of $9.5 billion to $10.5 billion, up from $8.8 billion. The company posted record 2025 revenue of $187.3 billion, up 1% from the prior year.<\/p>\n<h2>Ford Pro and Ford Blue Are Doing the Heavy Lifting<\/h2>\n<p>On a business unit level, Ford&#8217;s traditional and fleet operations are expected to offset $4 billion to $4.5 billion in losses this year from its &#8220;Model e&#8221; electric vehicle unit. Pre-tax earnings from &#8220;Ford Pro,&#8221; the fleet business, are projected at $6.5 billion to $7.5 billion, followed by $4 billion to $4.5 billion for the traditional &#8220;Blue&#8221; business.<\/p>\n<p>Management expects about $1 billion in lower tariff costs and another $1 billion in industrial cost improvements in 2026, reinforcing the margin outlook. That kind of cost discipline makes the earnings rebound feel realistic rather than aspirational.<\/p>\n<p>Ford is also getting into other income streams, which include mass-producing its battery technology for other companies and developing fleet software for commercial customers. That gives the company a wider base to work with during bumpy stretches in the car market.<\/p>\n<h2>What Those Chinese Partnership Talks Actually Mean<\/h2>\n<p>One of the biggest recent headlines around Ford has nothing to do with truck sales or dividends. Ford CEO Jim Farley spoke to senior Trump administration officials about a potential framework in which Chinese automakers could build cars in America while offering some protection for domestic companies.<\/p>\n<p>The idea involved Chinese carmakers partnering with U.S. companies through joint ventures in which the American company holds a controlling stake. No decision has been made and the discussion was characterized as informal and preliminary.<\/p>\n<p>In the past few weeks, Ford reportedly held talks with several leading Chinese EV makers, including BYD and Geely, about potential partnerships. In December, Ford expanded a licensing agreement with CATL from building cells for electric vehicles to also manufacturing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automarketwatch.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/think-you-know-your-evs-range-number-heres-why-reality-tells-a-different-story\/\">stationary power sources for utilities and data centers<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a company that&#8217;s clearly trying to get out ahead of what could be the auto industry&#8217;s next big shakeup, with affordable Chinese EVs potentially hitting the American market in a serious way.<\/p>\n<h2>Ford Stock Won&#8217;t Stop Going Up, But Is It Sustainable?<\/h2>\n<p>Over the last year, Ford&#8217;s share price return is 48.3%, compared with 3.6% year to date. The Ford 52-week high stock price sits at $14.50, while the 52-week low was $8.44.<\/p>\n<p>A valuation model from TIKR estimates a target price of $17.38, implying about 23.1% total upside over the next 2.9 years and a 7.5% annualized return. Ford&#8217;s stock also holds a 4.4% dividend yield, balancing income with vehicle and software sales.<\/p>\n<p>And this might be the real anchor for many investors. Even if the stock price goes sideways for a while, you&#8217;re still collecting a healthy dividend check. Combined with the fact that Ford stock won&#8217;t stop going up so far in 2026, it paints a picture of a legacy automaker figuring out its next chapter.<\/p>\n<h2>Is Ford a Buy Right Now?<\/h2>\n<p>Wall Street made 21 recommendations for Ford in January, and 16 of them were Holds. That&#8217;s not exactly a ringing endorsement, but it&#8217;s not a warning sign either. It tells you this is a stock people are comfortable owning while they wait for the bigger story to play out.<\/p>\n<p>Ford has settled on an &#8220;everything for everyone&#8221; approach to its lineup that gives buyers a choice between gas, hybrid, and all-electric vehicles. Tariffs remain uncertain, raising prices on raw materials and electronic components that Ford needs to produce vehicles. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/autos\/ford-earnings-q4-2025-f-stock-25dc2378?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqfXhzzTBdMMEDzVj0W_cxTZh_WBqsO1iuY4pNgXokIVR-b6JPsnCzI6F6CjBow%3D&amp;gaa_ts=69a0867b&amp;gaa_sig=lIVtINnEiHj4Atqfd7ypFx_wd_JMyEc6GDR1XuyzA-TjlqDX6mZOXADUJOh8uju3z216X18ZNEBBIchuhxo8Ow%3D%3D\">The company&#8217;s EV unit is still bleeding cash<\/a><\/strong>, and Chinese competition looms large.<\/p>\n<p>But Ford is doing what a 120-year-old company does best: adapt. 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