Ford posts $1.76B 1Q revenue largely on gas-powered autos

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. made $1.76 billion final quarter, swinging into the black from a $3.1 billion web loss for a similar interval a yr in the past.

(The primary-quarter loss final yr was due primarily to a drop in valuation of Ford’s funding in electrical automobile startup Rivian.)

Excluding one-time objects, Ford made 44 cents per share. That beat Wall Road estimates of 42 cents, in accordance with FactSet.

Income rose 20% to $41.74 billion, soundly beating the $39.25 billion that analysts anticipated.

Ford reaffirmed its earlier pretax revenue steering for the complete yr of $9 billion to $11 billion.

Ford misplaced $722 million earlier than taxes on its electrical autos, but it surely made $2.62 billion on inside combustion autos. The corporate’s business automobile unit added $1.37 billion to the pretax earnings. Ford misplaced greater than $60,000 per electrical automobile offered within the first quarter. Its combustion-vehicle enterprise, Ford Blue, averaged pretax revenue of $3,715 a automobile, whereas the Ford Professional business enterprise earned $4,053 per automobile, based mostly on the corporate’s monetary information

The corporate’s earnings have been fueled largely by gross sales within the U.S., its most profitable market. Ford offered just below 472,000 autos from January via March, up 9.9% from the earlier yr.

The corporate continued to get sturdy costs for its autos through the quarter, pushed by loaded out vans and large SUVs. Ford’s common sale worth was $56,534, in accordance with Edmunds. 

Earlier Tuesday, Ford lower costs on its Mustang Mach E electrical SUV, the identical day Tesla raised costs barely on the Mannequin Y, the Mach E’s fundamental competitor. Ford additionally mentioned it’s reopening the order financial institution on Wednesday for the Mach E after upgrading a manufacturing unit in Mexico to extend output. Automakers have been in a position to scale up manufacturing and get autos to sellers on time after being pinned down by shortages of semiconductors and different elements in 2022.

Shares have been down 1% in after-hours buying and selling.

Ford cautioned that « increased industrywide buyer incentives as automobile supply-and-demand rebalances » can be a « headwind » for profitability.

Consists of Reuters