Ford Motor Company (F)
Operating return on assets (Operating ROA)
| Dec 31, 2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | Jun 30, 2024 | Mar 31, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | Sep 30, 2023 | Jun 30, 2023 | Mar 31, 2023 | Dec 31, 2022 | Sep 30, 2022 | Jun 30, 2022 | Mar 31, 2022 | Dec 31, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | Jun 30, 2021 | Mar 31, 2021 | Dec 31, 2020 | Sep 30, 2020 | Jun 30, 2020 | Mar 31, 2020 | ||
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| Operating income (ttm) | US$ in thousands | 5,219,000 | 3,743,000 | 3,992,000 | 4,570,000 | 5,458,000 | 7,264,000 | 6,639,000 | 7,046,000 | 6,276,000 | 5,454,000 | 6,292,000 | 3,402,000 | 4,523,000 | 1,342,000 | 2,351,000 | -386,000 | -4,408,000 | -2,423,000 | -5,035,000 | -2,186,000 |
| Total assets | US$ in thousands | 285,196,000 | 287,047,000 | 276,586,000 | 274,341,000 | 273,310,000 | 268,073,000 | 265,991,000 | 256,800,000 | 255,884,000 | 246,919,000 | 245,755,000 | 252,986,000 | 257,035,000 | 252,677,000 | 248,532,000 | 260,819,000 | 267,261,000 | 259,943,000 | 269,366,000 | 264,150,000 |
| Operating ROA | 1.83% | 1.30% | 1.44% | 1.67% | 2.00% | 2.71% | 2.50% | 2.74% | 2.45% | 2.21% | 2.56% | 1.34% | 1.76% | 0.53% | 0.95% | -0.15% | -1.65% | -0.93% | -1.87% | -0.83% |
December 31, 2024 calculation
Operating ROA = Operating income (ttm) ÷ Total assets
= $5,219,000K ÷ $285,196,000K
= 1.83%
Operating return on assets (Operating ROA) is a key financial ratio that indicates how efficient a company is at generating profits from its assets used in operations. For Ford Motor Company, the Operating ROA has shown variability over the reported period.
- The Operating ROA was negative in the first half of 2020, indicating that Ford was not efficient in generating profits from its operating assets during that time.
- However, there was a significant turnaround in the latter half of 2020, with the Operating ROA starting to become positive and improving steadily into 2021 and 2022.
- From 2022 onwards, Ford's Operating ROA maintained an upward trend, reaching its peak at 2.74% in March 2023, indicating an improvement in the company's ability to generate profits from its operating assets.
- In the following quarters, the Operating ROA fluctuated slightly but generally remained above 1%, showing a decent level of operational efficiency.
Overall, the trend in Ford Motor Company's Operating ROA indicates an initial struggle followed by a turnaround and improvement in the company's operational profitability. This suggests that Ford was able to better utilize its operating assets to generate profits over the reported period.
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Dec 31, 2024