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Surprising news comes courtesy of Ford this morning in the form of an unexpectedly good third quarter report. The Blue Oval posted $997 million in positive net income over the third quarter, which represents its first operating profit in over a year. Even better news is that Ford's success was driven in part by actual product sales, with market share increasing in North America, South America and Europe.
Ford finished the third quarter with $23.8 billion in Automotive gross cash, which is $2.8 billion better than how it finished the previous quarter. Ford Credit, the financial arm of the automaker's operations, also posted relatively good numbers in the third quarter of 2009 with an after-tax profit of $427 million. Though Ford is selling fewer vehicles overall from the heyday of the early 2000s, its off-lease models aren't depreciating as rapidly as before and are selling for higher transaction prices at auction.
While making nearly a billion dollars in the third quarter of 2009 is welcome news, the automaker still has a tough road ahead in the coming years. In recognition of this fact, Ford isn't predicting solid profitability and consistently positive operating cash flow until 2011. For all the mind-numbing details, hit the jump for the full press release from Ford.
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Surprising news comes courtesy of Ford this morning in the form of an unexpectedly good third quarter report. The Blue Oval posted $997 million in positive net income over the third quarter, which represents its first operating profit in over a year. Even better news is that Ford's success was driven in part by actual product sales, with market share increasing in North America, South America and Europe.
Ford finished the third quarter with $23.8 billion in Automotive gross cash, which is $2.8 billion better than how it finished the previous quarter. Ford Credit, the financial arm of the automaker's operations, also posted relatively good numbers in the third quarter of 2009 with an after-tax profit of $427 million. Though Ford is selling fewer vehicles overall from the heyday of the early 2000s, its off-lease models aren't depreciating as rapidly as before and are selling for higher transaction prices at auction.
While making nearly a billion dollars in the third quarter of 2009 is welcome news, the automaker still has a tough road ahead in the coming years. In recognition of this fact, Ford isn't predicting solid profitability and consistently positive operating cash flow until 2011. For all the mind-numbing details, hit the jump for the full press release from Ford.
[Source: Ford]Continue reading Ford posts $1 billion in profit, surprisingly good third quarter report
Ford posts $1 billion in profit, surprisingly good third quarter report originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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