Snatch This Bargain 4.2% Yielder Even Cheaper Than Director Thornton Did

There’s an old saying on Wall Street about insider buying: there are many possible reasons to sell a stock, but only one reason to buy. Back on June 23, Ford Motor Co.’s Director, John L. Thornton, invested $148,880.18 into 10,600 shares of F, for a cost per share of $14.05. Bargain hunters tend to pay particular attention to insider buys like this one, because presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in the open market, is that they expect to make money.

In trading on Monday, bargain hunters could buy shares of Ford Motor Co. (Symbol: F) and achieve a cost basis even cheaper than Thornton, with shares changing hands as low as $13.97 per share. Ford Motor Co. shares are currently trading up about 0.1% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of F shares, versus its 200 day moving average:

Looking at the chart above, F’s low point in its 52 week range is $10.68 per share, with $17.78 as the 52 week high point — that compares with a last trade of $14.18. By comparison, below is a table showing the prices at which F insider buying was recorded over the last six months:

The current annualized dividend paid by Ford Motor Co. is $0.6/share, currently paid in quarterly installments, and its most recent dividend ex-date was on 05/12/2026. Below is a long-term dividend history chart for F, which can be of good help in judging whether the most recent dividend with approx. 4.2% annualized yield is likely to continue.

According to the ETF Finder at ETF Channel, F makes up 115.65% of the Direxion Daily F Bull 2X ETF (Symbol: FRDU) which is trading lower by about 2.3% on the day Monday. (see other ETFs holding F).

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