Ford's stock drops 6% in after-hours trading after releasing third-quarter earnings

• Ford's banal fell 6% successful after-hours trading aft lowering its profit forecast to $10 cardinal for 2024.
• The guidance stems from precocious costs and debased volumes of Ford Pro and Ford Blue models.
• Ford intends to compete pinch Chinese EV makers by reducing costs and innovating designs.

Ford fell 6% successful after-hours trading aft nan institution said it was expecting profits astatine nan little extremity of its full-year net guidance.

On Monday, nan US automaker said it was expecting $10 cardinal successful profit this year, a trim from its first outlook of up to $12 billion. It said nan guidance was wounded by costs and debased volumes of its astir profitable cars, Ford Pro and Ford Blue, owed to supplier and hurricane-related disruptions.

"Clearly, our strategic advantages are not falling to nan bottommost statement nan measurement they should," Ford's CEO Jim Farley said successful an net telephone connected Monday. "Costs, particularly warranty, has held backmost our net power."

The institution posted third-quarter gross of $46.2 billion, marking 5.5% year-on-year growth.

Farley besides emphasized Ford's strategy to compete pinch Chinese EV makers. He said that uncovering caller designs for components aliases utilizing caller suppliers will beryllium cardinal to reducing EV costs.

Companies for illustration nan Chinese marque BYD, Farley said, "have an unthinkable advantage connected affordability of batteries."

"So, we person to make that up, aliases our opportunity is connected nan EV constituent side, inverters, gearboxes, motors," he continued.

Chinese EV makers person been connected a rotation this year. Despite concerns astir tariffs from nan US and European Union, income for companies for illustration BYD, Nio, and Zeekr were boosted by value cuts, nan preamble of cheaper models, and Chinese EV demand from Russia. Their capacity has raised eyebrows astatine Tesla, which was once dismissive of Chinese companies.

Ford's CEO is simply a large instrumentality of Chinese EVs, too. In a podcast that aired past week, Farley said he doesn't want to springiness up nan Xiaomi Speed Ultra 7 he's been driving for nan past half year.

"We flew 1 from Shanghai to Chicago, and I've been driving it for six months now, and I don't want to springiness it up," Farley said astir nan car.

China income and exports dress up complete $600 cardinal of nan company's profit this year, Farley said connected Monday's call.

Ford's banal has fallen 6.7% this year.

Its competitors successful nan American car segment person seen wider changes: General Motors has risen 47% this year. Jeep and Chrysler shaper Stellantis has seen a 41% rout during nan aforesaid clip period. Tesla was down 42% twelvemonth to day successful April and May this year, but has since pared losses. It is up 5.7% twelvemonth to day aft reporting third-quarter net past week.