Ford's $4.90 EPS, $20 Billion Net Income Bests Its Peers

By Dividend Kings:Is Ford (F) a bargain or a total lemon to stay away from?

By Ry Frank:Ford (F) is the largest auto manufacturer by market capitalization in the U.S. It has a market cap of over $47 billion, beating out General Motors (GM)'s market cap of roughly $40 billion. Unlike General Motors, Ford didn't need a bail out.

Trefis submits: Ford (F) reported 2010 full year net income of $6.6 billion, which was its highest net income in more than 10 years. This solid performance was largely due to Ford’s strategy to focus on its core brands and Ford’s decision to borrow $23.6 billion in 2006.

By Stock Croc:Ford (F) has had some troubles as of late. It competes with General Motors (GM), Toyota Motors (TM), and Honda (HMC).

ByRichard Tarjeft:The stock of Tata Motors (TTM) is currently trading at $26.67 per share, which is approximately 13.5 percent below its 52-week high of $30.85 per share that was reached during intra-day trading on January 17, 2013. Tata Motors is a manufacturer of automotives, machine tools, and construction equipment that is based in Mumbai.

By Jacob Steinberg:Ford (F) is an interesting company. Every time I search for Ford in a financial website or a blog, I see nothing but positive opinions about the company. Everyone is bullish for Ford, and everyone thinks it's undervalued.

By Investanomics.com:The auto industry is starting to show signs of life once again. The auto industry recently posted some of the strongest sales gains in three years. Some of the biggest winners were US automakers; Ford (F) saw November sales gain 13.3% to 166,865 vehicles. Chrysler was a big winner as well with November sales gaining 45% to 107,172 vehicles.

If JPM and its "fortress" balance sheet and business model are supposed to represent Q1 earnings for US banks, it will not be a good start to the year. While EPS beat expectations solidly, printing at $1.59 on expectations of $1.39 release, this was largly driven by a bigger than expected loan loss reserve release in its real estate portfolios ($650MM pretax), and card services ($500MM pretax), which was the largest combined release number since the $2 billion reduction in Q1 2012.