{
  "id": 16961733,
  "title": "Automaker: Ford exceeds profit expectations despite higher raw material costs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/autobauer-ford-ubertrifft-gewinnerwartungen-trotz-hoherer",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-28T21:36:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/mobilitaet/motor/autobauer-ford-uebertrifft-gewinnerwartungen-trotz-hoeherer-rohstoffkosten/100265723.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "Ford reported a slight increase in profit for the third quarter, with an adjusted operating profit of $2.7 billion and an adjusted earnings per share of 49 cents, beating analyst expectations. The company's revenue was $49.5 billion. Ford raised the lower end of its annual operating profit forecast to $10.5 billion, but kept the upper end at $11 billion. The company cited higher raw material costs, production issues, and a decline in US sales, down 8.6% in the first nine months of the year.",
  "summary": "The prices for copper and chips are burdening the car manufacturer. Other acute issues are trade relations in North America and competition from Asia.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}