Ford investors also will be looking for updates on company's cost-cutting efforts, quality improvements, tariff impact and a supplier fire.

Ford said a fire at an aluminum factory will lower profits in the last three months of the year. The company also said it has stopped making an electric version of its popular F-150 pickup.

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Ford is adding extra workers and taking other measures to meet “strong” customer demand for its F-Series pickup trucks, while making up for production losses stemming from a fire at an aluminum supplier’s plant.

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General Motors reported, on Oct. 21, its third-quarter net income was $1.32 billion, a 57% decline compared with the year-ago period. GM blamed it on a loss in profits from electric vehicle production changes. GM has forecast a $5 billion tariff-related hit to its full-year profits.

Ford sold a record number of hybrid vehicles in the third quarter. Still, it will have a high bar to clear after GM boosted profit expectations for the year.

Ford Motor cut its profit guidance on Thursday, citing fallout from a fire at a critical aluminum supplier that will crimp production of some of its most lucrative vehicles through the end of the year.

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