DETROIT -- Nine years after mortgaging everything it had to avoid collapse, Ford Motor Co. is earning more money than ever before, selling high-margin pickups and SUVs as fast as it can make them and developing ambitious plans to grow revenue even as cash-flush tech companies such as Google and Apple try to horn in on its business.
But Wall Street isn't sold on Ford executives' upbeat prognoses. Ford is poised to announce record pretax earnings this week, but as its profits grow, its stock price keeps sinking.