Ford Tops Pepsi and Disney With Revenue From Pickups and Vans
- Sales of trucks, commercial vehicles was $72 billion in 2017
- The operating-profit margin earned with these models was 14%
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Ford Motor Co.’s haul from selling just pickups and commercial vehicles rivals household-name companies including IBM and Boeing.
Revenue from the automaker’s truck and van business totaled $72 billion in 2017, Ford disclosed in two presentations to investors in as many weeks. That’s more than the trailing 12-month sales of U.S. companies including Intel Corp., Walt Disney Co. and PepsiCo Inc., according to data compiled by Bloomberg.