Ford Motor Credit Company

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Ford Motor Credit Company LLC

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Diversified financial
Founded	1959 (1959)
Headquarters	Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
Products	Automobile financing
Revenue	US$ 8.996 billion (2014)[1]
Operating income	US$ 1.854 billion (2014)[1]
Net income	US$ 1.705 billion (2014)[1]
Total assets	US$ 122.1 billion (2014)[1]
Total equity	US$ 11.37 billion (2014)[1]
Number of employees	6,500 (2014)[1]
Parent	Ford Motor Company
Website	ford.com/finance

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC, d/b/a Ford Credit, is the financial services arm of Ford Motor Company, and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

The predominant share of Ford Credit's business consists of financing Ford and Lincoln vehicles and supporting Ford and Lincoln dealers. Specifically, its business activities are concentrated in the area of automobile financing for consumers and dealership inventory and leasing. Ford Credit competes mainly on the basis of service and financing rate programs, including those sponsored by Ford. A key foundation of its service is providing broad and consistent purchasing policies for retail installment sale and lease contracts, and consistent support for dealer financing requirements across economic cycles. These policies have helped Ford Credit build strong relationships with Ford's dealer network that enhance competitiveness.^[2] Ford Credit also provides commercial financing and lines of credit to dealerships selling Ford Motor Company products. The firm also issues commercial paper and other debt instruments on Ford's behalf.

Ford Credit also owns Lincoln Automotive Financial Services, the arm that finances Lincoln vehicles.

Ford earned $2.63 billion EBIT with its Ford Credit segment in 2018, up from $2.31 billion in 2017. 2018 was the segment's highest full-year EBT in eight years. However, this upward trend may not last much longer as car sales continue to decline. Ford Credit's ROE, which fell from 22% in 2017 to 14% in 2018 forecasts the segment's coming decline.