Shares of Ford were falling today after the organization revealed second-quarter vehicle-sales results. While vehicle sales grew 1.8% over the period to 483,688, they missed the mark regarding examiners’ average estimate for an increment of 4.2% from the year-prior quarter.

The car giant stock fell as much as 6.3% today and as of 2 p.m. ET. It was dawn 2.4%

What’s the tea?

Ford filed its most recent vehicle-conveyance figures with the SEC today, and the organization revealed a 31.5% increment for its June deliveries, year over year.

“Amid industry wide supply constraints, Ford outperformed the industry driven by strong F-Series, Explorer and new Expedition and Navigator SUV sales,” Andrew Frick, Ford’s vice president of U.S. and Canada sales, said in the filing.

And while the automaker’s June sales increased significantly, investors latched onto the fact that deliveries for the full quarter were lower than what analysts were expecting.

Investors might be following the more extensive car market, which has encountered late vehicle deal declines. GM’s U.S. sales fell 15% in Q2, Toyota’s dropped almost 23%, and Stellantis’ U.S. sales fell by 16%.

So what?

While Ford’s second-quarter vehicle-sales development was superior to a large number of its rivals, investors are probably centered around the way that downturn fears keep on developing in the midst of high inflation and the Federal Reserve’s loan cost spikes.

With this much uncertainty concerning the U.S. economy and how consumers will answer to inflation, Ford investors can almost certainly anticipate greater unpredictability from the auto stock in the short term.