LMR Partners LLP Buys 23,840 Shares of Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM)

LMR Partners LLP lifted its position in Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM - Free Report) by 321.7% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 31,250 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 23,840 shares during the period. LMR Partners LLP's holdings in Toyota Motor were worth $6,082,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Trust Co. of Vermont boosted its stake in shares of Toyota Motor by 113.3% during the 4th quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont now owns 160 shares of the company's stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 85 shares during the last quarter. Parvin Asset Management LLC bought a new position in Toyota Motor in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Roxbury Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of Toyota Motor during the 4th quarter worth approximately $41,000. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Toyota Motor during the 4th quarter worth approximately $42,000. Finally, GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Toyota Motor by 800.0% in the 4th quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC now owns 225 shares of the company's stock valued at $44,000 after buying an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 1.48% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on TM shares. Macquarie raised shares of Toyota Motor from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Sanford C. Bernstein assumed coverage on Toyota Motor in a research note on Monday, April 14th. They issued a "market perform" rating on the stock. CLSA downgraded Toyota Motor from an "outperform" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Finally, DZ Bank cut Toyota Motor from a "strong-buy" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a research note on Friday, May 9th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold".

Toyota Motor Price Performance

NYSE TM traded down $0.22 during trading on Friday, hitting $183.24. 354,566 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 370,957. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $182.08 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $181.70. Toyota Motor Co. has a fifty-two week low of $155.00 and a fifty-two week high of $221.09. The company has a current ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64. The company has a market cap of $246.89 billion, a PE ratio of 7.57, a P/E/G ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.67.

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $3.39 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.92 by $0.47. The business had revenue of $81.09 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $11,956.52 billion. Toyota Motor had a net margin of 10.86% and a return on equity of 14.00%. Research analysts expect that Toyota Motor Co. will post 19.76 EPS for the current year.

Toyota Motor Profile

Toyota Motor Corporation designs, manufactures, assembles, and sells passenger vehicles, minivans and commercial vehicles, and related parts and accessories in Japan, North America, Europe, Asia, Central and South America, Oceania, Africa, and the Middle East. It operates in Automotive, Financial Services, and All Other segments.