OCONNOR A Distinct Business Unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC Makes New Investment in Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM)

OCONNOR A Distinct Business Unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC bought a new position in Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 2,700 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $525,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of TM. Northern Trust Corp grew its holdings in shares of Toyota Motor by 66.5% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 961,403 shares of the company's stock valued at $187,099,000 after buying an additional 384,149 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors grew its holdings in shares of Toyota Motor by 166.3% during the fourth quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 374,864 shares of the company's stock valued at $72,952,000 after buying an additional 234,078 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Toyota Motor during the fourth quarter valued at $26,203,000. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Toyota Motor by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 6,892,009 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,341,254,000 after buying an additional 129,560 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FMR LLC grew its holdings in shares of Toyota Motor by 14.3% during the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 563,437 shares of the company's stock valued at $109,651,000 after buying an additional 70,644 shares in the last quarter. 1.48% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

Toyota Motor Stock Down 0.1%

TM traded down $0.22 during trading on Friday, reaching $183.24. 354,566 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 371,253. Toyota Motor Co. has a fifty-two week low of $155.00 and a fifty-two week high of $221.09. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $182.05 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $181.75. The stock has a market cap of $246.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.57, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 1.06.

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $3.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.92 by $0.47. Toyota Motor had a return on equity of 14.00% and a net margin of 10.86%. The company had revenue of $81.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $11,956.52 billion. As a group, equities 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.