Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM) Given Average Recommendation of "Hold" by Analysts

Shares of Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM - Get Free Report) have been given a consensus recommendation of "Hold" by the five brokerages that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company.

TM has been the topic of several research analyst reports. DZ Bank lowered 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. CLSA downgraded Toyota Motor from an "outperform" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein began coverage on Toyota Motor in a research note on Monday, April 14th. They issued a "market perform" rating on the stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of TM. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in shares of Toyota Motor by 22,846.4% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 491,283 shares of the company's stock valued at $86,726,000 after purchasing an additional 489,142 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its stake in shares of Toyota Motor by 66.5% in 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 boosted its stake in shares of Toyota Motor by 166.3% in 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 stake in shares of Toyota Motor in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,203,000. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Toyota Motor by 1.9% in 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. 1.48% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Toyota Motor Stock Down 0.1%

TM stock traded down $0.22 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $183.24. The company had a trading volume of 354,566 shares, compared to its average volume of 371,253. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 1.21. The company has a market capitalization 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 firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $182.08 and a 200 day simple moving average of $181.70. Toyota Motor has a fifty-two week low of $155.00 and a fifty-two week high of $221.09.

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 8th. The company reported $3.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.92 by $0.47. The business had revenue of $81.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11,956.52 billion. Toyota Motor had a return on equity of 14.00% and a net margin of 10.86%. Analysts forecast that Toyota Motor will post 19.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Toyota Motor Company 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.