Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM) Receives Average Recommendation of "Hold" from Analysts

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

TM has been the subject of several research reports. DZ Bank downgraded shares of Toyota Motor from a "strong-buy" rating to a "strong sell" rating in a report on Friday, May 9th. Sanford C. Bernstein initiated coverage on shares of Toyota Motor in a report on Monday, April 14th. They set a "market perform" rating for the company.

Institutional Trading of Toyota Motor

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in TM. Private Trust Co. NA raised its holdings in shares of Toyota Motor by 143.9% in the first quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 139 shares of the company's stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 82 shares during the last quarter. Wood Tarver Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Toyota Motor in the 4th quarter valued at $29,000. Parvin Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Toyota Motor in the 4th quarter valued at $32,000. AlphaCore Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of Toyota Motor in the 1st quarter valued at $37,000. Finally, Roxbury Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Toyota Motor during the 4th quarter worth $41,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 1.48% of the company's stock.

Toyota Motor Stock Performance

Toyota Motor stock opened at $185.04 on Friday. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $181.82 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $182.96. Toyota Motor has a fifty-two week low of $155.00 and a fifty-two week high of $208.86. The stock has a market cap of $249.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.64, a PEG ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a current ratio of 1.21.

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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. The company had revenue of $81.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $78.47 billion. Toyota Motor had a net margin of 10.86% and a return on equity of 14.00%. As a group, analysts expect that Toyota Motor will post 19.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Toyota Motor

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.

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