Portfolio Design Labs LLC Takes $292,000 Position in Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM)

Portfolio Design Labs LLC bought a new stake in Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 1,502 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $292,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. New Republic Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Toyota Motor during the fourth quarter worth approximately $233,000. XY Capital Ltd grew its position in Toyota Motor by 221.2% during the fourth quarter. XY Capital Ltd now owns 26,346 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,127,000 after buying an additional 18,144 shares in the last quarter. Wingate Wealth Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in Toyota Motor during the fourth quarter worth approximately $55,000. Savant Capital LLC grew its position in Toyota Motor by 50.4% during the fourth quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 2,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $472,000 after buying an additional 813 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Toyota Motor during the fourth quarter worth approximately $42,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 1.48% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on TM. StockNews.com raised Toyota Motor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Macquarie upgraded Toyota Motor from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, CLSA cut Toyota Motor from an “outperform” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th.

Toyota Motor Stock Down 1.6 %

NYSE TM opened at $182.70 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $184.83 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $179.83. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 1.07. Toyota Motor Co. has a fifty-two week low of $159.04 and a fifty-two week high of $255.23. The stock has a market capitalization of $246.17 billion, a PE ratio of 7.54, a PEG ratio of 0.37 and a beta of 0.63.

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $9.98 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.36 by $5.62. Toyota Motor had a return on equity of 14.00% and a net margin of 10.86%. Equities analysts expect that Toyota Motor Co. will post 19.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.