Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM) Shares Purchased by Checchi Capital Advisers LLC

Checchi Capital Advisers LLC raised its position in Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM) by 2.9% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 9,716 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 273 shares during the quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC’s holdings in Toyota Motor were worth $1,891,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Fisher Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Toyota Motor by 2.4% during the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 6,762,449 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,207,571,000 after acquiring an additional 160,720 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Toyota Motor by 10.5% during the 3rd quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 358,892 shares of the company’s stock worth $64,087,000 after buying an additional 34,141 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Toyota Motor by 7.3% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 311,483 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,632,000 after buying an additional 21,092 shares during the period. Martin Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Toyota Motor by 2.3% in the third quarter. Martin Investment Management LLC now owns 120,654 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,545,000 after buying an additional 2,690 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. grew its holdings in Toyota Motor by 14.1% during the third quarter. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. now owns 100,714 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,984,000 after acquiring an additional 12,467 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 1.48% of the company’s stock.

Toyota Motor Price Performance

Shares of NYSE TM opened at $179.52 on Wednesday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $185.95 and its 200 day moving average price is $180.11. The stock has a market cap of $241.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.41, a PEG ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.63. Toyota Motor Co. has a 52 week low of $159.04 and a 52 week high of $255.23. The company has a current ratio of 1.21, a quick ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. StockNews.com raised shares of Toyota Motor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. CLSA lowered shares of Toyota Motor from an “outperform” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 5th. Finally, Macquarie raised Toyota Motor from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th.

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.