Dorsey & Whitney Trust CO LLC Buys 248 Shares of Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM)

Dorsey & Whitney Trust CO LLC boosted its stake in shares of Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM) by 3.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,575 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 248 shares during the period. Dorsey & Whitney Trust CO LLC’s holdings in Toyota Motor were worth $1,280,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Toyota Motor by 2.4% in 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 last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Toyota Motor in the fourth quarter worth $26,203,000. World Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Toyota Motor in the third quarter worth $14,911,000. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. grew its stake in shares of Toyota Motor by 373.5% in the third quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 55,599 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,939,000 after acquiring an additional 43,857 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Natixis Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Toyota Motor by 10.5% in the third quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 358,892 shares of the company’s stock worth $64,087,000 after acquiring an additional 34,141 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 1.48% of the company’s stock.

Toyota Motor Trading Up 1.4 %

Toyota Motor stock opened at $190.20 on Friday. 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 Co. has a one year low of $159.04 and a one year high of $255.23. The stock has a market capitalization of $256.27 billion, a PE ratio of 7.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.63. The business’s fifty day moving average is $186.23 and its 200 day moving average is $180.48.

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $9.98 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.36 by $5.62. Toyota Motor had a return on equity of 14.00% and a net margin of 10.86%. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Toyota Motor Co. will post 19.76 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

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

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.