Stifel Financial Corp Purchases 26,880 Shares of Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM)

Stifel Financial Corp boosted its holdings in Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM) by 8.6% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 338,363 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 26,880 shares during the quarter. Stifel Financial Corp’s holdings in Toyota Motor were worth $65,855,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of TM. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Toyota Motor by 148.5% during the fourth quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 2,060 shares of the company’s stock valued at $401,000 after buying an additional 1,231 shares during the last quarter. MML Investors Services LLC lifted its position in Toyota Motor by 17.9% in the 4th quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 14,668 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,855,000 after acquiring an additional 2,230 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in Toyota Motor by 2.3% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 263,414 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,263,000 after purchasing an additional 6,047 shares during the last quarter. Freedom Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in Toyota Motor by 7.0% during the 4th quarter. Freedom Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,584 shares of the company’s stock worth $308,000 after purchasing an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Forum Financial Management LP raised its stake in shares of Toyota Motor by 29.9% in the fourth quarter. Forum Financial Management LP now owns 22,477 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,374,000 after purchasing an additional 5,180 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 1.48% of the company’s stock.

Toyota Motor Price Performance

TM opened at $178.59 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $240.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.37, a PEG ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.64. 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 Co. has a fifty-two week low of $155.00 and a fifty-two week high of $235.68. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $179.87 and a 200 day moving average of $179.75.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

TM has been the subject of several recent research reports. CLSA downgraded Toyota Motor from an “outperform” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 5th. Macquarie raised shares of Toyota Motor from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. StockNews.com raised shares of Toyota Motor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein began coverage on Toyota Motor in a report on Monday, April 14th. They issued a “market perform” rating for the company. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold”.

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.