Choreo LLC Raises Stock Position in Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM)

Choreo LLC grew its holdings in Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM) by 29.9% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 10,142 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,336 shares during the quarter. Choreo LLC’s holdings in Toyota Motor were worth $1,984,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of the business. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its position in 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 last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC boosted its position in Toyota Motor by 34,303.6% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 417,660 shares of the company’s stock worth $74,582,000 after acquiring an additional 416,446 shares during the last quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC boosted its position in Toyota Motor by 10.5% during 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. Mediolanum International Funds Ltd acquired a new stake in Toyota Motor during the third quarter worth approximately $58,660,000. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp raised its stake in Toyota Motor by 7.3% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 311,483 shares of the company’s stock worth $55,632,000 after purchasing an additional 21,092 shares during the period. 1.48% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have weighed in on TM. CLSA downgraded shares of Toyota Motor from an “outperform” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Macquarie raised shares of Toyota Motor from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Toyota Motor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th.

Toyota Motor Stock Performance

Shares of TM stock opened at $183.98 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $184.19 and its 200-day simple moving average is $180.33. 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 1.23, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61. The company has a market cap of $247.90 billion, a PE ratio of 8.74, a P/E/G ratio of 0.36 and a beta of 0.63.

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) last issued its 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 net margin of 9.17% and a return on equity of 12.02%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Toyota Motor Co. will post 19.76 EPS for the current 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.