Principal Securities Inc. Purchases 733 Shares of Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM)

Principal Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM) by 11.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 6,980 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 733 shares during the period. Principal Securities Inc.’s holdings in Toyota Motor were worth $1,358,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Creative Planning lifted its holdings in shares of Toyota Motor by 2.6% during the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 77,225 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,790,000 after buying an additional 1,972 shares during the last quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC increased its position in Toyota Motor by 12.6% during the third quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 2,362 shares of the company’s stock worth $422,000 after acquiring an additional 265 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Toyota Motor by 3.8% during the 3rd quarter. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,759 shares of the company’s stock valued at $314,000 after purchasing an additional 65 shares during the last quarter. Net Worth Advisory Group bought a new stake in Toyota Motor in the 3rd quarter valued at $221,000. Finally, Raymond James & Associates grew its position in Toyota Motor by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 81,719 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,593,000 after purchasing an additional 2,979 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 1.48% of the company’s stock.

Toyota Motor Price Performance

Shares of Toyota Motor stock opened at $183.94 on Wednesday. Toyota Motor Co. has a twelve month low of $159.04 and a twelve month high of $255.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a current ratio of 1.21. The firm has a market cap of $247.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.37 and a beta of 0.63. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $185.48 and its 200-day simple moving average is $179.67.

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $9.98 earnings per share 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%. As a group, research analysts expect that Toyota Motor Co. will post 19.76 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on TM shares. CLSA cut shares of Toyota Motor from an “outperform” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. StockNews.com upgraded Toyota Motor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, Macquarie upgraded Toyota Motor from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th.

Toyota Motor Company 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.