Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Has $51.26 Million Stock Holdings in Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM)

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in shares of Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM) by 2.3% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 263,414 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 6,047 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP’s holdings in Toyota Motor were worth $51,263,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of TM. Modus Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Toyota Motor in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Trust Co. of Vermont increased its holdings in shares of Toyota Motor by 113.3% during the fourth quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont now owns 160 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 85 shares in the last quarter. Roxbury Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Toyota Motor in the 4th quarter valued at $41,000. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Toyota Motor during the 4th quarter valued at $42,000. Finally, GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC grew its position in Toyota Motor by 800.0% during the 4th quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC now owns 225 shares of the company’s stock worth $44,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 1.48% of the company’s stock.

Toyota Motor Stock Performance

Shares of TM stock opened at $192.01 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 $155.00 and a one year high of $235.68. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $181.32 and its 200 day simple moving average is $180.57. The stock has a market capitalization of $258.72 billion, a PE ratio of 7.93, a PEG ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.64.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. Sanford C. Bernstein started coverage on Toyota Motor in a research note on Monday, April 14th. They set a “market perform” rating on the stock. Macquarie raised shares of Toyota Motor from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. StockNews.com raised shares of Toyota Motor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 7th. Finally, CLSA lowered shares of Toyota Motor from an “outperform” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 5th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold”.

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.