Vantage Investment Partners LLC Acquires 26,979 Shares of Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM)

Vantage Investment Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM) by 93.0% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 55,979 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 26,979 shares during the quarter. Vantage Investment Partners LLC’s holdings in Toyota Motor were worth $10,894,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Stifel Financial Corp raised its holdings in Toyota Motor by 7.3% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 311,483 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,632,000 after acquiring an additional 21,092 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in Toyota Motor by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 6,762,449 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,207,571,000 after purchasing an additional 160,720 shares during the last quarter. Atom Investors LP acquired a new stake in Toyota Motor in the third quarter valued at approximately $841,000. FNY Investment Advisers LLC acquired a new position in shares of Toyota Motor during the fourth quarter worth $1,167,000. Finally, Moran Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Toyota Motor by 62.4% in the 3rd quarter. Moran Wealth Management LLC now owns 27,433 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,899,000 after acquiring an additional 10,545 shares during the last quarter. 1.48% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, StockNews.com upgraded Toyota Motor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th.

Toyota Motor Stock Performance

Shares of Toyota Motor stock opened at $186.50 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $251.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.86, a P/E/G ratio of 0.36 and a beta of 0.63. Toyota Motor Co. has a twelve month low of $159.04 and a twelve month high of $255.23. The company’s fifty day moving average is $181.45 and its 200 day moving average is $180.97. The company has a quick ratio of 1.07, a current ratio of 1.23 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61.

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported $2.90 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $4.39 by ($1.49). Toyota Motor had a net margin of 9.17% and a return on equity of 12.02%. The company had revenue of $76.92 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $79.78 billion. Sell-side analysts forecast that Toyota Motor Co. will post 19.9 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.