Sanctuary Advisors LLC Purchases 3,054 Shares of Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM)

Sanctuary Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM) by 50.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 9,134 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,054 shares during the quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC’s holdings in Toyota Motor were worth $1,744,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Fisher Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 160,720 shares in the last quarter. World Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Toyota Motor during the 3rd quarter worth $14,911,000. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. increased its position in Toyota Motor by 373.5% during the 3rd quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 55,599 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,939,000 after buying an additional 43,857 shares in the last quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC raised its stake in Toyota Motor by 10.5% in the third quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 358,892 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,087,000 after buying an additional 34,141 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vantage Investment Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Toyota Motor in the third quarter worth about $5,179,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 1.48% of the company’s stock.

Toyota Motor Stock Down 0.2 %

Shares of TM stock opened at $176.74 on Tuesday. 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 $159.04 and a fifty-two week high of $255.23. The firm has a market capitalization of $238.14 billion, a PE ratio of 7.30, a P/E/G ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.63. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $185.83 and its 200-day simple moving average is $180.03.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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