Flputnam Investment Management Co. Has $251,000 Stake in Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM)

Flputnam Investment Management Co. increased its position in Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM) by 11.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,292 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 137 shares during the period. Flputnam Investment Management Co.’s holdings in Toyota Motor were worth $251,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Altrius Capital Management Inc raised its holdings in shares of Toyota Motor by 3.3% in the 4th quarter. Altrius Capital Management Inc now owns 44,170 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,596,000 after acquiring an additional 1,397 shares during the last quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Toyota Motor by 8.3% in the 4th quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 88,003 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,126,000 after acquiring an additional 6,734 shares in the last quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Toyota Motor in the fourth quarter valued at about $93,000. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC lifted its position in shares of Toyota Motor by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC now owns 9,716 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,891,000 after purchasing an additional 273 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lake Street Advisors Group LLC boosted its holdings in Toyota Motor by 3.1% during the fourth quarter. Lake Street Advisors Group LLC now owns 4,497 shares of the company’s stock worth $875,000 after purchasing an additional 135 shares during the last quarter. 1.48% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on TM. CLSA downgraded Toyota Motor from an “outperform” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Macquarie raised Toyota Motor from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, StockNews.com raised Toyota Motor from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 7th.

Toyota Motor Stock Up 1.3 %

Shares of NYSE TM opened at $183.84 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 1.21 and a quick ratio of 1.06. The stock has a market capitalization of $247.71 billion, a PE ratio of 7.59, a P/E/G ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.63. Toyota Motor Co. has a one year low of $159.04 and a one year high of $255.23. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $186.41 and its 200-day moving average price is $180.32.

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $9.98 EPS for the quarter, beating 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%. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Toyota Motor Co. will post 19.76 EPS for the current year.

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.