First National Bank & Trust Co. of Newtown Buys Shares of 1,100 Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM)

First National Bank & Trust Co. of Newtown purchased a new position in Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM) during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund purchased 1,100 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $202,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. D.A. Davidson & CO. grew its holdings in shares of Toyota Motor by 15.6% in the first quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 1,448 shares of the company’s stock worth $261,000 after purchasing an additional 195 shares during the last quarter. Cibc World Market Inc. lifted its position in Toyota Motor by 34.0% during the first quarter. Cibc World Market Inc. now owns 25,609 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,616,000 after buying an additional 6,493 shares during the period. Blair William & Co. IL purchased a new position in shares of Toyota Motor in the 1st quarter worth about $234,000. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Toyota Motor by 9.1% in the 1st quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,740 shares of the company’s stock worth $674,000 after purchasing an additional 311 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP raised its position in shares of Toyota Motor by 6.6% in the 1st quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 356,505 shares of the company’s stock worth $64,260,000 after purchasing an additional 22,142 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 1.48% of the company’s stock.

Toyota Motor Trading Down 1.8 %

TM stock traded down $4.09 during trading on Friday, hitting $227.75. The company had a trading volume of 201,747 shares, compared to its average volume of 294,637. The firm has a market capitalization of $308.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.87, a PEG ratio of 0.35 and a beta of 0.69. Toyota Motor Co. has a 52-week low of $133.02 and a 52-week high of $255.23. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $239.85 and a 200-day simple moving average of $205.42. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.57.

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 6th. The company reported $6.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.66 by $3.15. Toyota Motor had a return on equity of 14.13% and a net margin of 10.22%. The company had revenue of $81.54 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.72 billion. As a group, research analysts forecast that Toyota Motor Co. will post 23.06 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have weighed in on TM. Nomura lowered Toyota Motor from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 31st. StockNews.com cut Toyota Motor from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 19th.

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.