Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM) Short Interest Up 25.6% in October

Toyota Motor Co. (NYSE:TM - Get Free Report) saw a large growth in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 779,100 shares, a growth of 25.6% from the September 30th total of 620,300 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the company's stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 385,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in Toyota Motor by 13.3% in the first quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 4,267 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,074,000 after acquiring an additional 502 shares in the last quarter. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Toyota Motor by 15.0% in the 1st quarter. Hexagon Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,495 shares of the company's stock valued at $376,000 after purchasing an additional 195 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC grew its stake in Toyota Motor by 14,462.5% during the 1st quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 2,330 shares of the company's stock worth $586,000 after buying an additional 2,314 shares during the last quarter. Naviter Wealth LLC increased its position in Toyota Motor by 8.0% during the first quarter. Naviter Wealth LLC now owns 25,792 shares of the company's stock worth $6,491,000 after buying an additional 1,915 shares during the period. Finally, Community Bank & Trust Waco Texas lifted its stake in Toyota Motor by 2.4% in the first quarter. Community Bank & Trust Waco Texas now owns 4,692 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,181,000 after buying an additional 108 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 1.48% of the company's stock.

Toyota Motor Stock Up 2.7 %

NYSE:TM traded up $4.67 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $176.67. The stock had a trading volume of 457,118 shares, compared to its average volume of 322,332. The company has a current ratio of 1.18, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.60. Toyota Motor has a twelve month low of $159.04 and a twelve month high of $255.23. The company has a market capitalization of $238.05 billion, a PE ratio of 7.16, a PEG ratio of 0.30 and a beta of 0.68. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $178.72 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $197.11.

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 1st. The company reported $6.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $4.01 by $2.34. The business had revenue of $75.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $72.48 billion. Toyota Motor had a net margin of 10.70% and a return on equity of 14.28%. During the same period last year, the business earned $7.05 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Toyota Motor will post 21.7 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.