Topic: Growth Stocks

TOYOTA MOTOR CO. ADRs $116 – New York symbol TM

TOYOTA MOTOR CO. ADRs $116 (New York symbol TM; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; ADRs outstanding: 1.6 billion; Market cap: $185.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.8; Dividend yield: 1.7%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.toyota.com) is the world’s biggest carmaker by sales. It also makes industrial equipment, such as forklifts and prefabricated housing. Like most automakers, the company offers vehicle loans through its financing division.

In 2013, Toyota sold 2.24 million cars and trucks in the U.S., up 7.4% from 2.08 million in 2012. That’s partly due to strong demand for its hybrid cars, which use gasoline and electricity. The company has sold 6.1 million of these vehicles since it started offering them in 1997.

Toyota now sells 24 hybrid car models and one plug-in version in over 80 countries. Over the next two years, it plans to launch 15 new hybrids, which should help it maintain its leading 50% share of this fastgrowing market.

The company should earn $11.32 per ADR in its 2014 fiscal year, which ends March 31, 2014, up 56.4% from $7.24 in 2013. The stock trades at a low 10.2 times the 2014 estimate. The $1.99 dividend yields 1.7%.

Toyota is a buy.

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