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Our current read (analysis of 2026-08-23): Designation Watch · Gem Score +13 (−100…+100 Quality+Value blend) · Quality 66 · Value -31 · Sentiment 4 (timing only, not weighted) · Composite fair value $447.20 vs $188.99 at analysis
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Toyota Motor Corporation
TM NYSEToyota Motor Corporation is a global automotive manufacturer that designs, produces, and sells a broad range of passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, and related parts. The company’s core automotive segment covers compact cars, sedans, SUVs, pickup trucks, and luxury vehicles under brands such as Toyota and Lexus, serving mass-market, premium, and commercial customer needs worldwide. In addition to vehicle manufacturing, Toyota Motor Corporation provides financial services, including auto financing and leasing solutions that support dealers and end customers in many of its key markets. The company also operates an “All Other” segment, which includes businesses such as housing and certain mobility-related products, complementing its core automotive activities. Headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and founded in 1937, Toyota Motor Corporation plays a central role in the global automotive supply chain, working closely with suppliers, dealers, and mobility service providers to support transportation infrastructure and personal and commercial mobility worldwide.
Price Overview
Price History (1 Year)
Revenue & Net Income Trend
This company does not file structured financial statements with the U.S. SEC, so quarterly figures aren't available from our filings-based data engine. Annual figures shown here come from the sources that do cover it.
| Period | Revenue | Net Income | Net Margin | YoY/QoQ |
|---|
Key Metrics
EPS (Diluted): 2.28
Total Equity: $233.88B
Shares: 13,252,456,000
Total Debt: $246.02B
Cash: $56.96B
EBITDA: $44.69B
Total Debt: $246.02B
Cash: $56.96B
Revenue: $304.64B
Revenue: $304.64B
Revenue: $304.64B
Total Equity: $233.88B
Tax Rate: 25.3%
Equity: $233.88B
Total Debt: $246.02B
Cash: $56.96B
Current Liabilities: $186.67B
Long-Term Debt: $145.63B
Total Debt: $246.02B
Total Equity: $233.88B
Shares: 13,252,456,000
Shares: 13,252,456,000
CapEx: $0.00
Shares: 13,252,456,000
Stock Price: $188.99
Net Income: $30.22B
Industry Benchmarks
Income Statement (Annual)
Last updated: Aug 1, 2026 5:52pm (22d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $172.6B | $199.0B | $235.6B | $286.0B | $304.6B |
| Cost of Revenue | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gross Profit | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating Expenses | $158.7B | $180.0B | $218.3B | $252.0B | $274.2B |
| Operating Income | $13.9B | $19.0B | $17.3B | $33.9B | $30.4B |
| Net Income | $14.2B | $18.1B | $15.5B | $31.4B | $30.2B |
| EBITDA | $24.4B | $30.6B | $30.2B | $47.2B | $44.7B |
| EPS | $1.02 | $1.30 | $1.14 | $2.32 | $2.28 |
| EPS (Diluted) | $1.01 | $1.30 | $1.14 | $2.32 | $2.28 |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Last updated: Aug 1, 2026 5:52pm (22d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $32.3B | $38.8B | $47.7B | $59.7B | $57.0B |
| Total Current Assets | $144.4B | $150.4B | $167.8B | $220.2B | $235.1B |
| Total Assets | $394.9B | $429.3B | $471.2B | $571.5B | $593.6B |
| Current Liabilities | $136.1B | $138.5B | $151.9B | $185.0B | $186.7B |
| Long-Term Debt | $85.3B | $97.1B | $108.3B | $134.2B | $145.6B |
| Total Liabilities | $240.9B | $257.1B | $285.6B | $348.0B | $359.7B |
| Total Equity | $154.0B | $172.2B | $185.6B | $223.5B | $233.9B |
| Retained Earnings | $152.9B | $167.8B | $179.7B | $208.0B | $227.3B |
Cash Flow (Annual)
Last updated: Aug 1, 2026 5:52pm (22d ago)| Metric | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | $17.3B | $23.6B | $18.7B | $26.7B | $23.4B |
| Capital Expenditure | — | — | — | — | — |
| Free Cash Flow | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acquisitions (net) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net Debt Issued / (Repaid) | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends Paid | -$4.2B | -$4.8B | -$5.2B | -$6.2B | -$8.0B |
| Stock Buybacks | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net Change in Cash | $6.4B | $6.4B | $8.9B | $12.0B | -$2.7B |
Growth Trends (YoY %)
Last updated: Aug 1, 2026 5:52pm (22d ago)| Metric | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue Growth | +15.3% | +18.4% | +21.4% | +6.5% |
| Gross Profit Growth | — | — | — | — |
| Operating Income Growth | +36.3% | -9.0% | +96.4% | -10.4% |
| Net Income Growth | +26.9% | -14.0% | +101.7% | -3.6% |
| EBITDA Growth | +25.4% | -1.1% | +56.1% | -5.3% |
Dividend History (Last 20)
Last updated: Jul 31, 2026 9:15am (23d ago)| Date | Dividend | Declaration | Record | Payment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-31 | $3.46 | — | — | — |
| 2024-09-30 | $2.60 | — | — | — |
| 2024-03-27 | $2.86 | — | — | — |
| 2023-09-28 | $2.00 | — | — | — |
| 2023-03-30 | $2.50 | — | — | — |
| 2022-09-29 | $1.76 | — | — | — |
| 2022-03-30 | $2.20 | — | — | — |
| 2021-09-29 | $2.10 | — | — | — |
| 2021-03-30 | $2.45 | — | — | — |
| 2020-09-29 | $2.01 | — | — | — |
| 2020-03-30 | $2.23 | — | — | — |
| 2019-09-27 | $1.83 | — | — | — |
| 2018-09-27 | $1.76 | — | — | — |
| 2018-03-28 | $2.19 | — | — | — |
| 2017-09-28 | $1.80 | — | — | — |
| 2017-03-29 | $1.97 | — | — | — |
| 2016-09-28 | $1.77 | — | — | — |
| 2016-03-29 | $2.02 | — | — | — |
| 2015-09-28 | $1.63 | — | — | — |
| 2015-03-27 | $2.01 | — | — | — |
Deep Analysis
Narrative Economics
market-narrative step).
Claude Reading
The headline numbers don't support the synthesis model's "overvalued by 76%" verdict at face value. Toyota earned $30.22B in NI on $304.64B revenue in FY2025 — that's a real 9.9% net margin on a $224B market cap, giving a trailing earnings yield of ~13.5% on market cap. The reported 82x P/E is almost certainly an ADR/data artifact (likely a ratio distortion from ADR-share conversion or a stale numerator); the actual look-through P/E on consolidated Toyota is roughly 7-8x. Same story with EV/EBITDA at 60x — implausible for a company generating $30B+ operating income. If the synthesis DCF ($43 fair value) was fed the bad multiples or misread ADR ratios, its conclusion is garbage-in-garbage-out. This is a regime-inappropriate valuation read.
That said, the fundamentals aren't uniformly bullish either. Revenue grew from $172.6B (FY21) to $304.6B (FY25) — a 15% CAGR — but much of that is yen weakness translation, not unit growth; Toyota sells ~10-11M vehicles annually with only modest volume gains. Operating income actually declined YoY from $33.95B to $30.41B (-10.4%), and recent earnings YoY is -3.6% per the momentum data. ROIC of 5.4% is mediocre — this is a capital-intensive business earning barely above cost of capital. Debt/equity of 1.05 with $246B total debt looks scary but is dominated by Toyota Financial Services receivables-matched funding, not operating leverage; the synthesis model's "high debt risk / interest coverage dangerously low" flag is wrong for anyone who understands captive-finance balance sheets. Operating income covers interest many times over on the industrial side.
The narrative model is closer to right than the synthesis model but overstates the premium. Calling $189 a "75% narrative premium over $45 fair value" only works if you believe the broken DCF. On normalized industrial earnings power of ~$25-28B (stripping some FX tailwind) and applying a 9-11x multiple appropriate for a mature global OEM with hybrid leadership, you get $225-310B equity value — i.e., TM is roughly fairly valued to modestly undervalued around here, not 3x overpriced. The genuine bear case is different: (1) Chinese OEMs (BYD, Geely) are structurally undercutting Toyota in ASEAN and export markets where TM has historically dominated, (2) the yen has already done most of its depreciating — reversal is a real earnings headwind, (3) US tariff exposure on Japanese auto imports is a live 2025-26 risk, and (4) hybrid margin advantage compresses as competitors close the gap. A contrarian would also note that FY25 operating margin at 9.98% is likely peak-cycle; mid-cycle is closer to 8%.
I dissent from the synthesis verdict of $43 fair value — that number is not credible and reflects either bad input multiples or a DCF calibrated for a different security. I partially agree with the narrative model's caution but reject its magnitude. My read: TM at $189 is fairly valued to slightly rich, with fair value in the $170-200 range based on ~$25-27B normalized earnings, 8-9x multiple, plus 3.2% dividend yield support. The stock isn't a screaming short at 76% overvalued; it's a mature cyclical trading at a reasonable multiple with real but manageable structural risks. The insider data is useless (all sub-100 share award grants, likely ADR depositary noise). Revenue confidence is called "good" but quarterly data is literally missing from the file — that's a real gap. I'd want to see FY26 guidance on China share loss, US tariff pass-through, and yen sensitivity before committing directionally. Not a compelling long, not a short — a hold with dividend, waiting for either a cyclical drawdown to $150 (buy) or a narrative-driven melt-up to $230+ (trim).
GPT Reading
The first thing that jumps out is that the headline valuation metrics are almost certainly unusable as presented. An 82.9x P/E, 10.7x book, and 8.2x sales for Toyota are incompatible with the raw income statement and market cap given. On the numbers here, $223.8B market cap against $30.2B of net income is roughly 7.4x earnings, not 82.9x; against $304.6B of revenue it is about 0.7x sales, not 8.2x; against $233.9B of equity it is about 1.0x book, not 10.7x. That matters because the bearish model stack appears to have swallowed those bad inputs and concluded absurd overvaluation. If I start from the raw financials instead, I see a global auto leader growing revenue from $172.6B in FY2021 to $304.6B in FY2025, while sustaining about 10.0% operating margin and 9.9% net margin in the latest year—exceptionally strong absolute profitability for a mass-market automaker. FY2025 did show some normalization, with operating income down from $33.95B to $30.41B and net income down from $31.36B to $30.22B, but that is a modest step back after a huge profit expansion from FY2023.
The balance sheet also looks far less alarming than any simplistic “high debt risk” flag suggests. Yes, total debt is $246.0B, but this is an auto OEM with a large financing arm, so gross debt without context is the wrong lens. Cash of $57.0B, equity of $233.9B, current ratio of 1.26, and operating cash flow of $23.45B point to a company with substantial financial capacity, not distress. Debt-to-equity of 1.05 is not trivial, but for Toyota it is nowhere near a thesis-breaking number. More important to me is returns: 12.9% ROE and 5.4% ROIC are good enough to support a quality premium, though not so high that I would call this a compounder deserving a luxury multiple. At today’s price, if the raw market cap and earnings are directionally right, the stock looks more like a low-to-mid single-digit grower priced at a single-digit earnings multiple with a 3.2% dividend yield and a 26% payout ratio. That is not expensive; if anything, it looks inexpensive for the franchise quality.
What the numbers say is that Toyota is being paid for as a cyclical industrial, while operating like a much better business than that caricature. Revenue rose 6.5% in the latest year, and although earnings fell 3.6%, net income still essentially held the $30B line. The five-year revenue CAGR of 13.7% and earnings CAGR of 39.4% are flattered by recovery dynamics and yen effects, so I would not annualize them forward, but they do demonstrate that this is not a stagnant ex-growth manufacturer. The key story in the data is resilience: even with the EV transition, Chinese competitive pressure, and normal auto cyclicality, Toyota has nearly doubled revenue in four years and more than doubled net income versus FY2021. If I haircut that sharply and assume normalized earnings power closer to $22B-$25B rather than $30B, the current market cap still only implies about 9x-10x normalized earnings. For a company of this scale, brand strength, and demonstrated profitability, that screens closer to fair-to-cheap than overvalued.
The best case against my read is that the recent peak may be exactly that: a peak. FY2024 probably benefited from unusually favorable pricing, mix, supply normalization, and FX, and the slip to $30.4B operating income in FY2025 may be the first sign of a multi-year de-rate in profitability. A skeptic would also point out that 5.4% ROIC is not a premium-business number once you strip out financing and accounting noise; in autos, capital intensity and competition eventually win. If Chinese EV makers compress global pricing, if hybrids prove a bridge rather than a moat, and if U.S. tariffs or yen reversal hit exports, Toyota’s earnings could roll down much faster than the current income statement suggests. On that view, even 7x-8x earnings is not necessarily cheap if “E” is cyclically inflated and heading materially lower. I weigh that risk seriously, but the current price already embeds a lot of skepticism relative to the raw earnings base; this does not look like a stock priced for perfection.
What would change my mind is not narrative debate about EV strategy but a clear deterioration in the hard numbers. If annual revenue stalls near $300B while operating margin falls from 10.0% toward 7%-8%, that would take operating profit down toward roughly $21B-$24B and make today’s valuation much less compelling. Likewise, if operating cash flow were to drop well below $20B for a sustained period, or if auto/finance leverage started rising while cash fell materially from $57B, I would reassess the balance-sheet comfort. On the other hand, if Toyota can hold revenue above $300B, keep net income in at least the mid-$20Bs, and maintain the dividend with the payout ratio still below one-third, then the current price should prove too low rather than too high. The main conclusion is simple: the model-driven “massive overvaluation” call is contradicted by the raw figures provided.
Grok Reading
The raw financials describe a scaled industrial compounder that has roughly doubled revenue from $173B to $305B and more than doubled net income from $14B to $30B over five years, with operating margins expanding into the 10% range before a modest pullback. Trailing operating income of $30.4B and net income of $30.2B against a $224B equity market value imply a cash earnings multiple near 7.4x, a price-to-sales ratio under 0.75x, and price-to-book near 1.0x—entirely ordinary for a global automaker and sharply at odds with the published 83x P/E, 8.2x sales and 10.7x book figures. Those canonical multiples are almost certainly an ADR share-count artifact (TM ADRs represent ten ordinary shares) and must be discarded; once corrected, the balance-sheet and cash-flow picture is coherent: net debt is elevated at roughly $189B but typical for a captive-finance heavy OEM, ROE sits at a solid 13%, operating cash flow of $23.5B covers the dividend comfortably at a 26% payout, and the 3.2% yield is real. Momentum has cooled—revenue still grew 6.5% year-on-year while earnings slipped 3.6% and operating profit rolled over from the $34B peak—yet the absolute profit base remains near cycle highs and the hybrid-centric product mix continues to deliver pricing power that pure-EV peers have not matched.
The valuation-synthesis engine’s $44 fair-value and “76% overvalued” call collapses once the same unit error is removed; a 10–12x multiple on $30B of earnings already points to $300–360B of equity value, implying the current $189 ADR price embeds little or no growth and treats Toyota as a no-moat cyclical. That reading ignores both the durability of the hybrid franchise and the fact that Toyota is still generating mid-teens returns on equity with fortress operational metrics while Western OEMs burn cash on EV transitions. Debt-to-equity of 1.05x and interest-coverage optics look worse than they are because the finance subsidiary’s receivables sit on balance sheet; stripping captive finance would show a far cleaner industrial net-cash position. Insider prints are noise-level awards; they neither confirm nor deny the thesis.
The strongest counter-argument is straightforward: earnings have already peaked for this cycle, Chinese competition and potential hybrid share loss could compress the 10% margin structurally, and a global auto downturn plus yen volatility could cut net income 20–30% and make even a 7x multiple look expensive in hindsight. Macro headwinds are flagged explicitly, and the 39% earnings CAGR of the last half-decade is non-recurring catch-up rather than a new run-rate. A skeptic would also note that free-cash-flow conversion looks soft relative to net income and that any forced re-leveraging or large EV capex surprise would pressure the dividend narrative that underpins the defensive bid.
I would reverse to a clear overvalued stance if next-twelve-month operating income falls below $22B, if the hybrid mix share drops materially in the US or Europe, or if the company guides to sustained sub-7% operating margins while still spending like a growth EV name. Conversely, a re-acceleration of revenue above 8% with margins holding double-digit would justify a move toward 11–12x and a higher price target.
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Advanced Analysis Forensic deep-dive · separate lenses
Revenue grew from $172.6B (2021) to $304.6B (2025), a ~15% CAGR, while operating margin expanded from 8.1% to 10.0% (peaking at 11.9% in 2024) and net income more than doubled from $14.2B to $30.2B. FCF has run $17-27B annually, comfortably self-funding, with 2025 FCF of $23.45B and OCF/NI of 1.07x indicating clean earnings conversion (accruals -0.2% of assets). Diluted share count fell from 14.13B to 13.25B, a -1.6% CAGR of genuine per-share concentration.
Verify before trusting this (5)
- Segment split between automotive operations and Toyota Financial Services to confirm industrial-only leverage is modest
- Composition and duration of the $100B short-term debt - captive finance funding vs corporate
- Whether 2025 margin decline reflects FX, incentives, or structural pricing pressure in key markets
- Capital return policy: dividend plus buyback pace going forward
- Exposure and capex tied to BEV transition given Toyota's hybrid-heavy mix
The e2e composite fair value of $43.48 and signal-adjusted $44.61 imply -76% downside, but this is almost certainly a broken read: Toyota's balance sheet is dominated by Toyota Financial Services debt, which inflates leverage-based penalties and crushes DCF/EPV outputs. The EPV floor of $18.43 in particular is not credible for a business generating $23B+ of manufacturer FCF and shrinking its share count. The anchored-PE of $68.52 is closer to a real anchor but still uses depressed multiples that ignore Toyota's structural quality premium. Treating those outputs as gospel would mean the market is off by 4x on the world's largest automaker, which strains credulity. On sensible anchors, Toyota trades around 8-10x earnings with a mid-single-digit FCF yield, in line with global auto peers despite better margins, hybrid leadership, and buybacks. That is a fair, not cheap, price for a Strong-quality cyclical. The bull case (reliable compounder navigating EV transition) is largely priced in; the bear case (EV commoditization, Chinese competition, margin normalization) is a real cyclical risk not obviously discounted either. Margin of safety is thin. I would want a clear discount to today's price before calling it a valuation opportunity - roughly 15-20% lower to earn a 'cheap' label given the cyclicality and China risk.
Verify before trusting this (5)
- Segment-level operating profit split between automotive and financial services in latest filing
- Guidance on FY operating margin and any FX/hedge tailwind normalization
- China volume and pricing trend commentary in latest earnings call
- Buyback pace and remaining authorization
- EV/hybrid capex trajectory and hybrid mix vs pure-EV strategy update
The macro tape is only mildly stressed (VIX 16, S&P off 1.6%, neutral regime), and with a beta of 0.32 Toyota barely feels it. This is the textbook low-volatility defensive that a lukewarm tape neither punishes nor rewards. The story doing the actual work here is the 'quiet-quality' archetype - durable, moderate-intensity belief in Toyota as the world's most reliable automaker and a safe-haven global industrial. That narrative has been the load-bearing wall under the stock and is still intact. On the other side, news flow is thin and slightly soft: H1 global sales down, overseas weakness, and a routine -1.28% session headline. Nothing story-breaking, but nothing to feed the bulls either. There is no analyst-tone signal in the brief, and momentum has cooled (recent 6.5% vs 13.7% long-term CAGR), hinting the safe-haven bid may be losing a bit of urgency as the tape stays orderly. Net: the durable quality narrative is a modest tailwind, cooling momentum and soft sales prints are modest headwinds, and low beta strips most macro force out of the equation. Balanced, leaning very slightly heavy.
Verify before trusting this (4)
- Whether H2 global sales prints confirm or reverse the overseas weakness
- Any analyst target revisions or downgrades that would signal a crack in the safe-haven framing
- EV/China competition headlines that could puncture the quality narrative
- A sharper risk-off leg (VIX above 20) that would test whether TM retains its defensive bid
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When we made this prediction on Aug 3, 2026, TM was $188.99. We expect it to be $166.00 by Feb 2027, and we consider it great value under $155.00. This is an early model (v0.6.0) — the direction is more reliable than the exact price. Made Aug 3, 2026.
Blue is our prediction, starting the day we made it. Grey is a slower route to the same place — the same destination, taking longer. Black is the actual price, so you can see how we are doing.