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Toyota Motor Corporation is one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers, with operations spanning passenger cars, commercial vehicles, luxury vehicles, financial services, and broader mobility solutions.
Current price
$188.51
▼ −$0.20 (0.11%) today
ET&A View
Last reviewed 17 September 2026
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
Toyota remains one of the highest-quality global automotive franchises, combining enormous manufacturing scale, leadership in hybrid vehicles, strong Toyota and Lexus brands, a highly profitable North American operation and one…
Business Health
Is the business financially healthy?
Some weaknesses
Watch earnings, cash generation and the balance sheet.
Overall
Revenue
¥51.96tn · ↑ +2% a year
Earnings
¥4.48tn · ↓ −7% a year
Margins
Keeps 8% of sales as operating profit
Cash generation
¥179.6bn spare cash a year · 0% of sales
Balance sheet
Debt ≈ 5.5 years of earnings
Dividend
3.3% yield · Pays out 26% of earnings · covered 3.9×
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Toyota remains one of the highest-quality global automotive franchises, combining enormous manufacturing scale, leadership in hybrid vehicles, strong Toyota and Lexus brands, a highly profitable North American operation…
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Reported annual results, newest first · Market data. “Growth” is the change in sales on the year before.
| Year | Revenue | Growth | Operating margin | Net income | EPS | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | ¥50.68tn | — | 7.4% | ¥3.85tn | ¥2952.50 | ¥179.6bn |
| FY2025 | — | — | — | — | ¥3534.80 | — |
| FY2025 | — | — | — | — | ¥3251.30 | — |
| FY2025 | ¥48.04tn | +6.5% | 10.0% | ¥4.77tn | ¥3595.60 | −¥1.56tn |
| FY2024 | ¥45.10tn | — | 11.9% | ¥4.94tn | — | −¥842.0bn |
Long-term investors who want growth and income
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ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
ET&A sees significant upside from the current price with an attractive risk/reward profile.
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Toyota Motor Corporation is one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers, with operations spanning passenger cars, commercial vehicles, luxury vehicles, financial services, and broader mobility solutions. The company is best known for its Toyota and Lexus brands, with a global product range covering petrol, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery-electric, hydrogen fuel cell, SUV, sedan, truck, and commercial vehicle segments.
Toyota’s strength comes from its manufacturing scale, global brand trust, hybrid technology leadership, and disciplined approach to vehicle production. While the company remains one of the most important traditional carmakers, it is also investing in the future of mobility through electric vehicles, hydrogen, connected cars, autonomous driving, software, and financial services. This gives Toyota a distinctive position as both a global automotive leader and a long-term participant in the transition toward cleaner, smarter, and more connected transport.
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As of 14 October 2026
Standard ways of comparing the share price with the company’s earnings, sales and cash. Tap the “i” for what each one means.
| Measure | Today | Source |
|---|---|---|
| P/E | Members | |
| Forward P/E | Members | |
| EV/EBITDA | Members | |
| Price/Sales | Members | |
| FCF Yield | Members |
Valuation ratios are part of ET&A membership.
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Forecasts are market consensus or calculated from forward EPS — not ET&A estimates, and they can be wrong.
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Read the full ET&A methodology →The ET&A View combines our assessment of the business with where today’s price sits against our Preferred Entry and Fair Value. It is a considered judgement, not a mechanical score.
ET&A Score: ET&A's overall assessment of business quality, valuation, growth and risk, out of 10. It weighs business quality, financial strength, growth, valuation, risk, future prospects.
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The automatic, rules-based scores that feed our research. The ET&A Score blends these with our own analysis of the business and its value. How the framework works →
Thin margins · Highly levered · Soft
Context — not part of the score
Valuation and share-price swings describe the shares, not the company, so they are judged in the ET&A Score and View instead.
Based on the factors that could be measured (45% of the model).
Each area is scored from 0 to 10 on ET&A’s methodology scales — the same ones our research uses — then given a word: Excellent from 8.5, Strong from 7, Good from 5.5, Average from 4.5, Below Average from 3, Weak below 3. The overall answer is the average of the areas we could rate (at least three); the dividend isn’t part of it.
| Area | Based on | Score | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue |
Rated on 3-year average revenue growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 4.5 / 10 | Average |
| Earnings |
Rated on 3-year average earnings growth, on ET&A's growth scale. | 2.0 / 10 | Weak |
| Margins |
The average of operating and net margin, each scored on ET&A's margin scales. A negative margin scores 1 (Weak). | 4.9 / 10 | Average |
| Cash generation |
Free cash flow as a share of sales, on ET&A's cash-generation scale. | 4.1 / 10 | Below Average |
| Balance sheet |
Net debt ÷ EBITDA — roughly how many years of operating earnings would repay the debt — on ET&A's leverage scale. | 2.5 / 10 | Weak |
| Dividend |
Dividend yield on ET&A's income scale. Not part of the overall health rating. | 6.3 / 10 | Good |
| Overall | Average of the 5 rated areas | 3.6 / 10 | Below Average |
Where each band starts on the scales above. They are fixed and identical for every company we cover; they come straight from ET&A’s methodology, so a company is judged the same way here as in our research.
| Measure | Excellent | Strong | Good | Average | Below Average | Weak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrowthStructural Growth (Fundamental Conviction) | 18%+ | 10%+ | 5.0%+ | 1.7%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Operating marginCompetitive Position (Fundamental Conviction) | 29%+ | 20%+ | 13%+ | 7.5%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Net marginEarnings Durability (Fundamental Conviction) | 23%+ | 15%+ | 9.8%+ | 6.0%+ | 0%+ | below 0% (loss) |
| Free-cash-flow marginCapital Allocation (Fundamental Conviction) | 15%+ | 8.5%+ | 3.8%+ | 1.3%+ | −2.5%+ | below −2.5% |
| Net debt ÷ EBITDAStructural Risk (Fundamental Conviction) | net cash | ≤ 1.5× | ≤ 2.8× | ≤ 3.6× | ≤ 5.0× | above 5.0× |
| Return on equity (banks & insurers)Bank and insurer quality | 16%+ | 12%+ | 9.0%+ | 6.7%+ | 2.7%+ | below 2.7% |
| Equity ÷ assetsBank capital | 7.5%+ | 6.0%+ | 4.7%+ | 4.0%+ | any | — |
| Dividend yieldIncome factor (ET&A Quant Score) | 5.8%+ | 4.0%+ | 2.5%+ | 1.8%+ | 1.0%+ | below 1.0% |
Band floors: Excellent 8.5 · Strong 7 · Good 5.5 · Average 4.5 · Below Average 3 (scores out of 10). Utilities and property companies’ structural debt is scored 6.5, as in ET&A’s risk model.
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