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        Toyota Surprises Analysts, Turns Small Q1 Profit

        Profit was Japanese automaker's smallest in nearly a decade.

        Michael Strong
        Michael Strong , Managing Editor
        Aug. 07, 2020
        Earlier this year, Toyota’s chief Akio Toyoda noted 2021 will be a difficult year, but it turned a small profit for the company’s first quarter.

        Toyota Motor Corp. surprised analysts by turning a small profit for the quarter, albeit the company’s smallest profit in nearly a decade, overcoming poor sales globally due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

        The company reported an operating profit of 13.9 billion yen, or $131.73 million, for the most recent quarter — a drop of 98 percent. However, that exceeded analysts’ estimate for a loss of 179 billion yen, or $1.69 billion.

        The result gives credence to the company’s earlier assertion that it would be profitable in fiscal year 2021 despite the current economic conditions. Thus far, Toyota has fared better than many of its rivals during the pandemic. Home market competitors Nissan and Honda reported Q1 losses. Most of its global adversaries are expecting to post full-year losses.

        (Toyota CEO vows to stay in black despite pandemic, global recession.)

        Despite the tough sales environment, the company expects sales to drop just 13% for the year.

        Toyota reiterated its annual operating profit forecast of 500 billion yen, its weakest in nine years, based on its current sales recovery pace.

        “The pace of recovery in a number of regions has been faster than we had initially forecast,” a Toyota spokesman said. “But the virus situation continues to place many uncertainties on the business outlook … and we see a possibility that our forecast could change.”

        The automaker said it expects global sales of 9.1 million cars this year, also its lowest in nine years; however, it’s just a 13% slide from 2019 when it moved 10.46 million vehicles. It’s also an upgrade to the company’s previous prediction of a 15% drop.

        (Toyota gains in fiscal year but warns about year ahead.)

        While better than most companies are expecting, Toyota officials noted that the North American market will be where the company experiences its biggest hit, projecting a 14% drop in sales. The company noted North American sales fell 62% in first quarter, leading to the 50% slump in consolidated global sales to 1.16 million units.

        Toyota’s North American sales have taken a hit during the second quarter.

        As North America has been a struggle, not so surprisingly given results posted by other maker, Toyota’s China sales have done well. The company was the first hit by the pandemic, thus the first to emerge and the government has been providing incentives to encourage new vehicle sales.

        The automaker’s luxury unit, Lexus, has also outperformed the market during the first half of the year with sales rising 7 percent. Toyota expects global sales to gradually improve through December, returning to normal in January-March 2021 to be up 5% on the year, Reuters reported.

        (Toyota cutting NA production by a third through October.)

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