CategoryAutomakers

Toyota, Denso debt ratings cut by S&P on profit outlook

Toyota's profitability is still weak, its pace of recovery is slower than those of Japanese peers, and its profitability might remain under pressure from higher raw material prices and gasoline prices as well as the strong yen, S&P said today. (Jim R. Bounds/Bloomberg)
March 04, 2011 05:00 AM

TOKYO (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. had its long-term debt rating cut one step by Standard & Poor's, which cited 'weak' profitability at the Japanese company.

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