Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Toyota Motor Corp., Jacobs Engineering Group, Saxon Capital and Morgan Stanley.CHICAGO -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day, the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TM), Jacobs Engineering Group Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC), a publicly traded company with annual revenues approaching $7 billion, provides professional technical services. Headquartered in Pasadena, CA, Jacobs offers support to industrial, commercial, and government clients across multiple (NYSE: JEC), Saxon Capital (NYSE: SAX) and Morgan Stanley  To comply with Wikipedia's , the introduction of this article needs a complete rewrite. (NYSE: MS). See the latest posts to the Analyst Blog by visiting: http://at.zacks.com/?id=2673 Here are highlights from Wednesday's Analyst Blog: Toyota Keeps Racing Forward Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) continues to expand its production capacity in a manner that increases efficiency and meets local demand while placing it on the way to becoming the world's financially strongest automaker. It has a strong presence in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and has been successful in grabbing market share from the Big Three automakers. Moreover, the company also has a strong cash flow position and balance sheet. All the above factors lead us to take a positive view on the stock, and thus we reiterate re·it·er·ate tr.v. re·it·er·at·ed, re·it·er·at·ing, re·it·er·ates To say or do again or repeatedly. See Synonyms at repeat. re·it our Buy rating with a six-month target price of $116.25. Raising Estimates at JEC Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) reported third quarter EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. of $0.84, well above our expectations of $0.76, on account of strong growth in the oil and gas segment and continued contract wins in the federal and other businesses. The Babtie acquisition is on pace to deliver about $0.05 earnings accretion for the full year. On account of strong cash flow generation, growing backlog position, and strong third quarter bookings (over $2.2 billion), we are raising our FY06 EPS estimate to $3.23 from $3.05. We recommend investors to continue adding shares of JEC to their portfolio. Morgan Stanley to Buy Saxon Saxon Capital (NYSE: SAX) announced today that they have signed an agreement to be acquired by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) for $14.10 per share in cash. Saxon Capital is a residential mortgage lender that purchases and securitizes residential mortgages. We see this as beneficial to shareholders, as the buyout price represents a 28% premium to yesterday's closing price. Increased competition and shrinking margins are causing consolidation in the mortgage industry. More and smaller companies are partnering with large players that provide scale and access to cheaper capital. 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