Toro (TTC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

The Toro Company designs, manufactures, markets, and sells professional turf maintenance equipment and services. It operates through two segments: Professional and Residential. The Professional segment offers turf and landscape equipment products, including sports fields and grounds mowing and maintenance equipment, golf course mowing and maintenance equipment, landscape contractor mowing equipment, landscape creation and renovation equipment, and other maintenance equipment; rental, specialty, and underground construction equipment, such as horizontal directional drills, walk and ride trenchers, stand-on skid steers, vacuum excavators, stump grinders, turf renovation products, asset locators, pipe rehabilitation solutions, materials handling equipment, and other after-market tools; and snow and ice management equipment, such as snowplows, as well as stand-on snow and ice removal equipment, such as snowplow, snow brush, and snow thrower attachments, salt and sand spreaders, and related parts and accessories for light and medium duty trucks, utility task vehicles, skid steers, and front-end loaders. This segment also provides irrigation and lighting products that consist of sprinkler heads, electric and hydraulic valves, controllers, computer irrigation central control systems, coupling systems, and ag-irrigation drip tape and hose products, as well as professionally installed landscape lighting products offered through distributors and landscape contractors. The Residential segment provides walk power mowers, zero-turn riding mowers, snow throwers, replacement parts, and home solution products that include grass and hedge trimmers, leaf blowers, blower-vacuums, chainsaws, string trimmers, hoses, and hose-end retail irrigation products. It sells its products through a network of distributors, dealers, mass retailers, hardware retailers, equipment rental centers, home centers, and online. The company was founded in 1914 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $73.36 to $74.60
• 50-Day Range: $71.87 to $87.20
• 52-Week Range: $71.23 to $100.93
• Volume: 966,053 shs
• Average Volume: 919,773 shs
• Market Capitalization: $7.43 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.55
• Dividend Yield: 2.04%
• Price Target: $89.75
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Toro Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Toro scored higher than 59% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 154th out of 279 stocks in the consumer discretionary sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Toro has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on 2 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Toro has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 5.90%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Toro are expected to grow by 5.90% in the coming year, from $4.41 to $4.67 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Toro is 18.55, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.53.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Toro is 18.55, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Discretionary sector average P/E ratio of about 17.09.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Toro has a P/B Ratio of 4.92. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.67% of the float of Toro has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Toro has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Toro has recently increased by 4.73%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Toro pays a meaningful dividend of 2.08%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Toro has been increasing its dividend for 21 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Toro is 38.87%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Toro will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.55% next year. This indicates that Toro will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.67% of the float of Toro has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Toro has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Toro has recently increased by 4.73%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.33

News Sentiment

Toro has a news sentiment score of 0.33. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Consumer Discretionary companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 12 news articles for Toro this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for TTC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 6 people have added Toro to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Toro insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.39% of the stock of Toro is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

87.95% of the stock of Toro is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

TTC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have TTC shares performed this year?

Toro's stock was trading at $80.10 at the beginning of the year. Since then, TTC stock has decreased by 7.1% and is now trading at $74.3870.
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How were Toro's earnings last quarter?

The Toro Company (NYSE:TTC) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, December, 18th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.95. Toro's revenue was up 9.4% on a year-over-year basis.

When did Toro's stock split?

Toro shares split on the morning of Monday, September 19th 2016. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, August 18th 2016. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Friday, September 16th 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Is Toro buying back stock?

Toro's board authorized a stock repurchase program on Tuesday, December 10th 2024, which permits the company to buy back 4,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Who are Toro's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Toro include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.26%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (8.73%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (6.99%) and Select Equity Group L.P. (4.88%). Insiders that own company stock include Katherine J Harless, Blake M Grams, Gary Lee Ellis, Richard W Rodier, Amy E Dahl, Richard M Olson, Renee J Peterson, Kurt D Svendsen, Peter D Moeller, Daryn A Walters, Angela C Drake, Gregory S Janey, Edric C Funk, Kevin N Carpenter and Janet Katherine Cooper.
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How do I buy shares of Toro?

Shares of TTC stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Toro own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Toro investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Netflix (NFLX), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Tesla (TSLA) and Visa (V).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 12/18/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 1/13 Dividend: 12/23/2024
• Dividend Payable: 1/13/2025
• Today: 3/24/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 4/14 Dividend: 3/31/2025
• Dividend Payable: 4/14/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 6/05/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 10/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Lawn & garden equipment
• Sub-Industry: Construction & Farm Machinery & Heavy Trucks
• Current Symbol: NYSE:TTC
• CIK: 737758
• Web: www.thetorocompany.com
• Phone: (952) 888-8801
• Fax: 952-887-8258
• Employees: 11,300
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $89.75
• High Stock Price Target: $100.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $80.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +21.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $3.91
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.48
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.80
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $418.90 million
• Net Margins: 9.14%
• Pretax Margin: 11.19%
• Return on Equity: 27.25%
• Return on Assets: 11.63%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.59
• Current Ratio: 1.81
• Quick Ratio: 0.74

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.58 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.62
• Cash Flow: $5.00 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.83
• Book Value: $15.12 per share
• Price / Book: 4.90

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 99,820,000
• Free Float: 100,234,000
• Market Cap: $7.40 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.70