Analysts Set Expectations for Toro’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:TTC)

The Toro Company (NYSE:TTC) – Analysts at Northland Capmk issued their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Toro in a report released on Thursday, December 19th. Northland Capmk analyst E. Jackson forecasts that the company will post earnings of $1.57 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Toro’s current full-year earnings is $4.16 per share. Northland Capmk also issued estimates for Toro’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.97 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $4.28 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.94 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $5.17 EPS.

Toro (NYSE:TTC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 18th. The company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.95. Toro had a return on equity of 25.94% and a net margin of 8.89%. The company had revenue of $1.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.09 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.71 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 9.4% compared to the same quarter last year.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Northland Securities reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and issued a $100.00 price target on shares of Toro in a research note on Friday, September 6th. Raymond James decreased their target price on Toro from $100.00 to $95.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday. DA Davidson dropped their price objective on shares of Toro from $103.00 to $88.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, September 9th. Robert W. Baird cut their target price on Toro from $102.00 to $92.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, September 6th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Toro from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, September 9th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $93.75.

Toro Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:TTC opened at $80.21 on Monday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $84.07 and its 200-day moving average price is $88.07. Toro has a one year low of $77.15 and a one year high of $100.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 1.94 and a quick ratio of 0.85. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.05 and a beta of 0.70.

Institutional Trading of Toro

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Speece Thorson Capital Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Toro by 24.5% during the 3rd quarter. Speece Thorson Capital Group Inc. now owns 144,438 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,527,000 after buying an additional 28,453 shares in the last quarter. PEAK6 Investments LLC purchased a new stake in Toro during the third quarter valued at approximately $1,248,000. Benjamin Edwards Inc. raised its position in Toro by 6,995.4% during the third quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 74,005 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,418,000 after purchasing an additional 72,962 shares during the period. Raymond James & Associates lifted its stake in shares of Toro by 5.7% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 278,700 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,172,000 after purchasing an additional 14,950 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Eagle Asset Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Toro in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $1,261,000. 87.95% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Toro Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, January 13th. Investors of record on Monday, December 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.38 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 23rd. This is a positive change from Toro’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. This represents a $1.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.90%. Toro’s dividend payout ratio is presently 37.91%.

Toro announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Tuesday, December 10th that authorizes the company to buyback 4,000,000 outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

About Toro

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.