Toro
TTC on NYSE. Toro sells turf, irrigation, and construction equipment to grounds crews, farmers, and renters. Market value $9.4bn.
Price checks use the past 12 months to July 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to October 2025.
Should I look at this?
Worth a closer look
Why it could be worth it
What to watch out for
Nothing stood out in the numbers we check.
This is not advice. Check the numbers below.
For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $7.60 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.
You pay 20.7 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.
Each dollar kept in the business earns 19 cents a year. Above 10 is good.
Quality score: 95 of 100. Price score: 72 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.
$98.89 a share, 46% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $67.64 to $105.19.
Dividend: 1.6% a year
Paid every year for at least 5 years
Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | |||||
| Revenue | $4.0bn | $4.5bn | $4.6bn | $4.6bn | $4.5bn |
| Operating margin | |||||
| Operating margin | 13.1% | 12.8% | 9.5% | 11.6% | 9.1% |
| Debt to equity | |||||
| Debt to equity | 0.60 | 0.73 | 0.68 | 0.59 | 0.63 |
| Shares outstanding | |||||
| Shares outstanding | 0.10bn | 0.10bn | 0.10bn | 0.10bn | 0.09bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positive5 of 5 years
- Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Nothing unusual
- Financial strength (Piotroski)8 of 9
- Profit backed by cash (accruals)Yes
- Debt0.63× equity
- Revenue growth, five yearsSlow, 5.9% a year
- Buying back its own sharesYes, 9% fewer since 2021
The quarter to July 2026
How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- Sales: $1.2 billion last quarter, up 8% on a year ago.
- Profit: $77 million, up 44% on a year ago.
- It keeps 10 cents of each $1 of sales as operating profit, up from 9 cents a year earlier.
- Spare cash over the past 12 months: $712 million, up from $492 million.
- 3% fewer shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit more of the company.
- Debt is $787 million more than cash, down from $831 million a year ago.
- Sales grew on a year ago in 3 of the last 4 quarters.
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| October 2024 | $1.1bn |
| January 2025 | $995m |
| April 2025 | $1.3bn |
| July 2025 | $1.1bn |
| October 2025 | $1.1bn |
| January 2026 | $1.0bn |
| April 2026 | $1.4bn |
| July 2026 | $1.2bn |
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| October 2024 | $90m |
| January 2025 | $53m |
| April 2025 | $137m |
| July 2025 | $54m |
| October 2025 | $73m |
| January 2026 | $68m |
| April 2026 | $145m |
| July 2026 | $77m |
From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- n/a
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 17 December 2025
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- 3 December 2026
Who owns it
8 long-term investors we follow own it, unchanged from 8 last quarter. 594 funds in all.
- Mairs & PowerAndy Adams
- Value
- $261m
- Share of fund
- 2.4%
- GAMCO InvestorsMario Gabelli
- Value
- $11m
- Share of fund
- <0.1%
| Fund | Value | Share of that fund | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mairs & PowerAndy Adams | $261m | 2.4% | |
| Gotham Asset ManagementJoel Greenblatt | $43m | 0.1% | Added |
| Diamond Hill Capital ManagementRic Dillon (founder) | $24m | 0.2% | Cut |
| LSV Asset ManagementJosef Lakonishok | $14m | <0.1% | Added |
| GAMCO InvestorsMario Gabelli | $11m | <0.1% | |
| Jensen Investment ManagementEric Schoenstein | $2m | <0.1% | Cut |
| GMOJeremy Grantham | $1m | <0.1% | Added |
| Royce & AssociatesChuck Royce | $493,043 | <0.1% | Added |
Largest holders overall
- BlackRock$874m
- Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management$695mCut
- Vanguard Portfolio Management$531mAdded
- AQR Capital Management$429mCut
- Vanguard Capital Management$426m
- State Street$415mAdded
- Victory Capital Management$331mAdded
- Allspring Global Investments Holdings$286mCut
- Mairs & Power$261m
- Geode Capital Management$195m
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
5 investors own more than 5%.
- BlackRock, Inc.Passive investor8.8%Since 31 December 2025
- Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLCPassive investor8.2%+1.2 ptsSince 31 March 2025
- Vanguard Portfolio ManagementPassive investor5.4%Since 31 March 2026
- Vanguard Capital ManagementPassive investor5.3%Since 31 March 2026
- Select Equity GroupPassive investorat least 4.8%(filed with 1 related holder)Since 31 December 2024
- STATE STREET CORPORATIONPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 31 March 2025
- T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.Passive investorSold down below 5%Since 30 June 2025
- The Vanguard GroupPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 13 March 2026
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
BlackRock, Inc. Passive investor | 8.8% | 31 December 2025 | |
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC Passive investor | 8.2%+1.2 pts | 31 March 2025 | |
Vanguard Portfolio Management Passive investor | 5.4% | 31 March 2026 | |
Vanguard Capital Management Passive investor | 5.3% | 31 March 2026 | |
Select Equity Group Passive investor | at least 4.8% (filed with 1 related holder) | 31 December 2024 | |
STATE STREET CORPORATION Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 31 March 2025 | |
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 30 June 2025 | |
The Vanguard Group Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 13 March 2026 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
In the last 12 months, 1 insider bought $14,402 of shares on the open market. 7 sold $14m.
- Funk Edric CPresident & COO, DirectorSold
- Date
- 8 September 2026
- Shares
- 145
- Price
- $94.36
- Value
- $13,682
- Funk Edric CPresident & COOSold
- Date
- 26 June 2026
- Shares
- 1,383
- Price
- $97.98
- Value
- $135,549
- Svendsen Kurt DVP, TechnologySold
- Date
- 23 June 2026
- Shares
- 6,600
- Price
- $93.09
- Value
- $614,394
- Drake Angela CVP & CFOBought
- Date
- 16 June 2026
- Shares
- 160
- Price
- $90.01
- Value
- $14,402
- MOELLER PETER DGroup VP, Undg, Spec Con & InlSold
- Date
- 11 June 2026
- Shares
- 2,000
- Price
- $93.41
- Value
- $186,826
- Ellis Gary LeeDirectorSold
- Date
- 9 June 2026
- Shares
- 4,951
- Price
- $91.91
- Value
- $455,046
- JANEY GREGORY SGroup VP, Landscapes & ContracSold
- Date
- 24 March 2026
- Shares
- 3,500
- Price
- $95.47
- Value
- $334,128
- Olson Richard MChairman & CEO, DirectorSold
- Date
- 10 March 2026
- Shares
- 119,400
- Price
- $100.15
- Value
- $12m
- O'Rourke James CalvinDirectorSold
- Date
- 10 March 2026
- Shares
- 4,951
- Price
- $99.40
- Value
- $492,129
| Date | Who | Did | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2026 | Funk Edric C President & COO, Director | Sold | 145 | $94.36 | $13,682 |
| 26 June 2026 | Funk Edric C President & COO | Sold | 1,383 | $97.98 | $135,549 |
| 23 June 2026 | Svendsen Kurt D VP, Technology | Sold | 6,600 | $93.09 | $614,394 |
| 16 June 2026 | Drake Angela C VP & CFO | Bought | 160 | $90.01 | $14,402 |
| 11 June 2026 | MOELLER PETER D Group VP, Undg, Spec Con & Inl | Sold | 2,000 | $93.41 | $186,826 |
| 9 June 2026 | Ellis Gary Lee Director | Sold | 4,951 | $91.91 | $455,046 |
| 24 March 2026 | JANEY GREGORY S Group VP, Landscapes & Contrac | Sold | 3,500 | $95.47 | $334,128 |
| 10 March 2026 | Olson Richard M Chairman & CEO, Director | Sold | 119,400 | $100.15 | $12m |
| 10 March 2026 | O'Rourke James Calvin Director | Sold | 4,951 | $99.40 | $492,129 |
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
Warning signs in its filings
Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.
None of the warning signs we check for were found.
We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.
We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 17 Dec 2025, plus the 10-Q filed 3 Sep 2026 and 6 later 8-Ks.
A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.
What could go wrong
Cheap for a reason is the question the numbers cannot answer.
Whether the price already reflects the risks is what the deep dive is for.
What changed in the risks this year
Companies must list what could hurt them each year. These are the parts that changed since last year’s report.
Our domain names are critical assets for informing consumers about our brand, but they are increasingly targeted by scams.
Could happenWe face significant risks from cybersquatting, typosquatting, and other domain name scams that target our trademarks, trade names, and brand identity. These activities involve registering domain names that are identical or confusingly similar to our intellectual property, often for resale at inflated prices or to mislead consumers. Common schemes include: cybersquatting (registering our marks as domain names to demand payment for transfer); typosquatting and look-alike domains (using minor variations of our legitimate domains to divert traffic); and homograph attacks (exploiting internationalized domain names to create visually deceptive domains).
Read moreRecently announced and future tariffs and other trade restrictions could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In 2025, the U.S. government announced a series of tariffs, including tariffs targeting a broad range of imports and targeted tariffs on goods from specific countries and industries. In response, many countries imposed reciprocal tariffs and other trade restrictions on the United States. Although many of these tariffs, countermeasures and other trade restrictions have since been eased or paused, their initial announcements triggered considerable volatility in global markets and heightened economic uncertainty, and the global trade situation, particularly between the United States and China, continues to be highly dynamic. These changes have, and similar changes in the future may continue to, increase the cost or reduce the availability of raw materials and supplies we need to operate, cause customers to advance, delay, reduce, or cancel orders, shift buying patterns, impact demand in our end markets, complicate demand forecasting for us and our customers, increase supply chain complexity and contribute to volatility, a broader economic slowdown or recession. Any of these impacts or changes could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Read moreOur domain names are critical assets for informing consumers about our brand, but they are increasingly targeted by scams.
Could happenThese fraudulent domains may host phishing sites, distribute malware, sell counterfeit goods, or disseminate false information. Such activities can result in: reputational harm through loss of consumer trust and brand dilution; operational disruption through increased costs for monitoring, enforcement, and litigation; and regulatory exposure through potential scrutiny under consumer protection and cybersecurity regulations.
Read more• We may face challenges in harmonizing information technology systems, compliance frameworks, and corporate governance practices related…
Could happen• We may face challenges in harmonizing information technology systems, compliance frameworks, and corporate governance practices related to Tornado Infrastructure Equipment.
The deep dive
Everything above is arithmetic on public filings. The deep dive reads the last ten years of annual reports, the proxy statements, and the earnings calls, then argues the case the way Buffett, Klarman, and Hohn would, and checks every claim against the source.
- What the business is worth, as a range, and the margin of safety at today’s price
- Prices to start buying, buy, and buy hard
- The three things that would make this a mistake
- Every number footnoted to the filing it came from
Your first deep dive is free.
Not advice. Numbers on this page come from SEC filings and are updated each night; prices are updated again after the US market closes. The five-year figures are rounded.