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The Toro Co (The Toro Co) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 3.82% (As of Jan. 2024)
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The Toro Co's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $10,735 Mil. The Toro Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $410 Mil. The Toro Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 3.82%.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Toro Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

TTC' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.64   Med: 5.3   Max: 8.44
Current: 4.13

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of The Toro Co was 8.44%. The lowest was 3.64%. And the median was 5.30%.

TTC's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
53.23% of 3036 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.485 vs TTC: 4.13

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. The Toro Co's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 12.85%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


The Toro Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Toro Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Array ( [0] => - [1] => - [2] => - [3] => - [4] => - [5] => 4.00 [6] => 4.77 [7] => 5.08 [8] => 4.97 [9] => 4.90 )
The Toro Co Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 4.77 5.08 4.97 4.90

The Toro Co Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.07 5.85 4.42 4.90 3.82

Competitive Comparison

For the Tools & Accessories subindustry, The Toro Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


The Toro Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, The Toro Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Toro Co's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



The Toro Co Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

The Toro Cos Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=459.2/9364.66812
=4.90 %

The Toro Co's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $410 Mil.



The Toro Co  (NYSE:TTC) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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The Toro Co (The Toro Co) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8111 Lyndale Avenue South, Bloomington, MN, USA, 55420-1196
The Toro Co manufactures turf maintenance and landscaping equipment. The company produces reel and rotary riding products, trim cutting and walking mowers, greens rollers, turf sprayer equipment, underground irrigation systems, heavy-duty walk-behind mowers, and sprinkler systems used for professional turf and landscape maintenance and construction. Its products are marketed through a network of distributors and dealers to predominantly professional users maintaining turfs and sports fields such as golf courses. Its operating segments are Professional which generates a substantial part of its revenue, and Residential segment. The company also produces snow plowers and ice management products. Its key revenue generating market is the United States.
Executives
Gregory S Janey officer: VP, RLC 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH, BLOOMINGTON MN 55420
Janet Katherine Cooper director 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH, BLOOMINGTON MN 55420
Kurt D Svendsen officer: VP, Information Services 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH, BLOOMINGTON MN 55420
Kevin N Carpenter officer: VP, Global Ops & Supply Chain 8111 LYNDALE AVE S, BLOOMINGTON MN 55420
Edric C Funk officer: Group VP, Golf, Grounds & Irr 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH, BLOOMINGTON MN 55420
Jason P Baab officer: VP, Strategy, Corp Dev & Sust 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH, BLOOMINGTON MN 55420
Daryn A Walters officer: VP, Exmark 8111 LYNDALE AVE S, BLOOMINGTON MN 55420
Joanna M. Totsky officer: VP, GC & Corp Secretary 40300 TRADITIONS DRIVE, NORTHVILLE MI 48168
Richard W Rodier officer: Section 16 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH, BLOOMINGTON MN 55420
Gary Lee Ellis director THE TORO COMPANY, 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH, BLOOMINGTON MN 55420
Jody M Christy officer: Vice President, BOSS 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH, BLOOMINGTON MN 55420
Renee J Peterson officer: VP, Finance & CFO 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH, BLOOMINGTON MN 55420
Blake M Grams officer: mging dir., corp. controller 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH, BLOOMINGTON MN 55420
Richard M Olson officer: VP, Exmark 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH, BLOOMINGTON MN 55420
Amy E Dahl officer: VP, Human Resources 8111 LYNDALE AVENUE SOUTH, BLOOMINGTON MN 55420