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The Toro Co (The Toro Co) Graham Number

: $21.78 (As of Jan. 2024)
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Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-04-19), the stock price of The Toro Co is $84.51. The Toro Co's graham number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $21.78. Therefore, The Toro Co's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 3.88.

The historical rank and industry rank for The Toro Co's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

TTC' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.19   Med: 5.6   Max: 12.95
Current: 3.88

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of The Toro Co was 12.95. The lowest was 3.19. And the median was 5.60.

TTC's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
88.69% of 2210 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.49 vs TTC: 3.88

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


The Toro Co Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Toro Co's Graham Number 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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The Toro Co Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.57 13.36 15.48 12.88 21.78

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
Graham Number 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 16.62 20.67 21.84 21.81 21.78

Competitive Comparison

For the Tools & Accessories subindustry, The Toro Co's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number 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 Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, The Toro Co's Price-to-Graham-Number distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where The Toro Co's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



The Toro Co Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

The Toro Co's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*5.008*4.21)
=21.78

The Toro Co's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*5.434*3.88)
=21.78

* 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.


The Toro Co  (NYSE:TTC) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

The Toro Co's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Jan. 2024 )
=84.51/21.78
=3.88

* 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.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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The Toro Co (The Toro Co) Business Description

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