Toll Brothers, Inc. key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Toll Brothers, Inc. had return on equity of 16.9%, an operating margin of 15.7% and debt equal to 3.0% of equity. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2017Oct 2017 | 2018Oct 2018 | 2019Oct 2019 | 2020Oct 2020 | 2021Oct 2021 | 2022Oct 2022 | 2023Oct 2023 | 2024Oct 2024 | 2025Oct 2025 | LTMJul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 21.5% | 22.5% | 21.6% | 20.0% | 22.1% | 24.2% | 26.4% | 27.9% | 25.1% | 23.7% |
| Operating margin | 11.1% | 11.0% | 9.4% | 7.8% | 11.6% | 14.7% | 17.3% | 18.8% | 15.7% | 13.8% |
| Net margin | 9.2% | 10.5% | 8.2% | 6.3% | 9.5% | 12.5% | 13.7% | 14.5% | 12.3% | 11.1% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 14.3% | 7.8% | 4.9% | 12.7% | 14.1% | 8.9% | 11.9% | 8.6% | 9.4% | 10.1% |
| Return on equity | 11.8% | 16.1% | 12.0% | 9.0% | 16.4% | 22.8% | 21.4% | 21.7% | 16.9% | 14.3% |
| Return on assets | 5.7% | 7.6% | 5.6% | 4.1% | 7.4% | 10.8% | 11.1% | 12.1% | 9.7% | 8.2% |
| Asset turnover | 0.62 | 0.73 | 0.69 | 0.65 | 0.78 | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 0.79 | 0.74 |
| Debt to equity | 3.1% | 3.2% | 6.2% | 7.2% | 6.9% | 8.9% | 7.6% | 5.7% | 3.0% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 10.4% | 11.5% | 12.2% | 12.3% | 10.5% | 9.5% | 9.1% | 9.1% | 9.4% | 9.9% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.9% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 155.5% | 74.8% | 59.4% | 201.2% | 148.3% | 71.1% | 87.0% | 59.6% | 76.2% | 91.0% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 7.2% | 8.2% | 10.8% | 12.7% | 9.2% | 6.9% | 6.6% | 5.9% | 7.2% | 8.1% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 39.6% | 100.9% | 84.7% | 76.9% | 36.8% | 69.0% | 54.7% | 76.9% | 72.9% | 71.4% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Oct 2024 | 2025 Q1Jan 2025 | 2025 Q2Apr 2025 | 2025 Q3Jul 2025 | 2025 Q4Oct 2025 | 2026 Q1Jan 2026 | 2026 Q2Apr 2026 | 2026 Q3Jul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 26.4% | 24.7% | 25.8% | 25.2% | 24.8% | 22.2% | 23.9% | 23.5% |
| Operating margin | 18.3% | 11.8% | 16.4% | 16.6% | 16.5% | 10.2% | 13.7% | 13.5% |
| Net margin | 14.3% | 9.6% | 12.9% | 12.6% | 13.0% | 9.8% | 10.3% | 10.5% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 19.9% | −23.6% | 12.7% | 11.7% | 22.6% | −0.5% | 4.3% | 8.3% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 8.1% | 12.9% | 9.3% | 8.6% | 8.3% | 12.0% | 10.2% | 10.0% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities The company doesn't report a short-term split. Not assessable.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt Cash or debt not separately reported. Not assessable.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Equity or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Five-year comparison not available. Not assessable.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Moderate moat
How hard Toll Brothers's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.
- Returns on capital 11 / 20
Net income has been a median 7.4% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 9 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 23.4%, moving by 2.2 percentage points (standard deviation) across 8 years.
- Durability 11 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 13.5%; its worst year was 7.4%.
- Cash conversion 14 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 8 of 8 years, at a median 8.4% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 24.4% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.3% of revenue.
AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.
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