Toro Co key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Toro Co had return on equity of 21.0%, an operating margin of 9.1%, debt equal to 63.4% of equity and a current ratio of 1.87. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2009Oct 2009 | 2010Oct 2010 | 2011Oct 2011 | 2012Oct 2012 | 2013Oct 2013 | 2014Oct 2014 | 2015Oct 2015 | 2016Oct 2016 | 2017Oct 2017 | 2018Oct 2018 | 2019Oct 2019 | 2020Oct 2020 | 2021Oct 2021 | 2022Oct 2022 | 2023Oct 2023 | 2024Oct 2024 | 2025Oct 2025 | LTMJul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 33.5% | 34.1% | 33.8% | 34.4% | 35.5% | 35.6% | 35.0% | 36.6% | 36.8% | 35.9% | 33.4% | 35.2% | 33.8% | 33.3% | 34.6% | 33.8% | 33.4% | 33.4% |
| Operating margin | 7.6% | 8.9% | 9.8% | 10.5% | 11.3% | 12.1% | 12.5% | 14.0% | 14.2% | 14.2% | 10.4% | 12.6% | 13.1% | 12.8% | 9.5% | 11.6% | 9.1% | 10.3% |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 5.5% | 6.2% | 6.6% | 7.6% | 8.0% | 8.4% | 9.7% | 10.7% | 10.4% | 8.7% | 9.8% | 10.4% | 9.8% | 7.2% | 9.1% | 7.0% | 7.6% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 14.0% | 8.6% | 3.0% | 7.3% | 8.4% | 5.1% | 8.1% | 13.9% | 12.1% | 10.5% | 7.8% | 13.7% | 11.4% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 10.2% | 12.8% | 15.0% |
| Return on equity | 19.9% | 31.6% | 43.4% | 44.7% | 46.1% | 45.3% | 46.3% | 45.6% | 45.9% | 42.3% | 35.9% | 33.4% | 36.2% | 35.4% | 23.0% | 27.4% | 21.0% | 26.0% |
| Return on assets | 7.2% | 10.6% | 13.4% | 14.3% | 16.0% | 15.8% | 16.2% | 17.2% | 18.6% | 17.7% | 14.0% | 12.7% | 14.2% | 13.7% | 9.2% | 11.6% | 9.0% | 10.4% |
| Asset turnover | 1.75 | 1.92 | 2.15 | 2.17 | 2.11 | 1.98 | 1.92 | 1.78 | 1.74 | 1.71 | 1.61 | 1.30 | 1.37 | 1.39 | 1.26 | 1.27 | 1.28 | 1.36 |
| Current ratio | 1.84 | 1.59 | 1.48 | 1.62 | 1.68 | 2.06 | 1.52 | 1.68 | 1.65 | 1.68 | 1.48 | 1.67 | 1.59 | 1.58 | 1.90 | 1.81 | 1.87 | 1.58 |
| Debt to equity | 74.0% | 82.2% | 85.7% | 72.6% | 62.3% | 91.7% | 81.8% | 63.8% | 53.8% | 46.7% | 81.5% | 71.0% | 60.1% | 73.3% | 68.3% | 59.4% | 63.4% | 72.0% |
| Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest) | 6.6x | 8.8x | 10.9x | 12.2x | 14.2x | 17.1x | 15.9x | 17.3x | 18.6x | 19.5x | 11.3x | 12.9x | 18.1x | 16.1x | 7.3x | 8.6x | 6.9x | 8.7x |
| Effective tax rate | 34.4% | 34.0% | 32.7% | 34.0% | 31.7% | 32.2% | 30.7% | 30.1% | 24.2% | 27.0% | 14.9% | 19.0% | 18.0% | 19.8% | 17.7% | 18.3% | 16.3% | 21.4% |
| R&D as % of revenue | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 3.7% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 3.6% | — |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 26.0% | 25.1% | 24.0% | 23.9% | 24.2% | 23.5% | 22.5% | 22.6% | 22.6% | 21.7% | 23.0% | 22.6% | 20.7% | 20.6% | 21.9% | 22.2% | 22.5% | 22.2% |
| Capital spending as % of revenue | 2.5% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 3.3% | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 3.4% | 3.0% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.6% |
| Free cash flow ÷ net income | 339.8% | 155.3% | 48.0% | 110.0% | 111.4% | 64.0% | 95.8% | 144.4% | 113.0% | 101.0% | 89.2% | 139.9% | 110.1% | 34.7% | 47.7% | 111.3% | 182.9% | 195.8% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 34.1% | 25.4% | 21.2% | 20.2% | 21.0% | 25.9% | 27.6% | 28.5% | 28.3% | 31.3% | 35.1% | 32.7% | 27.4% | 28.4% | 43.0% | 35.7% | 47.8% | 41.3% |
| Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow | 64.0% | 110.1% | 274.5% | 83.9% | 76.6% | 133.1% | 83.6% | 52.7% | 77.7% | 89.4% | 47.5% | 23.3% | 91.8% | 172.9% | 128.4% | 84.7% | 76.3% | 71.4% |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Oct 2024 | 2025 Q1Jan 2025 | 2025 Q2May 2025 | 2025 Q3Aug 2025 | 2025 Q4Oct 2025 | 2026 Q1Jan 2026 | 2026 Q2May 2026 | 2026 Q3Jul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 32.4% | 33.7% | 33.1% | 33.7% | 32.9% | 32.5% | 33.9% | 34.1% |
| Operating margin | 10.1% | 7.8% | 13.3% | 5.7% | 8.7% | 8.4% | 13.7% | 9.4% |
| Net margin | 8.4% | 5.3% | 10.4% | 4.7% | 6.8% | 6.6% | 10.2% | 6.3% |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 18.6% | −6.8% | 11.6% | 18.3% | 26.9% | 1.4% | 17.6% | 13.0% |
| Current ratio | 1.81 | 1.91 | 1.81 | 1.88 | 1.87 | 1.69 | 1.56 | 1.58 |
| Debt to equity | 59.4% | 75.4% | 74.3% | 73.1% | 63.4% | 75.5% | 74.3% | 72.0% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 22.3% | 25.9% | 19.9% | 20.9% | 24.2% | 24.1% | 20.2% | 21.2% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.7bn of assets due within a year against $1.1bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
- More cash than debt $175m of cash against $962m of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 72% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 89% to 72% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $789m of operating cash flow against $962m of debt.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $490m against $56m of interest.
Moat
Strong moat
How hard Toro'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 18 / 20
Net income has been a median 11.0% of total assets over 10 years.
- Pricing power 12 / 20
Gross margin has been a median 34.4%, moving by 1.4 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.
- Durability 13 / 20
Operating margin has been a median 11.5%; its worst year was 9.4%.
- Cash conversion 15 / 20
Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 9.9% of revenue.
- Discipline 20 / 20
The diluted share count fell 10.6% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.5% 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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