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The Toro Company
Type
Public company
Traded as NYSE: TTC
S&P 400 Component
Industry Irrigation supplies,
landscape & turf maintenance products
Founded 1914
Headquarters Bloomington, Minnesota, U.S.
Key people
Richard Olson, President and CEO, Micheal J. Hoffman, Chairman of the Board
Products Professional and residential turf maintenance equipment and irrigation systems
Revenue Increase US$1.7 Billion (2010)
Number of employees
6,134 (full-time)
Website www.toro.com

The Toro Company is an American manufacturer of turf maintenance equipment (lawn mowers), snow removal equipment (snow blowers) and water-saving irrigation system supplies for commercial and residential gardens, public parks, golf courses, sports fields, and agricultural fields. The company is based in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington, Minnesota.

Founded as the Toro Motor Company in 1914 to build tractor engines for The Bull Tractor Company, Toro manufactures and sells turf and landscape maintenance equipment and precision irrigation systems for use by landscape contractors, golf course superintendents, sports fields and grounds managers, as well as individual consumers.

In 1986, Toro acquired the Wheel Horse Products Division of American Motors (AMC). Wheel Horse manufactured a wide range of lawn and garden tractors, as well as riding lawn mowers. The division was spun off from AMC so that the automaker could maintain focus on vehicles.

Lawn and garden tractors were then marketed under the Toro, Wheel Horse, as well as the Toro Wheel Horse names. Acquisitions continued with the purchase of Lawn-Boy in 1989, James Hardie Irrigation in 1996, Exmark Manufacturing in 1997, Hayter in 2005, Rain Master Irrigation Systems, and Turf Guard Wireless Monitoring Technology in 2007, TYCROP Manufacturing turf equipment product line in 2009, and USPraxis in 2010.

In the 1990s, then CEO Kendrick Melrose changed the company's strategy, shifting its focus to "professional maintenance markets" (such as golf courses, sports fields, municipal parks, and commercial properties). The strategy yielded higher margins and offered more protection from the uncertainty of weather and economic conditions than the highly competitive residential market segments. In 2007, almost 70 percent of the company's sales came from professional markets, versus one-third in 1990.

On Dec 5, 2001, Toro adopted new accounting rules the Emerging Issues Task Force had issued and restated the prior periods. The adoption of these rules had no effect on operating earnings or net income.

In 2007, the low-end lawn and garden tractor product manufacturing was outsourced to MTD Products, to be sold at Home Depot stores.

In 2014, the snowplow and snow removal equipment company Boss Products was purchased by Toro.

The company's products are marketed under several brands:

Q reports

Period Date Adjusted Actuals EPS GAAP EPS
Q4 2022 2022-12-13 Future report Set alerts
Q3 2022 2022-09-01 1.19 1.19
Q2 2022 2022-06-02 1.24 1.24
Q1 2022 2022-03-03 0.66 0.66
Q4 2021 2021-12-15 0.56 0.56
Q3 2021 2021-09-02 0.92 0.92
Q2 2021 2021-06-03 1.29 1.29
Q1 2021 2021-03-04 0.85 0.85
Q3 2020 2020-09-03 0.82 0.82
Q2 2020 2020-06-04 0.92 0.91

Ratings

2016-06-30 Reiterated Rating Northcoast Research Neutral
2016-06-10 Downgrade Sidoti Buy to Neutral $98.00
2016-05-24 Initiated Coverage Seaport Global Securities Neutral $87.00
2015-12-04 Downgrade Longbow Research Buy to Neutral
2015-01-22 Upgrade Sidoti Neutral to Buy
2014-12-05 Downgrade Raymond James Outperform to Market Perform $65.00
2014-12-05 Downgrade Raymond James Financial Inc. Outperform to Market Perform $65.00
2014-11-24 Upgrade Longbow Research Neutral to Buy $77.00
2014-09-22 Upgrade Raymond James Market Perform to Outperform
2009-07-22 Downgrade Longbow Neutral to Sell $27
2007-07-11 Upgrade Janney Mntgmy Scott Neutral to Buy
2016-06-30 Reiterated Rating Northcoast Research Neutral
2016-06-10 Downgrade Sidoti Buy to Neutral $98.00
2016-05-24 Initiated Coverage Seaport Global Securities Neutral $87.00
2015-12-04 Downgrade Longbow Research Buy to Neutral
2015-01-22 Upgrade Sidoti Neutral to Buy

There is presents forecasts of rating agencies and recommendations for investors about this ticker

Major Shareholders

Name Relationship Total Shares Holding stocks
HOFFMAN MICHAEL J Chmn., CEO & Pres. 2.15%  (1197186) DCI / TTC /
BURKART PHILIP A VP, Irrigation Business 0.30%  (169132) TTC /
HARLESS KATHERINE J 0.12%  (65523) TTC /
TWOMEY CHRISTOPHER A 0.10%  (57508) ACAT / TTC /
DRAZAN MICHAEL D VP, Global Micro Irrigation 0.10%  (54487) TTC /
PETERSON RENEE J VP, Finance & CFO 0.10%  (52972) FELE / TTC /
STEINHAFEL GREGG W 0.09%  (50119) TGT / TTC /
ETTINGER JEFFREY M 0.07%  (36284) ECL / HRL / TTC /
BUHRMASTER ROBERT C 0.06%  (31082) SRDX / TTC /
Olson Richard M VP, Exmark 0.06%  (31061) TTC /
Ellis Gary Lee 0.05%  (27744) HRC / MDT / TTC /
Larson Thomas J VP, Treasurer 0.05%  (25639) TTC /
Happe Michael J Group VP, Res. & Cont. 0.02%  (11332) TTC / WGO /
O'Rourke James Calvin 0.02%  (9416) MOS / TTC /
BROWN WILLIAM E JR Group VP, Intl. & Comm. 0.02%  (9103) TTC /
Svendsen Kurt D VP, Information Services 0.02%  (8629) TTC /
Redetzke Darren L VP, Commercial Business 0.01%  (8065) TTC /
DAHL AMY E VP, Human Resources 0.01%  (6234) TTC /
Altmaier Judy L VP, Exmark 0.01%  (5322) TTC /
Rodier Richard W VP & GM, Sitework Systems 0.01%  (4515) TTC /