Wedbush Has Bearish Estimate for Toll Brothers Q1 Earnings

Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL) – Analysts at Wedbush cut their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Toll Brothers in a research report issued on Wednesday, December 11th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now anticipates that the construction company will post earnings of $2.04 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.37. Wedbush currently has a “Outperform” rating and a $175.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Toll Brothers’ current full-year earnings is $14.57 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Toll Brothers’ Q2 2025 earnings at $3.63 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $5.20 EPS.

TOL has been the topic of a number of other reports. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $189.00 target price on shares of Toll Brothers in a research report on Thursday. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Toll Brothers from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 11th. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their target price on shares of Toll Brothers from $163.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, September 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $150.00 price target (down previously from $166.00) on shares of Toll Brothers in a research report on Friday. Finally, Evercore ISI boosted their price objective on Toll Brothers from $181.00 to $184.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $152.53.

Toll Brothers Trading Down 3.3 %

NYSE:TOL opened at $133.85 on Monday. Toll Brothers has a one year low of $95.46 and a one year high of $169.52. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $153.08 and its 200 day simple moving average is $139.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37, a quick ratio of 0.57 and a current ratio of 4.92. The stock has a market cap of $13.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.00 and a beta of 1.69.

Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, December 9th. The construction company reported $4.63 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.34 by $0.29. The firm had revenue of $3.33 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.17 billion. Toll Brothers had a net margin of 14.48% and a return on equity of 19.64%. The firm’s revenue was up 10.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $4.11 EPS.

Toll Brothers Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 10th will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, January 10th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.69%. Toll Brothers’s dividend payout ratio is currently 6.12%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Martin P. Connor sold 5,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.44, for a total value of $777,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 9,721 shares in the company, valued at $1,511,032.24. This trade represents a 33.97 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Douglas C. Jr. Yearley sold 50,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, September 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $154.51, for a total value of $7,725,500.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 246,382 shares in the company, valued at approximately $38,068,482.82. The trade was a 16.87 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 106,000 shares of company stock valued at $16,435,800 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 1.54% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Toll Brothers

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. World Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Toll Brothers in the 3rd quarter worth $12,506,000. Chartwell Investment Partners LLC increased its stake in Toll Brothers by 66.5% in the 3rd quarter. Chartwell Investment Partners LLC now owns 35,295 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $5,453,000 after purchasing an additional 14,092 shares in the last quarter. Avior Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Toll Brothers by 4,894.1% during the 3rd quarter. Avior Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,396 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $525,000 after buying an additional 3,328 shares during the period. International Assets Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in Toll Brothers by 62,605.9% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 10,660 shares of the construction company’s stock valued at $1,647,000 after buying an additional 10,643 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Point72 Asset Management L.P. boosted its holdings in shares of Toll Brothers by 81.0% in the second quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 963,650 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $110,993,000 after buying an additional 431,160 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.76% of the company’s stock.

About Toll Brothers

Toll Brothers, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, builds, markets, sells, and arranges finance for a range of detached and attached homes in luxury residential communities in the United States. It designs, builds, markets, and sells condominiums through Toll Brothers City Living. The company also develops a range of single-story living and first-floor primary bedroom suite home designs, as well as communities with recreational amenities, such as golf courses, marinas, pool complexes, country clubs, and fitness and recreation centers; and develops, operates, and rents apartments.