Yahoo Finance Toll Brothers (TOL) to Post Q4 Earnings: What to Expect?
Toll Brothers, Inc. TOL is scheduled to report fourth-quarter fiscal 2022 (ended Oct 31, 2022) results on Dec 6, after the closing bell.
In the last-reported quarter, the company’s earnings and revenues surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2.2% and 0.4%, respectively. The said metrics also increased 25.7% and 10.6%, respectively, from the prior year on the back of higher pricing.
On an encouraging note, earnings topped analysts’ expectations in 18 of the 19 trailing quarters.
Trend in Estimate Revision
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for fiscal fourth-quarter earnings has decreased to $3.88 per share from $3.93 over the past 30 days. The said figure indicates a 28.5% rise from the year-ago earnings of $3.02 per share. The consensus mark for revenues is pegged at $3.22 billion, suggesting a 5.7% year-over-year rise.
Toll Brothers Inc. Price and EPS Surprise
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Factors to Note
Despite unprecedented supply-chain issues and increased inflation, Toll Brothers’ fourth-quarter revenues are expected to have increased from the year-ago level, buoyed by a lack of available supply. Home sales of this luxury homebuilding company are expected to have increased in the fiscal fourth quarter from the year-ago level, given higher pricing.
Also, its focus on luxury move-up buyers — who already possess a residence and are looking to shift to larger and better homes — has been commendable. Toll Brothers has been enjoying greater pricing power than other homebuilding companies as these homebuyers are less sensitive to price changes. The company has been benefiting from the strategy of broadening its product lines, price points and geographies.
During the fiscal third-quarter earnings call, TOL highlighted that it expects home deliveries of 3,250-3,550 units (indicating a rise at the mid-point from 3,341 units delivered in the prior-year quarter) at an average selling price or ASP of $935,000-$955,000 (suggesting a rise from $883,100 a year ago).
Toll Brothers expects the adjusted home sales gross margin to be 29.2%, implying a rise from 25.9% recorded in the year-ago period. SG&A expenses are estimated to be 8.7% of home sales revenues, indicating a decline from 8.8% in the year-ago period. Also, the company expects the effective tax rate to be 24.8%.
Meanwhile, higher land, labor and raw material costs are expected to have put pressure on fiscal fourth-quarter margins. Continued supply-chain disruptions in the industry are expected to have reflected in the company’s performance.
Estimates
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the backlog is pegged at 8,768 units, indicating a decline from $10,302 million a year ago. The same for the average price of the backlog is pegged at $1,052,000, implying a rise from the year-ago figure of $922,000. The consensus estimate for net signed contracts is pegged at 1.463 units. This indicates a decline from the prior-year figure of 2,957 units.
What Our Quantitative Model Predicts
Our proven model does not conclusively predict an earnings beat for Toll Brothers this time around. That is because a stock needs to have both a positive Earnings ESP and a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), 2 (Buy) or 3 (Hold) for this to happen. Unfortunately, that is not the case here, as you will see below.
Earnings ESP: Earnings ESP, which represents the difference between the Most Accurate Estimate and the Zacks Consensus Estimate, is -7.95%. You can uncover the best stocks to buy or sell before they’re reported with our Earnings ESP Filter.
Zacks Rank: The company currently carries a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
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