4,300 Shares in Toll Brothers Inc. $TOL Acquired by Empirical Finance LLC

Empirical Finance LLC bought a new stake in Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE:TOL) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 4,300 shares of the construction company’s stock, valued at approximately $708,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TOL. Nykredit A S purchased a new stake in Toll Brothers in the second quarter valued at approximately $533,000. Allianz Asset Management GmbH boosted its position in shares of Toll Brothers by 4.0% during the second quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 215,841 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $35,560,000 after buying an additional 8,207 shares during the period. Brown Lisle Cummings Inc. boosted its position in shares of Toll Brothers by 3.0% during the second quarter. Brown Lisle Cummings Inc. now owns 7,825 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $1,289,000 after buying an additional 225 shares during the period. Amundi boosted its position in shares of Toll Brothers by 138.4% during the second quarter. Amundi now owns 174,655 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $28,774,000 after buying an additional 101,405 shares during the period. Finally, VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al acquired a new stake in shares of Toll Brothers in the second quarter valued at $4,515,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.76% of the company’s stock.

More Toll Brothers News

Here are the key news stories impacting Toll Brothers this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Toll Brothers announced the grand opening of the amenity center at Griffith Lakes, a resort-style master-planned community in Charlotte, North Carolina. The event highlights continued development activity and could support future home sales in the market. Toll Brothers Announces Grand Opening of Amenity Center at Griffith Lakes
• Positive Sentiment: The company is expanding its Austin-area presence with model-home openings at Crestline at Brushy Creek in Cedar Park and Wildspring in Leander. These launches may improve community visibility and generate new orders, although their financial impact is likely to develop over time. Toll Brothers Model Home Opens in Crestline at Brushy Creek Toll Brothers Announces Model Home Grand Opening at Wildspring
• Neutral Sentiment: Buffington Homes by Toll Brothers will host a luxury home tour in Northwest Arkansas, while Toll Brothers announced another building release at the Iron Creek townhome community in Charlotte. The announcements reinforce ongoing sales and marketing activity but provide no immediate change to earnings guidance. Buffington Homes Announces 2026 Luxury Home Tour Toll Brothers Announces New Building Release at Iron Creek
• Negative Sentiment: Zacks Research lowered several EPS forecasts, including Q4 2026 to $4.82 from $4.85, FY2028 to $16.74 from $16.84, and estimates for Q1 and Q2 2027 and Q1-Q3 2028. Although FY2026 and FY2027 estimates were raised modestly to $12.70 and $14.27, respectively, the broader pattern of forecast reductions may signal caution about housing demand, margins, or delivery timing.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on Toll Brothers from $165.00 to $170.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 20th. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating and set a $191.00 target price on shares of Toll Brothers in a report on Thursday, August 20th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Toll Brothers from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Argus set a $170.00 target price on Toll Brothers in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Finally, Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Toll Brothers from $115.00 to $122.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Thirteen analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Toll Brothers currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $167.27.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, COO Robert Parahus sold 7,500 shares of Toll Brothers stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $149.66, for a total transaction of $1,122,450.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer directly owned 23,457 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,510,574.62. The trade was a 24.23% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Chairman Douglas Yearley, Jr. sold 77,957 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $156.58, for a total transaction of $12,206,507.06. Following the transaction, the chairman owned 321,256 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $50,302,264.48. The trade was a 19.53% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 1.37% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Toll Brothers Stock Down 2.2%

TOL stock opened at $132.03 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $147.86 and its 200 day moving average price is $144.85. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.60, a PEG ratio of 1.09 and a beta of 1.34. Toll Brothers Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $123.14 and a fifty-two week high of $168.36. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 4.53.

Toll Brothers (NYSE:TOL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 18th. The construction company reported $2.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.93 by $0.04. Toll Brothers had a net margin of 11.14% and a return on equity of 14.21%. The company had revenue of $2.66 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.62 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.73 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 9.7% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Toll Brothers Inc. will post 12.81 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Toll Brothers Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 10th were issued a $0.26 dividend. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 10th. Toll Brothers’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 8.35%.

Toll Brothers Profile

Toll Brothers, Inc is a luxury homebuilding company that designs, constructs, markets and sells residential properties in the United States. The company develops communities featuring single-family detached homes, townhomes and condominiums, as well as active-adult communities and urban high-rise residences. Its offerings generally target move-up, luxury and resort-style homebuyers, with homes available in a range of designs, locations and customization options.

Through related operations, Toll Brothers also provides mortgage financing, title and settlement services, homeowners insurance and other services that support the home purchase process.