June 24, 2024 | Read Online | | Value Investor Daily #35 Toll Brothers (TOL) - Luxury Homebuilder With a Stock That Looks Cheap |
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| The company's return on equity (ROE) has improved significantly from 11.9% in 2019 to 23.0% over the last twelve months (LTM). | Recent Earnings | On May 21, Toll Brothers announced Q2 results that surpassed expectations in deliveries, margins, and other income. | The company reached a record home sales revenue of $2.65 billion, a 6% increase compared to the previous year. | Furthermore, the company experienced a significant 30% year-over-year growth in orders, twice the analysts' projected 15% increase. | Toll Brothers has shown resilience despite elevated mortgage rates, successfully tapping into the strong demand for homes that continues to exceed supply. | Contrary to initial expectations, the company has maintained a solid sales trajectory, selling more high-end homes than anticipated. | The market's prediction that consumers would delay purchases until mortgage rates declined has not come to pass. | The company has increased its full-year guidance, expecting revenues of $10.23 billion from the delivery of approximately 10,600 homes at an average price of $965,000. | Key success factors include a wider range of price points, an increased supply of spec homes, and strong cost controls, achieving an adjusted gross margin of 28.2% for the quarter. | Despite the strong quarterly performance, Toll Brothers' shares have declined since the latest earnings announcement due to investor concerns over a projected dip in gross margin from the mix of speculative homes sold. | Nevertheless, analysts view the overall trends for Toll Brothers as positive. | Our Take | We remain positive about Toll Brothers' dominant position in the luxury market, anticipating that the housing sector will benefit from favorable demographics and years of underproduction. | Toll Brothers continues to prioritize maintaining a strong balance sheet and increasing production. | The company's strategic initiatives are focused on growth and efficiency improvements, which could enhance its market position. | However, industry-wide challenges and capital constraints could affect these expansion plans. | If the Federal Reserve lowers rates, demand for Toll Brothers homes and ASPs will likely increase, causing a reset in revenue projections—but only if a recession is not in play. | Valuation and Analyst Sentiment | Our fair value calculation, using 13 valuation models including Earnings Power Value, EV/Revenue Multiples, P/E Multiples, and 10Y DCF EBITDA Exit, estimates the company's fair value at approximately $142, suggesting a potential upside of nearly 21% from the current stock price. | According to Seeking Alpha's quant rating, the company receives a Strong Buy rating, considering factors such as valuation, growth, profitability, momentum, and revisions. | | Source: Seeking Alpha |
| Wall Street analysts are also bullish on Toll Brothers, maintaining an average Buy rating with price targets ranging from $107 to $177, and an average of $138.06, indicating a potential upside of 17.5% from the current stock price. | | Source: Seeking Alpha |
| Expect management to take advantage of the current valuation by repurchasing shares. | Since 2014, the company has bought back over 40% of the diluted shares outstanding and was authorized in December 2023 to buy back another 20 million shares (vs. 111 million outstanding at year-end 2023). | On the last earnings call, Chairman and CEO Douglas Yearley said they plan to continue the shareholder return program indefinitely: | During the quarter, we repurchased $181 million of common stock and increased our quarterly dividend by 10%. Returning cash to stockholders will continue to be a very important part of our strategy well into the future. |
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| Conclusion | Given its fair value estimate, solid financial position, and future opportunities, Toll Brothers' current valuation is appealing. | We believe the stock is currently undervalued, making it an attractive hold. If the stock price falls to $92.30, a margin of safety of 35%, it would move to a strong buy. | Do your own research and decide. Thank you for reading today! | | | | |
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