
The Toro Company (NYSE:TTC) shares fell after the company posted fiscal third-quarter net sales of $1.13 billion, a 2% decline from a year earlier and short of the $1.16 billion analyst estimate.
Net earnings fell to $53.5 million from $119.3 million, with diluted earnings per share of 54 cents, including a noncash impairment charge of 62 cents per share, or $81 million pretax.