Exhibit 11 THE TORO COMPANY AND SUBSIDIARIES COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) Three Months Ended ----------------------------- October 31, October 28, 1995 1994 -------------- ------------- Net earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,997 $ 8,302 -------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Primary: Shares of common stock and common stock equivalents: Weighted average number of common shares outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,117,815 12,585,681 Dilutive effect of outstanding stock options (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424,225 453,494 -------------- ------------- 12,542,040 13,039,175 -------------- ------------- Net earnings per share of common stock and common stock equivalent . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.32 $ 0.64 -------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- Fully Diluted: Shares of common stock and common stock equivalents: Weighted average number of common shares outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,117,815 12,585,681 Dilutive effect of outstanding stock options (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424,225 556,272 ------------- ------------- 12,542,040 13,141,953 ------------- ------------- Net earnings per share of common stock and common stock equivalent . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 0.32 $ 0.63 ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- 1) Outstanding stock options and options exercised in the current period are converted to common stock equivalents by the treasury stock method using the average market price of the company's stock during each period. 2) Outstanding stock options and options exercised in the current period are converted to common stock equivalents by the treasury stock method using the greater of the average market price or the period-end market price of the company's stock during each period. -10-