For those looking to find strong Construction stocks, it is prudent to search for companies in the group that are outperforming their peers. Has Toll Brothers (TOL Quick QuoteTOL - Free Report) been one of those stocks this year? By taking a look at the stock's year-to-date performance in comparison to its Construction peers, we might be able to answer that question.

Toll Brothers is a member of the Construction sector. This group includes 103 individual stocks and currently holds a Zacks Sector Rank of #7. The Zacks Sector Rank gauges the strength of our 16 individual sector groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups.

The Zacks Rank is a successful stock-picking model that emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions. The system highlights a number of different stocks that could be poised to outperform the broader market over the next one to three months. Toll Brothers is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy).

Within the past quarter, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for TOL's full-year earnings has moved 7.6% higher. This signals that analyst sentiment is improving and the stock's earnings outlook is more positive.

Our latest available data shows that TOL has returned about 51.1% since the start of the calendar year. At the same time, Construction stocks have gained an average of 28.2%. As we can see, Toll Brothers is performing better than its sector in the calendar year.

Looking more specifically, Toll Brothers belongs to the Building Products - Home Builders industry, which includes 19 individual stocks and currently sits at #69 in the Zacks Industry Rank. Stocks in this group have gained about 29.1% so far this year, so TOL is performing better this group in terms of year-to-date returns.