Lennox International (NYSE:LII) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Lennox International (NYSE:LII) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 22.250-23.500 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 22.940. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.4 billion-$5.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.4 billion.

Lennox International Trading Up 3.5 %

Shares of NYSE:LII opened at $560.02 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $577.47 and its 200-day moving average price is $608.62. Lennox International has a 1 year low of $445.63 and a 1 year high of $682.50. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 1.43 and a quick ratio of 0.90.

Lennox International (NYSE:LII) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The construction company reported $5.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.12 by $1.48. Lennox International had a net margin of 15.11% and a return on equity of 126.79%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Lennox International will post 22.94 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Lennox International Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 30th will be paid a dividend of $1.15 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 30th. This represents a $4.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.82%. Lennox International’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 20.41%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley started coverage on Lennox International in a research note on Monday, January 6th. They issued an “underweight” rating and a $595.00 price target on the stock. Barclays raised shares of Lennox International from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $665.00 to $702.00 in a research note on Wednesday, February 26th. Mizuho cut shares of Lennox International from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their target price for the company from $675.00 to $625.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on shares of Lennox International from $617.00 to $642.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company reaffirmed an “underweight” rating and set a $580.00 price objective (down previously from $630.00) on shares of Lennox International in a research note on Monday, February 3rd. Four analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $606.15.

Insider Activity

In other Lennox International news, CAO Chris Kosel sold 194 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $644.20, for a total transaction of $124,974.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 1,282 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $825,864.40. This trade represents a 13.14 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 10.40% of the company’s stock.

About Lennox International

Lennox International Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets a range of products for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration markets in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The Home Comfort Solutions segment provides furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, packaged heating and cooling systems, indoor air quality equipment, comfort control products, and replacement parts and supplies; residential heating, ventilation, cooling equipment, and air conditioning; and evaporator coils and unit heaters under Lennox, Dave Lennox Signature Collection, Armstrong Air, Ducane, AirEase, Concord, MagicPak, Advanced Distributor Products, Allied, Elite Series, Merit Series, Comfort Sync, Healthy Climate, iComfort, ComfortSense, and Lennox Stores name.