Lennar (NYSE:LEN) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Lennar (NYSE:LEN) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.600-1.800 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.650. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Lennar also updated its Q1 guidance to $1.60-$1.80 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have commented on LEN. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Lennar from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, September 28th. Citigroup raised their price objective on Lennar from $164.00 to $196.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, September 23rd. Evercore ISI lowered their price target on Lennar from $240.00 to $236.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Monday, September 23rd. BTIG Research lowered shares of Lennar from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday. Finally, Bank of America lifted their target price on Lennar from $171.00 to $190.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 19th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $177.38.

Lennar Trading Down 0.5 %

Shares of NYSE:LEN opened at $137.67 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $37.34 billion, a PE ratio of 9.12, a P/E/G ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.61. The business has a 50 day moving average of $169.78 and a 200-day moving average of $169.58. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 4.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. Lennar has a 12-month low of $135.21 and a 12-month high of $193.80.

Lennar (NYSE:LEN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 18th. The construction company reported $4.03 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $4.15 by ($0.12). Lennar had a return on equity of 15.47% and a net margin of 11.51%. The firm had revenue of $9.95 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.06 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $4.82 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was down 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Lennar will post 14.11 earnings per share for the current year.

Lennar Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 24th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 9th were given a dividend of $0.50 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, October 9th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.45%. Lennar’s payout ratio is presently 13.25%.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Jeffrey Sonnenfeld sold 17,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.13, for a total value of $3,064,775.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 23,689 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,148,654.57. The trade was a 42.49 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 9.36% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Lennar Company Profile

Lennar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a homebuilder primarily under the Lennar brand in the United States. It operates through Homebuilding East, Homebuilding Central, Homebuilding Texas, Homebuilding West, Financial Services, Multifamily, and Lennar Other segments. The company’s homebuilding operations include the construction and sale of single-family attached and detached homes, as well as the purchase, development, and sale of residential land; and development, construction, and management of multifamily rental properties.