William Blair Has Bearish Forecast for LII FY2025 Earnings

Lennox International, Inc. (NYSE:LII) – William Blair decreased their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Lennox International in a report issued on Thursday, October 23rd. William Blair analyst R. Merkel now forecasts that the construction company will earn $23.10 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $23.14. The consensus estimate for Lennox International’s current full-year earnings is $22.94 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Lennox International’s Q4 2025 earnings at $4.80 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $25.83 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently commented on the stock. KeyCorp reissued a “sector weight” rating on shares of Lennox International in a research report on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price objective on shares of Lennox International from $619.00 to $691.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 8th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on shares of Lennox International from $575.00 to $545.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 23rd. Northcoast Research upgraded shares of Lennox International from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $525.00 target price for the company in a report on Monday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their target price on shares of Lennox International from $598.00 to $555.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 23rd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Lennox International has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $600.17.

Lennox International Trading Up 1.3%

Shares of NYSE:LII opened at $502.51 on Monday. Lennox International has a 52 week low of $485.47 and a 52 week high of $689.44. The company’s 50 day moving average is $544.70 and its two-hundred day moving average is $567.26. The company has a current ratio of 1.68, a quick ratio of 0.80 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78. The company has a market cap of $17.62 billion, a PE ratio of 21.21, a P/E/G ratio of 1.92 and a beta of 1.10.

Lennox International (NYSE:LII) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 22nd. The construction company reported $6.98 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $6.69 by $0.29. Lennox International had a net margin of 15.74% and a return on equity of 91.96%. The company had revenue of $1.43 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.54 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $6.68 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Lennox International has set its FY 2025 guidance at 22.750-23.250 EPS.

Lennox International Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th were paid a dividend of $1.30 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $5.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. Lennox International’s dividend payout ratio is currently 21.95%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CAO Chris Kosel sold 300 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $591.86, for a total transaction of $177,558.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 1,282 shares in the company, valued at $758,764.52. This represents a 18.96% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 9.73% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Lennox International

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its stake in Lennox International by 24.0% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 636 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $357,000 after purchasing an additional 123 shares during the period. United Services Automobile Association acquired a new stake in Lennox International during the 1st quarter worth $410,000. AG2R LA Mondiale Gestion D Actifs acquired a new stake in Lennox International during the 1st quarter worth $1,389,000. Strs Ohio acquired a new stake in Lennox International during the 1st quarter worth $1,419,000. Finally, Amundi boosted its stake in Lennox International by 33.1% during the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 189,571 shares of the construction company’s stock worth $103,661,000 after purchasing an additional 47,170 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 67.07% 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.