Lennar (NYSE:LEN) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

LEN has been the subject of several recent research reports. Evercore ISI decreased their target price on shares of Lennar from $240.00 to $236.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, September 23rd. Citigroup lifted their target price on Lennar from $164.00 to $196.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, September 23rd. StockNews.com downgraded Lennar from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, September 28th. Bank Of America (Bofa) upped their price objective on shares of Lennar from $171.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, September 20th. Finally, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lifted their target price on shares of Lennar from $183.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 4th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $182.88.

Lennar Stock Down 5.2 %

NYSE:LEN traded down $7.53 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $138.40. The stock had a trading volume of 6,265,438 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,078,386. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $170.57 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $169.80. Lennar has a 1-year low of $135.21 and a 1-year high of $193.80. The company has a current ratio of 4.90, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. The company has a market cap of $37.54 billion, a PE ratio of 9.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.61.

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 analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.15 by ($0.12). Lennar had a net margin of 11.51% and a return on equity of 15.47%. The firm had revenue of $9.95 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $10.06 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $4.82 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts predict that Lennar will post 14.11 EPS for the current year.

Lennar Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity at Lennar

In other Lennar news, Director Jeffrey Sonnenfeld sold 17,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, October 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.13, for a total transaction of $3,064,775.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 23,689 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,148,654.57. This represents a 42.49 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 9.36% of the stock is currently owned by corporate 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.