Lennar (NYSE:LEN) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

LEN has been the topic of several recent research reports. Zelman & Associates upgraded shares of Lennar from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, September 23rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on Lennar from $192.00 to $173.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, December 13th. Barclays lowered Lennar from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and reduced their price target for the stock from $210.00 to $181.00 in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. Wedbush reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and issued a $164.00 price objective on shares of Lennar in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Bank of America boosted their target price on shares of Lennar from $171.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, September 19th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $182.88.

Lennar Stock Performance

NYSE:LEN traded down $7.53 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $138.40. 6,265,438 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,078,386. The stock has a market capitalization of $37.54 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.17, a P/E/G ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.61. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $170.57 and a 200-day simple moving average of $169.80. 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 52 week low of $135.21 and a 52 week high of $193.80.

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

Lennar Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 24th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 9th were given a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, October 9th. This represents a $2.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.45%. Lennar’s dividend payout ratio is presently 13.25%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Jeffrey Sonnenfeld sold 17,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on 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 approximately $4,148,654.57. This represents a 42.49 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 9.36% of the stock is owned by 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.