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

Lennox International (NYSE:LII) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 22.000-23.500 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 23.210. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.4 billion-$5.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.5 billion.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have commented on LII. UBS Group boosted their target price on Lennox International from $575.00 to $625.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their price target on Lennox International from $604.00 to $619.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 24th. Robert W. Baird raised their price objective on shares of Lennox International from $648.00 to $656.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Morgan Stanley assumed coverage on shares of Lennox International in a research report on Monday, January 6th. They issued an “underweight” rating and a $595.00 target price for the company. Finally, KeyCorp downgraded shares of Lennox International from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 15th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have issued a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $590.50.

Lennox International Price Performance

NYSE LII opened at $664.60 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.68 billion, a PE ratio of 31.56, a P/E/G ratio of 1.95 and a beta of 1.11. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $642.47 and a 200 day simple moving average of $607.19. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.39. Lennox International has a twelve month low of $412.09 and a twelve month high of $682.50.

Lennox International Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a $1.15 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $4.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.69%. Lennox International’s dividend payout ratio is 21.84%.

Insider Transactions at Lennox International

In other Lennox International news, CAO Chris Kosel sold 200 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $625.49, for a total value of $125,098.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 1,446 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $904,458.54. This represents a 12.15 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Sherry Buck sold 500 shares of Lennox International stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $660.74, for a total value of $330,370.00. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 1,693 shares in the company, valued at $1,118,632.82. The trade was a 22.80 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 1,200 shares of company stock worth $793,228. 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.