Lennar (NYSE:LEN) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Lennar (NYSE:LEN) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. 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.

Lennar Price Performance

Lennar stock opened at $138.08 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $37.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.61. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $168.98 and a two-hundred day moving average of $169.43. Lennar has a 1 year low of $135.21 and a 1 year high of $193.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 4.90 and a quick ratio of 0.98.

Lennar (NYSE:LEN) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, December 18th. The construction company reported $4.03 earnings per share (EPS) 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $10.06 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $4.82 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 9.3% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts forecast that Lennar will post 14.11 earnings per share for the current year.

Lennar Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 24th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 9th were paid a $0.50 dividend. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, October 9th. Lennar’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 13.95%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on LEN. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price target on shares of Lennar from $180.00 to $165.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on Lennar from $192.00 to $173.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, December 13th. Bank Of America (Bofa) boosted their price target on Lennar from $171.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, September 20th. Barclays cut their target price on Lennar from $181.00 to $135.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday. Finally, Wedbush restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $164.00 price target on shares of Lennar in a report on Thursday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have given a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $175.94.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Lennar news, Director Jeffrey Sonnenfeld sold 17,500 shares of Lennar stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 23,689 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,148,654.57. The trade was a 42.49 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 9.36% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Lennar

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.