Lennox International (NYSE:LII) Issues Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $1.48 EPS

Lennox International (NYSE:LII) released its earnings results on Wednesday. The construction company reported $5.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.12 by $1.48, Zacks reports. Lennox International had a return on equity of 142.64% and a net margin of 15.11%. Lennox International updated its FY 2025 guidance to 22.000-23.500 EPS.

Lennox International Trading Down 0.6 %

Shares of LII traded down $3.90 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $602.64. The stock had a trading volume of 16,560 shares, compared to its average volume of 362,803. 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 12-month low of $412.09 and a 12-month high of $682.50. The firm has a market cap of $21.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.71, a P/E/G ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 1.11. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $641.14 and its 200 day simple moving average is $607.17.

Lennox International Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a dividend of $1.15 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $4.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.76%. Lennox International’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 20.41%.

Insider Activity at Lennox International

In other Lennox International news, CAO Chris Kosel sold 200 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $625.49, for a total transaction of $125,098.00. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 1,446 shares in the company, 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 through this link. Also, Director Todd J. Teske sold 500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $675.52, for a total transaction of $337,760.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 7,911 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,344,038.72. The trade was a 5.94 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 1,200 shares of company stock worth $793,228. Corporate insiders own 10.40% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently weighed in on LII. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on shares of Lennox International from $648.00 to $656.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, October 24th. Mizuho downgraded Lennox International from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their price target for the stock from $675.00 to $625.00 in a report on Thursday. Morgan Stanley initiated coverage on Lennox International in a research note on Monday, January 6th. They set an “underweight” rating and a $595.00 target price for the company. Northcoast Research began coverage on shares of Lennox International in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. They set a “sell” rating and a $475.00 price objective for the company. Finally, UBS Group upped their target price on shares of Lennox International from $575.00 to $625.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Lennox International has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $602.57.

Lennox International Company Profile

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.