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

Lennox International (NYSE:LII) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. 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.

Lennox International Stock Performance

NYSE:LII opened at $606.30 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.60 billion, a PE ratio of 26.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10. Lennox International has a 12-month low of $412.09 and a 12-month high of $682.50. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $641.14 and a 200 day moving average price of $607.17.

Lennox International (NYSE:LII) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The construction company reported $5.60 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.12 by $1.48. Lennox International had a net margin of 15.11% and a return on equity of 142.64%. Research analysts anticipate that Lennox International will post 23.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Lennox International Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on LII. Royal Bank of Canada upped their target price on shares of Lennox International from $617.00 to $642.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on Lennox International from $648.00 to $656.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 24th. Mizuho downgraded Lennox International from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $675.00 to $625.00 in a research report on Thursday. Northcoast Research began coverage on Lennox International in a report on Friday, November 22nd. They issued a “sell” rating and a $475.00 price target on the stock. Finally, KeyCorp cut Lennox International from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 15th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Lennox International has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $602.57.

Insider Activity at Lennox International

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