Lennar (LEN.B) Competitors

Lennar (NYSE:LEN.B) and Lennar (NYSE:LEN) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, LEN.B or LEN?

Lennar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lennar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Lennar	$35.44B	0.84	$3.93B	$14.34	7.81
Lennar	$35.76B	0.88	$3.93B	$13.73	8.59

Which has more volatility and risk, LEN.B or LEN?

Lennar has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennar has a beta of 1.69, meaning that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LEN.B or LEN a better dividend stock?

Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Lennar pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennar pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lennar is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in LEN.B or LEN?

3.3% of Lennar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of Lennar shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Lennar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 10.0% of Lennar shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer LEN.B or LEN?

In the previous week, Lennar had 75 more articles in the media than Lennar. MarketBeat recorded 86 mentions for Lennar and 11 mentions for Lennar. Lennar's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Lennar's score of 0.00 indicating that Lennar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lennar	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lennar	26 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	17 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate LEN.B or LEN?

Lennar has a consensus price target of $151.07, suggesting a potential upside of 28.13%. Given Lennar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Lennar is more favorable than Lennar.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lennar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Lennar	0 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.32

Is LEN.B or LEN more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lennar	11.10%	13.93%	9.60%
Lennar	11.10%	13.93%	9.60%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LEN.B or LEN?

Lennar received 803 more outperform votes than Lennar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.47% of users gave Lennar an outperform vote while only 56.49% of users gave Lennar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lennar	Outperform Votes 87 56.49%	Underperform Votes 67 43.51%
Lennar	Outperform Votes 890 66.47%	Underperform Votes 449 33.53%

Summary

Lennar beats Lennar on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.