Lennar (LEN.B) Competitors

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

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

81.1% of Lennar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Lennar shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.4% of Lennar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of Lennar shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate LEN or LEN.B?

Lennar currently has a consensus target price of $175.94, suggesting a potential upside of 27.42%. Given Lennar's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Lennar is more favorable than Lennar.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Lennar	2 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.21
Lennar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is LEN or LEN.B a better dividend stock?

Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Lennar pays out 13.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennar pays out 13.2% 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.

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

Lennar has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennar has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer LEN or LEN.B?

In the previous week, Lennar had 55 more articles in the media than Lennar. MarketBeat recorded 70 mentions for Lennar and 15 mentions for Lennar. Lennar's average media sentiment score of 0.01 beat Lennar's score of 0.00 indicating that Lennar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Lennar	8 Very Positive mention(s)	13 Positive mention(s)	21 Neutral mention(s)	9 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Lennar	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community favor LEN or LEN.B?

Lennar received 797 more outperform votes than Lennar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.17% of users gave Lennar an outperform vote while only 56.49% of users gave Lennar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Lennar	Outperform Votes 884 67.17%	Underperform Votes 432 32.83%
Lennar	Outperform Votes 87 56.49%	Underperform Votes 67 43.51%

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

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	1.06	$3.94B	$14.34	9.63
Lennar	$34.23B	1.06	$3.94B	$15.10	8.84

Is LEN or LEN.B more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Lennar	11.51%	15.47%	10.68%
Lennar	11.51%	15.47%	10.68%

Summary

Lennar beats Lennar on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.