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Lennar (LEN) Competitors

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$168.23 -0.52 (-0.31%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

LEN vs. DHI, NVR, PHM, TOL, MTH, KBH, MHO, TPH, CVCO, and HOV

Should you be buying Lennar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lennar include D.R. Horton (DHI), NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Toll Brothers (TOL), Meritage Homes (MTH), KB Home (KBH), M/I Homes (MHO), Tri Pointe Homes (TPH), Cavco Industries (CVCO), and Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV). These companies are all part of the "homebuilding" industry.

Lennar vs.

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

90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of Lennar shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of D.R. Horton shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.4% of Lennar shares are owned by 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.

D.R. Horton presently has a consensus price target of $185.87, indicating a potential upside of 13.94%. Lennar has a consensus price target of $180.56, indicating a potential upside of 7.33%. Given D.R. Horton's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe D.R. Horton is more favorable than Lennar.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
D.R. Horton
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Lennar
2 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30

D.R. Horton has higher revenue and earnings than Lennar. Lennar is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than D.R. Horton, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
D.R. Horton$36.80B1.44$4.76B$14.3611.36
Lennar$34.23B1.33$3.94B$15.1011.14

D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennar has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

D.R. Horton pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. D.R. Horton pays out 11.1% 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 received 226 more outperform votes than D.R. Horton when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.53% of users gave Lennar an outperform vote while only 60.13% of users gave D.R. Horton an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
D.R. HortonOutperform Votes
656
60.13%
Underperform Votes
435
39.87%
LennarOutperform Votes
882
67.53%
Underperform Votes
424
32.47%

D.R. Horton has a net margin of 12.93% compared to Lennar's net margin of 11.51%. D.R. Horton's return on equity of 19.24% beat Lennar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
D.R. Horton12.93% 19.24% 13.68%
Lennar 11.51%15.47%10.68%

In the previous week, D.R. Horton had 11 more articles in the media than Lennar. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for D.R. Horton and 18 mentions for Lennar. Lennar's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat D.R. Horton's score of 1.16 indicating that Lennar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
D.R. Horton
22 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Lennar
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

D.R. Horton beats Lennar on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LEN vs. The Competition

MetricLennarGeneral building contractors IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$45.63B$9.21B$9.63B$19.87B
Dividend Yield1.18%2.22%1.83%3.53%
P/E Ratio11.1415.5529.7942.89
Price / Sales1.330.913.3218.10
Price / Cash11.318.9317.9017.86
Price / Book1.772.626.045.52
Net Income$3.94B$865.39M$519.29M$986.45M
7 Day Performance1.14%1.96%-0.56%-0.22%
1 Month Performance-10.96%5.71%-0.19%0.12%
1 Year Performance31.12%40.60%35.81%23.71%

Lennar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LEN
Lennar
4.4395 of 5 stars
$168.23
-0.3%
$180.56
+7.3%
+31.1%$45.77B$34.23B11.1412,284Positive News
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.8521 of 5 stars
$163.13
+0.5%
$185.87
+13.9%
+27.0%$52.88B$36.80B11.3613,450Positive News
NVR
NVR
3.195 of 5 stars
$9,000.00
+0.5%
$8,783.33
-2.4%
+42.7%$27.44B$9.31B18.406,300
PHM
PulteGroup
4.9213 of 5 stars
$128.06
-0.4%
$145.00
+13.2%
+45.1%$26.36B$16.06B9.446,382Dividend Increase
Positive News
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.1352 of 5 stars
$151.96
+0.1%
$148.87
-2.0%
+76.6%$15.32B$9.99B10.474,800
MTH
Meritage Homes
3.2204 of 5 stars
$178.27
+0.0%
$218.17
+22.4%
+24.8%$6.45B$6.14B8.071,920Positive News
KBH
KB Home
4.6214 of 5 stars
$77.97
+0.2%
$77.50
-0.6%
+46.0%$5.71B$6.41B10.002,205Positive News
MHO
M/I Homes
3.8479 of 5 stars
$154.61
-0.7%
$197.50
+27.7%
+47.8%$4.32B$4.03B8.291,607
TPH
Tri Pointe Homes
2.7476 of 5 stars
$41.74
+0.1%
$45.75
+9.6%
+41.0%$3.90B$3.67B8.661,438Positive News
CVCO
Cavco Industries
2.8724 of 5 stars
$475.41
+0.9%
$475.00
-0.1%
+65.7%$3.82B$1.79B26.876,500Positive News
HOV
Hovnanian Enterprises
1.3294 of 5 stars
$172.04
-0.2%
$155.00
-9.9%
+89.4%$1.04B$2.76B5.311,715Positive News

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This page (NYSE:LEN) was last updated on 11/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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