Q3 EPS Forecast for Lennox International Raised by Analyst

Lennox International, Inc. (NYSE:LII - Free Report) - Research analysts at William Blair upped their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Lennox International in a report released on Wednesday, October 22nd. William Blair analyst R. Merkel now expects that the construction company will post earnings of $6.98 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $6.70. The consensus estimate for Lennox International's current full-year earnings is $22.94 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Lennox International's Q4 2025 earnings at $4.85 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $8.52 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $5.82 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $27.88 EPS.

Lennox International (NYSE:LII - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 22nd. The construction company reported $6.98 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $6.69 by $0.29. The business had revenue of $1.43 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.54 billion. Lennox International had a return on equity of 91.96% and a net margin of 15.74%.The company's revenue was down 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $6.68 EPS. Lennox International has set its FY 2025 guidance at 22.750-23.250 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently weighed in on LII. Oppenheimer lowered their price target on Lennox International from $730.00 to $675.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, September 17th. Barclays lowered their price target on Lennox International from $730.00 to $700.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on Lennox International from $619.00 to $691.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on Lennox International from $501.00 to $493.00 and set an "underweight" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a "buy (b-)" rating on shares of Lennox International in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $600.17.

Lennox International Stock Performance

LII opened at $494.67 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $17.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.88, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.68 and a quick ratio of 0.71. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $548.56 and its 200 day simple moving average is $567.31. Lennox International has a 1-year low of $485.47 and a 1-year high of $689.44.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in LII. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Lennox International by 296.0% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 71,815 shares of the construction company's stock worth $41,168,000 after purchasing an additional 53,679 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Lennox International by 118.3% during the 1st quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 92,618 shares of the construction company's stock worth $51,932,000 after purchasing an additional 50,188 shares during the period. Amundi lifted its stake in shares of Lennox International by 33.1% during the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 189,571 shares of the construction company's stock worth $103,661,000 after purchasing an additional 47,170 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its stake in shares of Lennox International by 1,402.7% during the 2nd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 31,783 shares of the construction company's stock worth $18,219,000 after purchasing an additional 29,668 shares during the period. Finally, Jump Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of Lennox International by 3,851.0% during the 1st quarter. Jump Financial LLC now owns 20,545 shares of the construction company's stock worth $11,522,000 after purchasing an additional 20,025 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 67.07% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Lennox International

In related news, CAO Chris Kosel sold 300 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $591.86, for a total value of $177,558.00. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 1,282 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $758,764.52. This represents a 18.96% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Insiders own 9.73% of the company's stock.

Lennox International Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 30th were paid a $1.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 30th. This represents a $5.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.1%. Lennox International's dividend payout ratio is presently 22.23%.

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.

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