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LEN.B vs. CCS, DHI, KBH, LEN, MHO, MTH, NVR, PHM, TMHC, and TOL

Should you be buying Lennar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lennar include Century Communities (CCS), D.R. Horton (DHI), KB Home (KBH), Lennar (LEN), M/I Homes (MHO), Meritage Homes (MTH), NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), and Toll Brothers (TOL). These companies are all part of the "bldg - rsdnt/comr" industry.

Lennar vs. Its Competitors

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

Century Communities has a consensus price target of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 42.62%. Given Century Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Century Communities 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
Century Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Century Communities pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Lennar pays out 16.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Century Communities pays out 14.2% 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. Century Communities has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Century Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Lennar has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Century Communities has a beta of 1.44, meaning that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500.

3.3% of Lennar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.5% of Century Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Lennar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.9% of Century Communities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Lennar has a net margin of 9.20% compared to Century Communities' net margin of 6.03%. Lennar's return on equity of 12.73% beat Century Communities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lennar9.20% 12.73% 8.57%
Century Communities 6.03%10.99%6.14%

In the previous week, Century Communities had 12 more articles in the media than Lennar. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Century Communities and 1 mentions for Lennar. Century Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Lennar's score of 0.30 indicating that Century Communities 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)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Century Communities
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lennar$35.44B0.81$3.93B$12.099.16
Century Communities$4.40B0.41$333.82M$8.197.28

Summary

Century Communities beats Lennar on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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LEN.B vs. The Competition

MetricLennarBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$28.18B$9.54B$9.54B$21.12B
Dividend Yield1.84%2.70%2.01%3.60%
P/E Ratio9.166.9516.2127.40
Price / Sales0.811.00111.7060.38
Price / Cash7.437.2315.1122.92
Price / Book1.261.444.704.69
Net Income$3.93B$1.21B$620.50M$995.51M
7 Day Performance5.56%3.08%2.60%1.64%
1 Month Performance6.24%4.20%4.81%5.92%
1 Year Performance-30.62%-11.01%103.66%11.50%

Lennar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LEN.B
Lennar
N/A$110.75
+1.8%
N/A-30.7%$28.18B$35.44B9.1612,000
CCS
Century Communities
4.6643 of 5 stars
$58.61
-0.8%
$85.00
+45.0%
-37.4%$1.80B$4.35B6.071,873Earnings Report
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.6853 of 5 stars
$130.82
-0.7%
$151.15
+15.5%
-15.3%$40.49B$36.80B9.9014,766Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
KBH
KB Home
4.674 of 5 stars
$54.21
+0.6%
$66.14
+22.0%
-29.1%$3.67B$6.93B7.142,384Positive News
LEN
Lennar
4.671 of 5 stars
$109.38
-0.2%
$128.85
+17.8%
-32.7%$28.38B$35.44B9.0513,265News Coverage
Positive News
MHO
M/I Homes
3.8678 of 5 stars
$114.33
+0.2%
$162.50
+42.1%
-20.8%$3.06B$4.50B6.031,760Positive News
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.9563 of 5 stars
$69.87
-0.1%
$96.13
+37.6%
-25.7%$5.03B$6.29B5.711,898Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
NVR
NVR
4.1772 of 5 stars
$7,381.03
-0.6%
$9,023.33
+22.3%
-7.3%$21.70B$10.61B15.197,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
PHM
PulteGroup
4.9164 of 5 stars
$108.58
-0.1%
$133.69
+23.1%
-5.3%$21.78B$17.95B7.666,793Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
4.0146 of 5 stars
$62.19
-0.7%
$76.88
+23.6%
-7.4%$6.29B$8.36B7.233,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.9187 of 5 stars
$116.65
-0.2%
$141.85
+21.6%
-5.9%$11.48B$10.66B8.654,900Trending News
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This page (NYSE:LEN.B) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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