Lennar (LEN.B) Competitors

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in FER or LEN.B?

22.3% of Ferrovial shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 3.3% of Lennar shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Lennar shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FER or LEN.B more profitable?

Lennar has a net margin of 11.10% compared to Ferrovial's net margin of 0.00%. Lennar's return on equity of 13.93% beat Ferrovial's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ferrovial	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lennar	11.10%	13.93%	9.60%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FER or LEN.B?

Lennar received 85 more outperform votes than Ferrovial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Ferrovial an outperform vote while only 56.49% of users gave Lennar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ferrovial	Outperform Votes 2 66.67%	Underperform Votes 1 33.33%
Lennar	Outperform Votes 87 56.49%	Underperform Votes 67 43.51%

Is FER or LEN.B a better dividend stock?

Ferrovial pays an annual dividend of $0.95 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 1.9%. Lennar pays out 14.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do analysts recommend FER or LEN.B?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ferrovial	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Lennar	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

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

Lennar has higher revenue and earnings than Ferrovial.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ferrovial	$9.15B	4.26	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lennar	$35.76B	0.77	$3.93B	$13.73	7.64

Does the media prefer FER or LEN.B?

In the previous week, Ferrovial had 13 more articles in the media than Lennar. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ferrovial and 0 mentions for Lennar. Ferrovial's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Lennar's score of 0.00 indicating that Ferrovial is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ferrovial	Positive
Lennar	Neutral

Summary

Ferrovial beats Lennar on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.