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$109.65 -0.05 (-0.05%)
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LEN vs. DHI, KBH, LEN.B, MTH, NVR, PHM, TOL, TPH, CVCO, and MHO

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

Lennar vs. Its Competitors

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

Lennar has a beta of 1.33, suggesting that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, D.R. Horton has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

D.R. Horton has a net margin of 12.15% compared to Lennar's net margin of 9.20%. D.R. Horton's return on equity of 16.95% beat Lennar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lennar9.20% 12.73% 8.57%
D.R. Horton 12.15%16.95%12.09%

81.1% of Lennar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.6% of D.R. Horton shares are held by institutional investors. 10.0% of Lennar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of D.R. Horton shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Lennar presently has a consensus target price of $128.85, indicating a potential upside of 17.51%. D.R. Horton has a consensus target price of $151.15, indicating a potential upside of 14.63%. Given Lennar's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Lennar is more favorable than D.R. Horton.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lennar
0 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.24
D.R. Horton
2 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. D.R. Horton pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Lennar pays out 16.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. D.R. Horton pays out 12.1% 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 has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and D.R. Horton has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years.

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
Lennar$35.44B0.80$3.93B$12.099.07
D.R. Horton$36.80B1.10$4.76B$13.219.98

In the previous week, D.R. Horton had 8 more articles in the media than Lennar. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for D.R. Horton and 15 mentions for Lennar. D.R. Horton's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Lennar's score of 0.59 indicating that D.R. Horton is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lennar
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
D.R. Horton
19 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 16 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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 vs. The Competition

MetricLennarBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$28.41B$9.16B$9.29B$20.82B
Dividend Yield1.82%2.79%2.06%3.65%
P/E Ratio9.076.4516.0227.58
Price / Sales0.800.89108.5658.71
Price / Cash7.506.9914.8222.29
Price / Book1.251.394.504.66
Net Income$3.93B$1.21B$622.34M$995.72M
7 Day Performance-3.85%-4.12%-1.77%-0.30%
1 Month Performance6.08%5.45%3.51%4.90%
1 Year Performance-35.85%-13.47%96.90%11.14%

Lennar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LEN
Lennar
4.5552 of 5 stars
$109.65
0.0%
$128.85
+17.5%
-35.5%$28.41B$35.44B9.0713,265
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.9213 of 5 stars
$136.07
-0.6%
$151.15
+11.1%
-24.0%$41.80B$35.32B10.3014,766Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
KBH
KB Home
4.6832 of 5 stars
$55.35
-0.5%
$66.14
+19.5%
-32.5%$3.97B$6.67B7.332,384Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
LEN.B
Lennar
N/A$107.73
-1.0%
N/A-33.8%$28.42B$35.37B8.9112,000News Coverage
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.7554 of 5 stars
$72.63
-1.5%
$97.72
+34.6%
-27.9%$5.22B$6.40B5.941,898Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NVR
NVR
3.882 of 5 stars
$7,600.06
-0.4%
$9,023.33
+18.7%
-11.6%$22.19B$10.29B15.647,000Upcoming Earnings
PHM
PulteGroup
4.9297 of 5 stars
$112.96
-1.1%
$135.08
+19.6%
-12.9%$22.64B$17.95B7.976,793News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.9015 of 5 stars
$119.46
-1.1%
$141.85
+18.7%
-11.0%$11.73B$10.85B8.864,900Trending News
Insider Trade
TPH
Tri Pointe Homes
4.0746 of 5 stars
$34.16
+0.2%
$41.60
+21.8%
-26.1%$3.10B$4.29B7.591,750News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
CVCO
Cavco Industries
2.2936 of 5 stars
$452.50
+0.6%
$522.50
+15.5%
+7.0%$3.66B$2.02B21.807,000
MHO
M/I Homes
3.9636 of 5 stars
$119.79
-1.0%
$162.50
+35.6%
-22.6%$3.21B$4.43B6.331,760News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:LEN) was last updated on 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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