Lennar (LEN) Competitors

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

KB Home has a net margin of 5.96% compared to Lennar's net margin of 5.39%. KB Home's return on equity of 9.63% beat Lennar's return on equity.

KB Home currently has a consensus target price of $59.17, suggesting a potential upside of 22.10%. Lennar has a consensus target price of $99.87, suggesting a potential upside of 15.77%. Given KB Home's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe KB Home is more favorable than Lennar.

96.1% of KB Home shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of Lennar shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of KB Home shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Lennar 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.

In the previous week, Lennar had 7 more articles in the media than KB Home. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Lennar and 8 mentions for KB Home. Lennar's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat KB Home's score of 0.28 indicating that Lennar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

KB Home pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. KB Home pays out 25.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennar pays out 28.7% 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. KB Home has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Lennar has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

KB Home has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennar has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lennar has a consensus target price of $99.87, suggesting a potential upside of 15.77%. Given Lennar's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Lennar is more favorable than Lennar.

In the previous week, Lennar had 14 more articles in the media than Lennar. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Lennar and 1 mentions for Lennar. Lennar's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Lennar's score of 0.00 indicating that Lennar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

3.3% of Lennar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.1% of Lennar shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Lennar shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.1% of Lennar 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 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Lennar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Lennar has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennar has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Lennar pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennar pays out 28.7% 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.

Lennar presently has a consensus target price of $99.87, suggesting a potential upside of 15.77%. Meritage Homes has a consensus target price of $79.89, suggesting a potential upside of 24.55%. Given Meritage Homes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Meritage Homes is more favorable than Lennar.

In the previous week, Meritage Homes had 8 more articles in the media than Lennar. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Meritage Homes and 15 mentions for Lennar. Lennar's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Meritage Homes' score of -0.19 indicating that Lennar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

81.1% of Lennar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.4% of Meritage Homes shares are held by institutional investors. 10.1% of Lennar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Meritage Homes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

Lennar has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Meritage Homes has a beta of 1.43, meaning that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lennar pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Meritage Homes pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Lennar pays out 28.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Meritage Homes pays out 35.2% 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Meritage Homes has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Meritage Homes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Meritage Homes has a net margin of 6.86% compared to Lennar's net margin of 5.39%. Meritage Homes' return on equity of 8.08% beat Lennar's return on equity.

NVR has a net margin of 12.93% compared to Lennar's net margin of 5.39%. NVR's return on equity of 31.82% beat Lennar's return on equity.

In the previous week, Lennar had 4 more articles in the media than NVR. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Lennar and 11 mentions for NVR. Lennar's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat NVR's score of 1.10 indicating that Lennar is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Lennar presently has a consensus target price of $99.87, suggesting a potential upside of 15.77%. NVR has a consensus target price of $7,649.33, suggesting a potential upside of 27.34%. Given NVR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NVR is more favorable than Lennar.

Lennar has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NVR has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

81.1% of Lennar shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of NVR shares are owned by institutional investors. 10.1% of Lennar shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of NVR shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.