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Lennar (LEN) Competitors

$112.38
-0.69 (-0.61%)
(As of 02:51 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$111.79
$113.34
50-Day Range
$113.13
$131.00
52-Week Range
$69.90
$133.24
Volume
1.20 million shs
Average Volume
2.21 million shs
Market Capitalization
$32.30 billion
P/E Ratio
8.33
Dividend Yield
1.33%
Price Target
$134.25

LEN vs. OTIS, URI, CRH, DHI, PWR, VMC, MLM, WY, NVR, and HWM

Should you be buying Lennar stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Lennar include Otis Worldwide (OTIS), United Rentals (URI), CRH (CRH), D.R. Horton (DHI), Quanta Services (PWR), Vulcan Materials (VMC), Martin Marietta Materials (MLM), Weyerhaeuser (WY), NVR (NVR), and Howmet Aerospace (HWM). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.

Lennar vs.

Otis Worldwide (NYSE:OTIS) and Lennar (NYSE:LEN) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

In the previous week, Lennar had 7 more articles in the media than Otis Worldwide. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Lennar and 18 mentions for Otis Worldwide. Otis Worldwide's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Lennar's score of 0.49 indicating that Lennar is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Otis Worldwide
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Lennar
6 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Otis Worldwide has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lennar has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Otis Worldwide pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Lennar pays an annual dividend of $1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Otis Worldwide pays out 42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Lennar pays out 11.1% 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. Otis Worldwide has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Lennar has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Otis Worldwide is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Lennar has a net margin of 11.66% compared to Lennar's net margin of 9.59%. Otis Worldwide's return on equity of 16.41% beat Lennar's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Otis Worldwide9.59% -28.62% 14.02%
Lennar 11.66%16.41%10.89%

Lennar received 834 more outperform votes than Otis Worldwide when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.52% of users gave Lennar an outperform vote while only 22.39% of users gave Otis Worldwide an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Otis WorldwideOutperform Votes
15
22.39%
Underperform Votes
52
77.61%
LennarOutperform Votes
849
68.52%
Underperform Votes
390
31.48%

85.5% of Otis Worldwide shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.9% of Lennar shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Otis Worldwide shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.5% of Lennar shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Otis Worldwide currently has a consensus target price of $87.86, suggesting a potential upside of 10.12%. Lennar has a consensus target price of $134.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.10%. Given Otis Worldwide's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Lennar is more favorable than Otis Worldwide.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Otis Worldwide
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14
Lennar
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Otis Worldwide$13.69B2.40$1.25B$3.1725.12
Lennar$33.67B0.96$4.61B$13.498.33

Summary

Lennar beats Otis Worldwide on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


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Media Sentiment Over Time

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LEN vs. The Competition

MetricLennarGeneral building contractors IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$32.30B$6.54B$6.69B$15.10B
Dividend Yield1.32%2.39%2.27%3.69%
P/E Ratio8.334.6614.6220.37
Price / Sales0.960.5311.338.46
Price / Cash6.297.2713.7515.14
Price / Book1.341.673.106.74
Net Income$4.61B$923.06M$551.50M$899.20M
7 Day Performance-4.19%-0.41%6.00%-2.48%
1 Month Performance-1.46%4.42%6.91%-3.03%
1 Year Performance52.48%2.86%33.38%9.62%

Lennar Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OTIS
Otis Worldwide
2.0311 of 5 stars
$82.18
+1.0%
$87.86
+6.9%
+23.1%$33.84B$13.69B25.9269,000
URI
United Rentals
2.4528 of 5 stars
$450.94
-0.6%
$455.25
+1.0%
+68.5%$30.79B$11.64B13.7224,600Positive News
CRH
CRH
2.3329 of 5 stars
$53.65
+0.3%
$25.17
-53.1%
+75.0%$38.36B$32.72B0.0075,800News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
DHI
D.R. Horton
3.2674 of 5 stars
$113.59
+0.4%
$136.19
+19.9%
+51.5%$38.43B$33.48B8.0813,237
PWR
Quanta Services
2.7043 of 5 stars
$196.13
-0.8%
$205.27
+4.7%
+45.7%$28.48B$17.07B50.0347,300Positive News
VMC
Vulcan Materials
2.68 of 5 stars
$209.88
-0.9%
$240.50
+14.6%
+29.8%$27.89B$7.32B38.6511,397
MLM
Martin Marietta Materials
2.5579 of 5 stars
$422.73
-1.2%
$465.07
+10.0%
+28.2%$26.20B$6.16B27.749,400Positive News
WY
Weyerhaeuser
2.6141 of 5 stars
$31.96
-0.9%
$38.29
+19.8%
+8.1%$23.35B$10.18B33.299,264Positive News
NVR
NVR
1.6581 of 5 stars
$6,182.87
+0.9%
$5,650.00
-8.6%
+47.0%$20.16B$10.33B13.206,550
HWM
Howmet Aerospace
2.4602 of 5 stars
$47.12
+0.1%
$52.08
+10.5%
+45.5%$19.42B$5.66B37.4021,400Positive News

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This page (NYSE:LEN) was last updated on 9/26/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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