Lennar -- The Essentials

By Scott Lee • Monday, November 20 10:23 • Permanent Link

Lennar logged a -0.5% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $126.86 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. LEN's trading volume is 143,464 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,180,592.

Lennar trades -8.92% away from its average analyst target price of $139.29 per share. The 17 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $112.0 to $161.0, and on average have given Lennar a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in LEN, you'll want to know the following:

Lennar's current price is -24.9% below its Graham number of $168.98, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Lennar has moved 53.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 16.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 13.48, Lennar has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 9.4 while the S&P 500 average is None
LEN has a forward P/E ratio of 8.9 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $14.22 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 15.63 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Lennar is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.41 compared to its sector average of None
Lennar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a homebuilder primarily under the Lennar brand in the United States.
Based in Miami, the company has 12,012 full time employees and a market cap of $35.76 Billion. Lennar currently returns an annual dividend yield of 1.2%.

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