How Smart Investors Look at Lennar (LEN).

By Susan Ramirez • Thursday, January 11 09:46 • Permanent Link

Lennar logged a 0.1% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $153.56 per share. LEN's trading volume is 144,676 compared to the stock's average volume of 1,971,143.

Lennar trades -4.59% away from its average analyst target price of $160.95 per share. The 19 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $122.0 to $190.0, 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 -7.3% below its Graham number of $165.68, which implies the stock has a margin of safety
Lennar has moved 54.7% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 20.1%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 13.72, Lennar has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 11.2 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
LEN has a forward P/E ratio of 9.5 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $16.15 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 17.7 — 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 1.61 compared to its sector average of 4.24
Lennar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a homebuilder primarily under the Lennar brand in the United States.

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