We're taking a closer look at Lennar today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved -2.5% compared to 1.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Lennar Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a homebuilder primarily under the Lennar brand in the United States.
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Lennar has moved 63.8% over the last year compared to 32.6% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 31.1%
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LEN has an average analyst rating of buy and is -9.39% away from its mean target price of $201.13 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $15.05
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Lennar has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.1 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $16.14 and its forward P/E ratio is 11.3
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LEN has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 1.42, which shows the company is fairly valued compared to its earnings.
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.8 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
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Lennar is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.6 and an average P/B of 3.19
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Lennar has on average reported free cash flows of $2.97 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 28.0%