Lennar (LEN)
Forward P/E is 17.70x against a peer median of 14.78x, a ratio of 1.20x — above the fair range — with trailing P/E 15.85x; PEG is not available (shown as n/a in the source statistics). Latest-quarter revenue growth was -8.7% year over year (PRIMARY, EDGAR), so the premium is not paid for by delivered growth. Delivered demand check: the Homebuilding & home retail group's median growth was -8.7% year over year — demand falling, and this company is shrinking at the same pace while costing more than its peers.
What would change this label: Move to FAIRLY PRICED if the forward P/E compresses to about 16.3x or below (1.10x the peer median) at unchanged estimates, or if revenue growth returns above 0% year over year for two quarters. Move to UNDERVALUED if the forward P/E falls to about 13.3x or below (0.90x the peer median) with revenue growth back above the cluster median.
Lennar builds and sells new homes. Its shares cost more than similar builders even though its sales are falling at the same pace as the rest of the group. You pay a premium and get a shrinking business in return — overvalued.
Both lines start at 100 on 2020-09-01. Over the full window Lennar returned +12.66% and the S&P 500 +118.28% (price returns; dividends not reinvested). Worst peak-to-trough fall for Lennar: -60.2% (2024-09-19 to 2026-10-14). Source: Nasdaq official daily history.
What the label rests on
Forward P/E is 17.70x against a peer median of 14.78x, a ratio of 1.20x — above the fair range — with trailing P/E 15.85x; PEG is not available (shown as n/a in the source statistics). Latest-quarter revenue growth was -8.7% year over year (PRIMARY, EDGAR), so the premium is not paid for by delivered growth. Delivered demand check: the Homebuilding & home retail group's median growth was -8.7% year over year — demand falling, and this company is shrinking at the same pace while costing more than its peers. The company’s forward P/E is 17.7× against a peer median of 14.8×. Its own history: UNVERIFIED — no sourced range available. Sector demand read: Delivered demand check: the Homebuilding & home retail group's median latest-quarter revenue growth was -8.7% year over year (SEC filings) — demand falling. This company's revenue growth was also -8.7%, shrinking at the group pace. Latest-quarter sales growth was -8.7% versus a year earlier (SEC filings).
| Company | Price (Oct 28, 2026) | Forward P/E | Trailing P/E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lennar (LEN) | $84.11 | 17.7× | 15.8× |
| PHM | $120.55 | 12.9× | 12.9× |
| NVR | $5,784.31 | 16.8× | 15.9× |
| DHI | $146.02 | 13.7× | 13.9× |
| LOW | $198.52 | 15.9× | 16.8× |
| Peer median | 14.8× |
Multiples: stockanalysis.com (SECONDARY, S&P Global data), fetched Oct 28, 2026. Peer set chosen by sector; the median is the middle value of the set. The label and its numbers were recorded in the programme’s label registry on Oct 28, 2026 and will be scored at 6 and 12 months.
Sales, profit and cash
This company does not report a gross-profit line in its SEC facts (normal for banks, payment networks and some health insurers), so profit is shown as net income instead — gross margin is marked UNVERIFIED-absent rather than estimated.
Free cash flow = cash from operations minus spending on plant and equipment, both from the company’s SEC cash-flow statement. Gaps are quarters where that spending line is not separately tagged in the filings — shown as gaps, never estimated.
| Quarter | Sales | Gross margin | Net income | EPS (GAAP, diluted) | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q/E Aug 2026 2026-08-31 | $8.0B | — | $284M | 1.19 | $-96M |
| Q/E May 2026 2026-05-31 | $7.9B | — | $305M | 1.24 | $-303M |
| Q/E Feb 2026 2026-02-28 | $6.6B | — | $229M | 0.93 | $-463M |
| Q/E Nov 2025 2025-11-30 | $9.4B | — | $490M | — | $1.7B |
| Q/E Aug 2025 2025-08-31 | $8.8B | — | $591M | 2.29 | $-191M |
| Q/E May 2025 2025-05-31 | $8.4B | — | $477M | 1.81 | $-1.1B |
| Q/E Feb 2025 2025-02-28 | $7.6B | — | $520M | 1.96 | $-345M |
| Q/E Nov 2024 2024-11-30 | $9.9B | — | $1.1B | — | $933M |
| Q/E Aug 2024 2024-08-31 | $9.4B | — | $1.2B | 4.26 | $801M |
| Q/E May 2024 2024-05-31 | $8.8B | — | $954M | 3.45 | $203M |
| Q/E Feb 2024 2024-02-29 | $7.3B | — | $719M | 2.57 | $295M |
| Q/E Nov 2023 2023-11-30 | $11.0B | — | $1.4B | — | $2.5B |
The last twelve reported quarters. Full 24-quarter history sits in the data pack behind this page. A dash means the figure is not tagged as a standalone quarter in the company’s SEC facts (the usual case is the fourth quarter, which many companies only report inside the full-year filing) — it is missing, not zero.
Earnings: getting better or worse?
Each box is one quarter’s earnings per share (EPS). Green means EPS was higher than the same quarter a year earlier; red means lower; a dash means the figure is not tagged in the filings.
Basis: GAAP diluted EPS from SEC company facts, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
Key facts
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Company (legal name in filings) | LENNAR CORP /NEW/ |
| Chief executive | Stuart Miller (source: https://www.investopedia.com/lennar-ceo-warns-homebuyers-are-clearly-stretching-their-finances-12126689) |
| Sector | Consumer Discretionary — Homebuilding — builds and sells new single-family homes |
| Share price (Oct 28, 2026) | $84.11 |
| Market value (market cap) | $20.1B — share price times shares outstanding of 237,756,000 (SEC filings; SEC EDGAR WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding (latest quarter; dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding series is stale for this filer)) |
| Sales, last twelve months | $32.0B |
| Net income, last twelve months | $1.3B |
| Free cash flow, last twelve months | $811M |
| Latest reported quarter | Q/E Aug 2026 (of 24 quarters in the data pack) |
| Six-year price return vs S&P 500 | +12.66% vs +118.28% |
| Worst peak-to-trough fall | -60.2% (2024-09-19 to 2026-10-14) |
What we could not verify
- Gross profit / gross margin: not tagged as a standalone line in this company's EDGAR company facts (common for banks, payment networks and some healthcare payers) — shown as UNVERIFIED-absent; the page charts revenue and net income instead.
- TTM GAAP diluted EPS could not be summed from company facts because at least one of the last four quarters (typically Q4) has no standalone tagged EPS; trailing P/E is therefore taken from the labelled secondary source in valuation_label.md.
- Own-history P/E range not yet compiled for this company in the Phase 1 batch run; the label rests on peer-median, growth and PEG evidence.
- PEG ratio was shown as n/a on the statistics page for this company; the label rests on the forward and trailing P/E, growth and peer evidence without a PEG check.
- Guidance record (each quarter scored against the guidance the company gave the quarter before) is not yet compiled for this company — it is a Phase 2 layer. The earnings strip below therefore uses reported EPS versus a year earlier, which is fully sourced from filings.
The IT factor — the most exciting thing the market is overlooking — is not assessed on an X-Ray page. It belongs to the Deep Dive (Phase 2), where it gets the evidence standard it needs. Leadership-era scoring (the six years split by chief executive) is likewise a Phase 2 layer; this page names the current chief executive only, from a sourced profile.
Sources
- SEC EDGAR submissions — Filing index; company legal name.
https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0000920760.json - SEC EDGAR company facts — Quarterly financial spine: revenue, gross profit, net income, GAAP diluted EPS, operating cash flow, PP&E capex, buybacks, dividends, diluted shares.
https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0000920760.json - Nasdaq official daily history — Daily closes for the company; SPY (assetclass=etf) saved as raw/nasdaq_spy_raw.json over identical dates.
https://api.nasdaq.com/api/quote/LEN/historical?assetclass=stocks - Valuation multiples and peer figures — stockanalysis.com (SECONDARY, S&P Global data), fetched Oct 28, 2026; see valuation_label.md in the data pack.
Conventions: earliest-filed value per period, as first reported; cash-flow years-to-date differenced quarter by quarter; EPS never differenced; free cash flow = operating cash flow minus plant-and-equipment spending. This page is a dated snapshot — updates are new versions, never silent edits.