Shares of Lennar Company (NYSE: LEN) had been up over 2% on Thursday. The inventory has gained 24% prior to now three months. The homebuilder is scheduled to report its earnings outcomes for the third quarter of 2025 on Thursday, September 18, after the market closes. Right here’s a have a look at what to anticipate from the earnings report:
Income
Analysts are projecting income of $9.05 billion for Lennar in Q3 2025, which signifies a decline of practically 4% from the identical interval a yr in the past. Within the second quarter of 2025, revenues decreased 5% year-over-year to $8.4 billion.
Earnings
Lennar has guided for earnings per share of $2.00-2.20 for the third quarter of 2025. Analysts’ estimates level to EPS of $2.10, implying a lower of 46% from the third quarter of 2024. In Q2 2025, adjusted EPS fell 44% YoY to $1.90.
Factors to notice
As talked about on its final quarterly name, Lennar doesn’t count on the headwinds it has been going through to subside within the close to time period. The unsure macroeconomic surroundings continues to pose challenges to the housing market, with excessive rates of interest, inflationary pressures, and a scarcity of recent properties hindering affordability regardless of robust demand. The corporate has been providing incentives to drive gross sales of homes however this has been weighing on margins.
On this surroundings, Lennar’s technique has been to deal with driving quantity and progress, and match the tempo of manufacturing and gross sales. Constant quantity helps drive efficiencies throughout the platform and the sale and supply of properties assist keep away from stock build-up.
In Q1, deliveries elevated 2% and new orders rose 6%. Common gross sales worth was down 9% whereas gross margins dropped to 17.8% from 22.6% final yr. As a way to enhance margins, Lennar is engaged on lowering prices throughout its enterprise. The corporate believes that decreasing prices will assist convey down the costs of properties and thereby assist affordability whereas lowering the strain on earnings.
The homebuilder has forecast new orders and deliveries to vary between 22,000-23,000 properties for the third quarter of 2025. Common gross sales worth is predicted to be $380,000-385,000. Gross margin is projected to be approx. 18% for the quarter, which is down from final yr.
