Reported Q: Q1 2025 Rev YoY: -30.4% EPS YoY: -58.9% Move: -0.20%
Lennar Corporation
LEN-B
$106.46 -0.20%
Exchange NYSE Sector Consumer Cyclical Industry Residential Construction
Q1 2025
Published: Apr 4, 2025

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Reported

Report Date

Apr 4, 2025

Quarter Q1 2025

Revenue

7.63B

YoY: -30.4%

EPS

1.98

YoY: -58.9%

Market Move

-0.20%

Previous quarter: Q4 2024

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Earnings Highlights

  • Revenue of $7.63B down 30.4% year-over-year
  • EPS of $1.98 decreased by 58.9% from previous year
  • Gross margin of 11.3%
  • Net income of 519.53M
  • ""We expect to sell between 22,500 and 23,500 homes and deliver between 19,500 and 20,500 homes. We expect our margin to be approximately 18% depending on market conditions... normalized incentives should be around 5% to 6% and that would track to a normalized margin in the mid-20s."" - Stuart Miller
LEN-B
Company LEN-B

Executive Summary

Lennar reported Q1 2025 results in a challenging housing backdrop characterized by elevated mortgage rates, tempered consumer confidence, and persistent affordability constraints. Revenue of $7.63 billion and GAAP gross margin of 11.3% reflect a market where incentives and pricing strategies have become pivotal to sustaining volume. Management reaffirmed two core operating tenets: (1) build and deliver consistent volume to maximize efficiencies, and (2) advance an asset-light, land-light model with just-in-time home-site delivery, leveraging the Millrose spin-off and the Rausch Coleman acquisition to accelerate transition. Despite near-term margin pressure, the company maintained a strong liquidity position (cash on hand of $2.3 billion and total liquidity around $5.3 billion) and demonstrated strategic capital allocation through a $703 million share repurchase and a dividend framework tied to Millrose. Guidance for 2025 contemplates delivering 86,000–88,000 homes with Q2-specific targets of 22,500–23,500 new orders and 19,500–20,500 deliveries, with an expected gross margin near 18% (before purchase accounting) and SG&A around 8%–8.2%. Lennar emphasizes that normalized margins could move toward the mid-20s once incentives normalize to historically more typical levels, supported by an accelerating asset-light platform and tighter land-management discipline. The company remains exposed to macro housing risk, but its capital structure, land-bank strategy, and ongoing optimization of operating costs could yield meaningful cash flow improvement and shareholder returns as conditions stabilize.

Key Performance Indicators

Revenue
Decreasing
7.63B
QoQ: -23.28% | YoY: -30.42%
Gross Profit
Decreasing
861.05M
11.28% margin
QoQ: -44.67% | YoY: -57.93%
Operating Income
Decreasing
713.67M
QoQ: -48.51% | YoY: -62.65%
Net Income
Decreasing
519.53M
QoQ: -52.61% | YoY: -61.84%
EPS
Decreasing
1.98
QoQ: -51.23% | YoY: -58.92%

Revenue Trend

Margin Analysis

Historical Earnings Comparison

PeriodRevenue ($M)EPS ($)YoY GrowthReport
Q1 2025 7,631.55 1.98 -30.4% View
Q4 2024 9,946.89 4.06 +36.0% View
Q3 2024 9,416.04 4.26 +7.9% View
Q2 2024 8,765.59 3.45 +9.0% View
Q4 2023 10,968.18 4.82 +69.0% View