Lennar Reports First Quarter 2025 Results
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Lennar (LEN) reported its Q1 2025 results with net earnings of $520 million, or $1.96 per diluted share ($2.14 excluding mark-to-market losses on technology investments). Key performance metrics include:
- New orders increased 1% to 18,355 homes, though order value decreased 4% to $7.4 billion
- Deliveries rose 6% to 17,834 homes
- Total revenues reached $7.6 billion
- Gross margin on home sales was 18.7%
- Average sales price declined 1% to $408,000
The quarter was marked by significant corporate actions including the spin-off of Millrose Properties on February 7th and the acquisition of Rausch Coleman Homes on February 10th. The company maintained strong liquidity with $2.3 billion in cash and no outstanding borrowings under its $3.0 billion credit facility. Lennar repurchased 5.2 million shares for $703 million during the quarter.
Positive
- Deliveries increased 6% to 17,834 homes
- New orders up 1% to 18,355 homes
- Strong liquidity with $2.3B cash and unused $3.0B credit facility
- Controlled homesites reached 98%, highest in company history
- Cycle time improved 11% year-over-year to 137 days
Negative
- Net earnings declined to $520M from $719M year-over-year
- New orders dollar value decreased 4% to $7.4B
- Gross margin declined to 18.7% from 21.8% year-over-year
- Average sales price decreased 1% to $408,000
- Operating loss of $89M in Lennar Other segment due to technology investment losses
News Market Reaction
On the day this news was published, LEN declined 4.04%, reflecting a moderate negative market reaction.
Data tracked by StockTitan Argus on the day of publication.
First Quarter 2025 Highlights - comparisons to the prior year quarter
- Net earnings per diluted share of
($1.96 , excluding mark-to-market losses on technology investments)$2.14 - Net earnings of
$520 million - New orders increased
1% to 18,355 homes; new orders dollar value decreased4% to$7.4 billion - Backlog of 13,145 homes with a dollar value of
$5.8 billion - Deliveries increased
6% to 17,834 homes - Total revenues of
$7.6 billion - Homebuilding operating earnings of
$809 million - Gross margin on home sales of
18.7% (18.8% before purchase accounting) - S,G&A expenses as a % of revenues from home sales of
8.5% - Net margin on home sales of
10.2%
- Gross margin on home sales of
- Financial Services operating earnings of
$143 million - Multifamily operations were breakeven
- Lennar Other operating loss of
$89 million - Homebuilding cash and cash equivalents of
$2.3 billion - Years supply of owned homesites of 0.2 years, lowest in the Company's history
- Controlled homesites of
98% , highest in the Company's history - No outstanding borrowings under the Company's
revolving credit facility$3.0 billion - Homebuilding debt to total capital of
8.9% - Repurchased 5.2 million shares of Lennar common stock for
$703 million - Completed spin-off of Millrose Properties, Inc. on February 7th
- Completed acquisition of Rausch Coleman Homes' homebuilding operations on February 10th
Stuart Miller, Executive Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Lennar, said, "We are pleased to report our 2025 first quarter results that were both constructive and strategic for Lennar. During the quarter, we continued to focus on our strategy of matching production pace with sales pace and maintaining even flow production. Additionally, during the quarter we distributed shares of Millrose Properties, Inc. ("Millrose") to our shareholders, furthering our asset-light strategy. Finally, we completed the purchase of Rausch Coleman Homes, which expanded our footprint into both new and existing markets in an asset-light manner."
"In our first quarter, we delivered 17,834 homes, above the high end of our guidance, and recorded new orders of 18,355 homes which also exceeded the high end of our guidance, as we continued to focus matching production pace with sales pace and maintaining even flow production. Accordingly, we ended the quarter with limited inventory of two completed, unsold homes per community, which was within our historical range."
"Reflecting continued weakness in the market, however, our average sales price, net of incentives, declined to
"Our first quarter was marked by a challenging macroeconomic environment for homebuilding. While demand remains strong, persistently higher interest rates and inflation, combined with a downturn in consumer confidence and a limited supply of affordable homes, made it increasingly difficult for consumers to access homeownership.
"We continued to use incentives, including interest rate buydowns, to reconcile home prices to market conditions. These incentives bridged affordability to activate sales and manage inventory, while continuing to provide supply to the market. Generally speaking, net prices for homes, together with rents in overbuilt apartment markets, have started to decline, as demand remains constrained by affordability."
"During the quarter, we also constructively allocated capital, while we continued to strengthen and fortify our balance sheet. We repurchased
Jon Jaffe, Co-Chief Executive Officer and President of Lennar, said, "Operationally, our starts pace and sales pace were 4.0 homes and 4.1 homes per community, respectively, in the first quarter, as we continue to move closer to an even flow operating model. Our cycle time was down to 137 days, or
"As we completed the migration to our land light strategy with the spin-off of Millrose during the first quarter, our years supply of owned homesites improved to 0.2 years from 1.3 years last year, and our controlled homesite percentage increased to
Mr. Miller concluded, "Despite an uncertain macro environment, we are optimistic about our business and remain focused on our mission of building a healthier housing market and bringing attainable homes to more people. As we look ahead, we expect to deliver between 19,500 to 20,500 homes for the second quarter and expect our gross margin to be approximately
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
THREE MONTHS ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2025 COMPARED TO
THREE MONTHS ENDED FEBRUARY 29, 2024
As previously announced on February 10, 2025, Lennar Corporation completed its acquisition of Rausch Coleman Homes ("Rausch"). The results of operations include activity related to Rausch from February 10, 2025 to February 28, 2025. Prior year information includes only stand-alone data for Lennar Corporation for the three months ended February 29, 2024.
Homebuilding
Revenues from home sales increased
Gross margins on home sales were
Selling, general and administrative expenses were
Financial Services
Operating earnings for the Financial Services segment were
Ancillary Businesses
The Multifamily operations were breakeven in the first quarter of 2025, compared to an operating loss of
Tax Rate
In the first quarter of 2025 and 2024, the Company had tax provisions of
Share Repurchases
In the first quarter of 2025, the Company repurchased 5.2 million shares of its common stock for
Millrose Spin-Off
On February 7, 2025, Lennar successfully completed the taxable spin-off of Millrose Properties, Inc. from Lennar through a distribution of approximately
Rausch Acquisition
On February 10, 2025, Lennar acquired Rausch Coleman Homes, a residential homebuilder based in
Liquidity
At February 28, 2025, the Company had
Guidance
The following are the Company's expected results of its homebuilding and financial services activities for the second quarter of 2025:
New Orders | 22,500 - 23,500 |
Deliveries | 19,500 - 20,500 |
Average Sales Price | |
Gross Margin % on Home Sales | approximately |
S,G&A as a % of Home Sales | |
Financial Services Operating Earnings |
About Lennar
Lennar Corporation, founded in 1954, is one of the nation's leading builders of quality homes for all generations. Lennar builds affordable, move-up and active adult homes primarily under the Lennar brand name. Lennar's Financial Services segment provides mortgage financing, title and closing services primarily for buyers of Lennar's homes and, through LMF Commercial, originates mortgage loans secured primarily by commercial real estate properties throughout
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: Some of the statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements," as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements relating to the homebuilding market and other markets in which we participate, as well as our expected results and guidance. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that these statements do not relate strictly to historical or current matters. Rather, forward-looking statements relate to anticipated or expected events, activities, trends or results. Accordingly, these forward-looking statements should be evaluated with consideration given to the many risks and uncertainties inherent in our business that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking statements. We wish to caution readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement and speak only as of the date made. Important factors that could cause differences between anticipated and actual results include slowdowns in real estate markets in regions where we have significant Homebuilding or Multifamily development activities or own a substantial number of single-family homes for rent; decreased demand for our homes, either for sale or for rent, or Multifamily rental apartments; the potential impact of inflation; the impact of increased cost of mortgage financing for homebuyers, increased interest rates or increased competition in the mortgage industry; supply shortages and increased costs related to construction materials, including lumber, and labor; changes in trade policy affecting our business, including new or increased tariffs, as well as the potential impact of retaliatory tariffs and other penalties; changes in U.S and foreign governmental laws, regulations and policies, including retaliatory policies against
A conference call to discuss the Company's first quarter earnings will be held at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2025. The call will be broadcast live on the Internet and can be accessed through the Company's website at investors.lennar.com. If you are unable to participate in the conference call, the call will be archived at investors.lennar.com for 90 days. A replay of the conference call will also be available later that day by calling 203-369-0176 and entering 5723593 as the confirmation number.
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES Selected Revenues and Operating Information (In thousands, except per share amounts) (unaudited) | |||
Three Months Ended | |||
February 28, 2025 | February 29, 2024 | ||
Revenues: | |||
Homebuilding | $ 7,283,870 | 6,930,991 | |
Financial Services | 277,077 | 249,720 | |
Multifamily | 63,196 | 129,677 | |
Lennar Other | 7,402 | 2,542 | |
Total revenues | $ 7,631,545 | 7,312,930 | |
Homebuilding operating earnings | $ 809,273 | 1,028,796 | |
Financial Services operating earnings | 143,483 | 131,296 | |
Multifamily operating loss | (23) | (15,639) | |
Lennar Other operating earnings loss | (89,283) | (39,548) | |
Corporate general and administrative expenses | (147,378) | (157,321) | |
Charitable foundation contribution | (17,834) | (16,798) | |
Earnings before income taxes | 698,238 | 930,786 | |
Provision for income taxes | (169,525) | (210,865) | |
Net earnings (including net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests) | 528,713 | 719,921 | |
Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests | 9,187 | 587 | |
Net earnings attributable to Lennar | $ 519,526 | 719,334 | |
Basic and diluted average shares outstanding | 262,733 | 276,946 | |
Basic and diluted earnings per share | $ 1.96 | 2.57 | |
Supplemental information: | |||
Interest incurred (1) | $ 31,489 | 36,511 | |
EBIT (2): | |||
Net earnings attributable to Lennar | $ 519,526 | 719,334 | |
Provision for income taxes | 169,525 | 210,865 | |
Interest expense included in: | |||
Costs of homes sold | 28,118 | 39,214 | |
Homebuilding other income, net | 3,528 | 4,915 | |
Total interest expense | 31,646 | 44,129 | |
EBIT | $ 720,697 | 974,328 | |
(1) | Amount represents interest incurred related to homebuilding debt. |
(2) | EBIT is a non-GAAP financial measure defined as earnings before interest and taxes. This financial measure has been presented because the Company finds it important and useful in evaluating its performance and believes that it helps readers of the Company's financial statements compare its operations with those of its competitors. Although management finds EBIT to be an important measure in conducting and evaluating the Company's operations, this measure has limitations as an analytical tool as it is not reflective of the actual profitability generated by the Company during the period. Management compensates for the limitations of using EBIT by using this non-GAAP measure only to supplement the Company's GAAP results. Due to the limitations discussed, EBIT should not be viewed in isolation, as it is not a substitute for GAAP measures. |
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES Segment Information (In thousands) (unaudited) | |||
Three Months Ended | |||
February 28, 2025 | February 29, 2024 | ||
Homebuilding revenues: | |||
Sales of homes | $ 7,240,546 | 6,901,781 | |
Sales of land | 35,326 | 20,752 | |
Other homebuilding | 7,998 | 8,458 | |
Total homebuilding revenues | 7,283,870 | 6,930,991 | |
Homebuilding costs and expenses: | |||
Costs of homes sold | 5,888,144 | 5,395,532 | |
Costs of land sold | 36,077 | 14,017 | |
Selling, general and administrative | 615,739 | 567,987 | |
Total homebuilding costs and expenses | 6,539,960 | 5,977,536 | |
Homebuilding net margins | 743,910 | 953,455 | |
Homebuilding equity in earnings from unconsolidated entities | 35,004 | 13,302 | |
Homebuilding other income, net | 30,359 | 62,039 | |
Homebuilding operating earnings | $ 809,273 | 1,028,796 | |
Financial Services revenues | $ 277,077 | 249,720 | |
Financial Services costs and expenses | 133,594 | 118,424 | |
Financial Services operating earnings | $ 143,483 | 131,296 | |
Multifamily revenues | $ 63,196 | 129,677 | |
Multifamily costs and expenses | 73,376 | 132,667 | |
Multifamily equity in earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities and other income (expense), net | 10,157 | (12,649) | |
Multifamily operating loss | $ (23) | (15,639) | |
Lennar Other revenues | $ 7,402 | 2,542 | |
Lennar Other costs and expenses | 23,564 | 9,088 | |
Lennar Other equity in loss from unconsolidated entities and other | (10,618) | (27,865) | |
Lennar Other realized and unrealized losses from technology investments (1) | (62,503) | (5,137) | |
Lennar Other operating loss | $ (89,283) | (39,548) | |
(1) | The following is a detail of Lennar Other realized and unrealized losses from mark-to-market adjustments on technology investments: |
Three Months Ended | |||
February 28, 2025 | February 29, 2024 | ||
Blend Labs (BLND) | $ (3,737) | 2,936 | |
Hippo (HIPO) | (12,890) | 16,449 | |
Opendoor (OPEN) | (18,786) | 1,315 | |
SmartRent (SMRT) | (4,483) | (1,963) | |
Sonder (SOND) | (19) | 51 | |
Sunnova (NOVA) | (22,588) | (23,925) | |
$ (62,503) | (5,137) | ||
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES Summary of Deliveries, New Orders and Backlog (Dollars in thousands, except average sales price) (unaudited)
Lennar's reportable homebuilding segments and all other homebuilding operations not required to be reported separately have divisions located in:
East: Florida, Central: Alabama, South Central: West: Arizona, Other: Urban divisions | |||||||||||
First Quarter | |||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
Deliveries: | Homes | Dollar Value | Average Sales Price | ||||||||
East | 4,311 | 4,583 | $ 1,668,880 | 1,905,846 | $ 387,000 | 416,000 | |||||
Central | 4,029 | 3,701 | 1,557,555 | 1,440,429 | 387,000 | 389,000 | |||||
South Central | 4,730 | 4,263 | 1,160,523 | 1,070,159 | 245,000 | 251,000 | |||||
West | 4,756 | 4,238 | 2,888,685 | 2,521,491 | 607,000 | 595,000 | |||||
Other | 8 | 13 | 5,886 | 6,817 | 736,000 | 524,000 | |||||
Total | 17,834 | 16,798 | $ 7,281,529 | 6,944,742 | $ 408,000 | 413,000 | |||||
Of the total homes delivered listed above, 80 homes with a dollar value of
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First Quarter | |||||||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||
New Orders: | Active Communities | Homes | Dollar Value | Average Sales Price | |||||||||||
East | 330 | 284 | 3,974 | 4,383 | $ 1,526,559 | 1,851,718 | $ 384,000 | 422,000 | |||||||
Central | 447 | 340 | 4,639 | 4,417 | 1,835,498 | 1,764,896 | 396,000 | 400,000 | |||||||
South Central | 387 | 233 | 4,921 | 4,431 | 1,172,861 | 1,119,999 | 238,000 | 253,000 | |||||||
West | 418 | 368 | 4,811 | 4,927 | 2,888,650 | 2,996,239 | 600,000 | 608,000 | |||||||
Other | 2 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 7,164 | 9,530 | 716,000 | 529,000 | |||||||
Total | 1,584 | 1,227 | 18,355 | 18,176 | $ 7,430,732 | 7,742,382 | $ 405,000 | 426,000 | |||||||
Of the total homes listed above, 101 homes with a dollar value of
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First Quarter | |||||||||||
2025 (1) | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
Backlog: | Homes | Dollar Value | Average Sales Price | ||||||||
East | 2,999 | 6,310 | $ 1,333,063 | 2,632,787 | $ 445,000 | 417,000 | |||||
Central | 4,045 | 3,949 | 1,684,706 | 1,722,219 | 416,000 | 436,000 | |||||
South Central | 3,027 | 2,063 | 725,427 | 525,781 | 240,000 | 255,000 | |||||
West | 3,071 | 3,940 | 2,021,262 | 2,547,090 | 658,000 | 646,000 | |||||
Other | 3 | 8 | 1,626 | 4,241 | 542,000 | 530,000 | |||||
Total | 13,145 | 16,270 | $ 5,766,084 | 7,432,118 | $ 439,000 | 457,000 | |||||
Of the total homes in backlog listed above, 100 homes with a backlog dollar value of
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(1) | As of February 28, 2025, backlog includes 980 homes acquired in connection with the Rausch Coleman Homes acquisition. Of the homes in backlog, 214 and 766 homes were in the Central and South Central homebuilding segments, respectively. As of February 28, 2025, backlog also includes 11 homes acquired from a small builder in the West homebuilding segment. |
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (In thousands, except per share amounts) (unaudited) | |||
February 28, 2025 | November 30, 2024 | ||
ASSETS | |||
Homebuilding: | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 2,283,928 | 4,662,643 | |
Restricted cash | 22,487 | 11,799 | |
Receivables, net | 1,063,934 | 1,053,211 | |
Inventories: | |||
Finished homes and construction in progress | 9,091,705 | 10,884,861 | |
Land and land under development | 1,062,369 | 4,750,025 | |
Inventory owned | 10,154,074 | 15,634,886 | |
Consolidated inventory not owned | 3,454,642 | 4,084,665 | |
Inventory owned and consolidated inventory not owned | 13,608,716 | 19,719,551 | |
Deposits and pre-acquisition costs on real estate | 5,161,259 | 3,625,372 | |
Investments in unconsolidated entities | 2,645,734 | 1,344,836 | |
Goodwill | 3,442,359 | 3,442,359 | |
Other assets | 1,657,511 | 1,734,698 | |
29,885,928 | 35,594,469 | ||
Financial Services | 3,000,778 | 3,516,550 | |
Multifamily | 1,275,152 | 1,306,818 | |
Lennar Other | 824,245 | 894,944 | |
Total assets | $ 34,986,103 | 41,312,781 | |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | |||
Homebuilding: | |||
Accounts payable | $ 1,926,358 | 1,839,440 | |
Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned | 3,037,085 | 3,563,934 | |
Senior notes and other debts payable, net | 2,211,272 | 2,258,283 | |
Other liabilities | 3,076,776 | 3,201,552 | |
10,251,491 | 10,863,209 | ||
Financial Services | 1,626,271 | 2,140,708 | |
Multifamily | 141,380 | 181,883 | |
Lennar Other | 99,617 | 105,756 | |
Total liabilities | 12,118,759 | 13,291,556 | |
Stockholders' equity: | |||
Preferred stock | — | — | |
Class A common stock of | 26,133 | 25,998 | |
Class B common stock of | 3,660 | 3,660 | |
Additional paid-in capital | 5,812,802 | 5,729,434 | |
Retained earnings | 21,302,131 | 25,753,078 | |
Treasury stock | (4,424,039) | (3,649,564) | |
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 7,351 | 7,529 | |
Total stockholders' equity | 22,728,038 | 27,870,135 | |
Noncontrolling interests | 139,306 | 151,090 | |
Total equity | 22,867,344 | 28,021,225 | |
Total liabilities and equity | $ 34,986,103 | 41,312,781 | |
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES Supplemental Data (Dollars in thousands) (unaudited)
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February 28, 2025 | November 30, 2024 | February 29, 2024 | |||
Homebuilding debt | $ 2,211,272 | 2,258,283 | 2,830,332 | ||
Stockholders' equity | 22,728,038 | 27,870,135 | 26,647,835 | ||
Total capital | $ 24,939,310 | 30,128,418 | 29,478,167 | ||
Homebuilding debt to total capital | 8.9 % | 7.5 % | 9.6 % | ||
Homebuilding debt | $ 2,211,272 | 2,258,283 | 2,830,332 | ||
Less: Homebuilding cash and cash equivalents | 2,283,928 | 4,662,643 | 4,950,128 | ||
Net homebuilding debt | $ (72,656) | (2,404,360) | (2,119,796) | ||
Net homebuilding debt to total capital (1) | (0.3) % | (9.4) % | (8.6) % | ||
(1) | Net homebuilding debt to total capital is a non-GAAP financial measure defined as net homebuilding debt (homebuilding debt less homebuilding cash and cash equivalents) divided by total capital (net homebuilding debt plus stockholders' equity). The Company believes the ratio of net homebuilding debt to total capital is a relevant and a useful financial measure to investors in understanding the leverage employed in homebuilding operations. However, because net homebuilding debt to total capital is not calculated in accordance with GAAP, this financial measure should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to financial measures prescribed by GAAP. Rather, this non-GAAP financial measure should be used to supplement the Company's GAAP results. |
Contact:
Ian Frazer
Investor Relations
Lennar Corporation
(305) 485-4129
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