Lennar Reports Second Quarter 2025 Results
- New orders increased 6% to 22,601 homes
- Home deliveries increased 2% to 20,131 units
- Strong liquidity position of $5.4 billion
- Low homebuilding debt to capital ratio of 11.0%
- Cycle time improved 12% to 132 days
- Inventory turn improved to 1.8x from 1.6x last year
- Financial Services operating earnings increased to $157 million from $146 million
- Net earnings declined 50% year-over-year to $477 million
- Home sales revenue decreased 7% to $7.8 billion
- Average sales price declined 9% to $389,000
- Gross margin decreased to 17.8% from 22.6% last year
- SG&A expenses increased to 8.8% from 7.5%
- Multifamily segment reported $15 million operating loss
- Lennar Other segment reported increased operating loss of $53 million
Insights
Lennar's Q2 profits halved as housing softens; maintains volume despite 9% price drop and compressed margins.
Lennar's Q2 2025 results reveal significant profitability challenges despite modest volume growth. Net earnings plunged 50% year-over-year to
The company is clearly prioritizing volume over price in a deteriorating market, with deliveries up
SG&A expenses have deteriorated to
Despite these challenges, Lennar continues demonstrating operational discipline. Their production-focused approach has reduced cycle times by
Lennar's balance sheet remains strong with
Forward guidance suggests management expects current conditions to persist, with projected Q3 deliveries of 22,000-23,000 homes, average selling prices of
Second Quarter 2025 Highlights - comparisons to the prior year quarter
- Net earnings per diluted share of
($1.81 excluding mark-to-market losses on technology investments)$1.90 - Net earnings of
$477 million - New orders increased
6% to 22,601 homes - Backlog of 15,538 homes with a dollar value of
$6.5 billion - Deliveries increased
2% to 20,131 homes - Total revenues of
$8.4 billion - Homebuilding operating earnings of
$728 million - Gross margin on home sales of
17.8% (18.0% excluding purchase accounting) - SG&A expenses as a % of revenues from home sales of
8.8% - Net margin on home sales of
8.9% (9.2% excluding purchase accounting)
- Gross margin on home sales of
- Financial Services operating earnings of
$157 million - Multifamily operating loss of
$15 million - Lennar Other operating loss of
$53 million - Years supply of owned homesites of 0.1 years
- Controlled homesites of
98% - Homebuilding cash and cash equivalents of
; total liquidity of$1.2 billion $5.4 billion - Issued
of$700 million 5.20% senior notes due 2030, primarily used to redeem of$500 million 4.75% senior notes due in May 2025 - Outstanding borrowings of
under the Company's$400 million revolving credit facility$3.0 billion - Homebuilding debt to total capital of
11.0% - Repurchased 4.7 million shares of Lennar common stock for
$517 million
Stuart Miller, Executive Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Lennar, said, "While we continue to see softness in the housing market due to affordability challenges and a decline in consumer confidence, we adhered to our strategy of driving starts, sales, and closings in order to build long-term efficiencies in our business."
"During the quarter, we drove new orders to 22,601 homes, within our guidance, and delivered 20,131 homes, also within our guidance, as we continued to focus on matching production pace with sales pace. Accordingly, we ended the quarter with limited inventory of 2,900 homes, which is fewer than two completed, unsold homes per community, and continues to be within our historical range."
"Reflecting softer market conditions, our average sales price, net of incentives, declined to
"During the quarter, our balance sheet remained strong. We repaid
Jon Jaffe, Lennar's Co-Chief Executive Officer and President, added, "On the operational front, our starts pace and sales pace in the second quarter were 5.1 homes and 4.7 homes per community per month, respectively, as we continue to move towards an even flow operating model. Our production-first focus led to a cycle time of 132 days this quarter,
Mr. Miller concluded, "We continue to focus on consistent volume and pace as we drive efficiencies through every part of our platform in order to realize improved margin even as market conditions soften. As we look ahead to the third quarter, we expect new orders between 22,000 and 23,000 homes, deliveries between 22,000 and 23,000 homes, and expect our gross margin to remain approximately
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
THREE MONTHS ENDED MAY 31, 2025 COMPARED TO
THREE MONTHS ENDED MAY 31, 2024
As previously announced on February 10, 2025, Lennar Corporation completed its acquisition of Rausch Coleman Homes ("Rausch"). Prior year information includes only stand-alone data for Lennar Corporation for the three months ended May 31, 2024.
Homebuilding
Revenues from home sales decreased
Gross margins on home sales were
Selling, general and administrative expenses were
Financial Services
Operating earnings for the Financial Services segment were
Ancillary Businesses
Operating loss for the Multifamily segment was
Tax Rate
In the second quarter of 2025 and 2024, the Company had tax provisions of
OTHER TRANSACTIONS
Senior Notes
In May 2025, the Company issued
Share Repurchases
In the second quarter of 2025, the Company repurchased 4.7 million shares of its common stock for
Guidance
The following are the Company's expected results of its homebuilding and financial services activities for the third quarter of 2025:
New Orders | 22,000 - 23,000 |
Deliveries | 22,000 - 23,000 |
Average Sales Price | |
Gross Margin % on Home Sales | Approximately |
SG&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
A conference call to discuss the Company's second quarter earnings will be held at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 17, 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)
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Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | ||||||
May 31, | May 31, | ||||||
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
Revenues: | |||||||
Homebuilding | $ 7,843,862 | 8,381,059 | 15,127,732 | 15,312,050 | |||
Financial Services | 298,098 | 281,723 | 575,175 | 531,443 | |||
Multifamily | 230,305 | 99,500 | 293,501 | 229,177 | |||
Lennar Other | 5,237 | 3,310 | 12,639 | 5,852 | |||
Total revenues | $ 8,377,502 | 8,765,592 | 16,009,047 | 16,078,522 | |||
Homebuilding operating earnings | $ 728,234 | 1,340,155 | 1,537,507 | 2,368,951 | |||
Financial Services operating earnings | 157,280 | 147,012 | 300,763 | 278,308 | |||
Multifamily operating loss | (14,754) | (20,474) | (14,777) | (36,113) | |||
Lennar Other operating loss | (52,895) | (28,964) | (142,178) | (68,512) | |||
Corporate general and administrative expenses | (155,853) | (156,982) | (303,231) | (314,303) | |||
Charitable foundation contribution | (20,131) | (19,690) | (37,965) | (36,488) | |||
Earnings before income taxes | 641,881 | 1,261,057 | 1,340,119 | 2,191,843 | |||
Provision for income taxes | (160,061) | (300,471) | (329,586) | (511,336) | |||
Net earnings (including net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests) | 481,820 | 960,586 | 1,010,533 | 1,680,507 | |||
Less: Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests | 4,371 | 6,275 | 13,558 | 6,862 | |||
Net earnings attributable to Lennar | $ 477,449 | 954,311 | 996,975 | 1,673,645 | |||
Basic and diluted average shares outstanding | 260,286 | 273,703 | 261,510 | 275,325 | |||
Basic and diluted earnings per share | $ 1.81 | 3.45 | 3.77 | 6.01 | |||
Supplemental information: | |||||||
Interest incurred (1) | $ 41,846 | 33,764 | 73,335 | 70,275 | |||
EBIT (2): | |||||||
Net earnings attributable to Lennar | $ 477,449 | 954,311 | 996,975 | 1,673,645 | |||
Provision for income taxes | 160,061 | 300,471 | 329,586 | 511,336 | |||
Interest expense included in: | |||||||
Costs of homes sold | 33,245 | 43,100 | 61,363 | 82,314 | |||
Costs of land sold | 280 | 286 | 412 | 286 | |||
Homebuilding other income, net | 3,655 | 4,679 | 7,051 | 9,594 | |||
Total interest expense | 37,180 | 48,065 | 68,826 | 92,194 | |||
EBIT | $ 674,690 | 1,302,847 | 1,395,387 | 2,277,175 |
(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)
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Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | ||||||
May 31, | May 31, | ||||||
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
Homebuilding revenues: | |||||||
Sales of homes | $ 7,788,275 | 8,357,750 | 15,028,821 | 15,259,531 | |||
Sales of land | 43,195 | 13,598 | 78,521 | 34,350 | |||
Other homebuilding | 12,392 | 9,711 | 20,390 | 18,169 | |||
Total homebuilding revenues | 7,843,862 | 8,381,059 | 15,127,732 | 15,312,050 | |||
Homebuilding costs and expenses: | |||||||
Costs of homes sold | 6,402,532 | 6,469,952 | 12,290,676 | 11,865,484 | |||
Costs of land sold | 56,173 | 6,903 | 92,250 | 20,920 | |||
Selling, general and administrative | 688,847 | 629,600 | 1,304,586 | 1,197,587 | |||
Total homebuilding costs and expenses | 7,147,552 | 7,106,455 | 13,687,512 | 13,083,991 | |||
Homebuilding net margins | 696,310 | 1,274,604 | 1,440,220 | 2,228,059 | |||
Homebuilding equity in earnings from unconsolidated entities | 17,716 | 15,516 | 52,720 | 28,818 | |||
Homebuilding other income, net | 14,208 | 50,035 | 44,567 | 112,074 | |||
Homebuilding operating earnings | $ 728,234 | 1,340,155 | 1,537,507 | 2,368,951 | |||
Financial Services revenues | $ 298,098 | 281,723 | 575,175 | 531,443 | |||
Financial Services costs and expenses | 140,818 | 134,711 | 274,412 | 253,135 | |||
Financial Services operating earnings | $ 157,280 | 147,012 | 300,763 | 278,308 | |||
Multifamily revenues | $ 230,305 | 99,500 | 293,501 | 229,177 | |||
Multifamily costs and expenses | 254,677 | 102,205 | 328,053 | 234,872 | |||
Multifamily equity in earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities and other income (expense), net | 9,618 | (17,769) | 19,775 | (30,418) | |||
Multifamily operating loss | $ (14,754) | (20,474) | (14,777) | (36,113) | |||
Lennar Other revenues | $ 5,237 | 3,310 | 12,639 | 5,852 | |||
Lennar Other costs and expenses | 30,025 | 26,841 | 53,589 | 35,929 | |||
Lennar Other equity in earnings (loss) from unconsolidated entities and other | 1,333 | 16,081 | (9,285) | (11,784) | |||
Lennar Other realized and unrealized losses from technology investments (1) | (29,440) | (21,514) | (91,943) | (26,651) | |||
Lennar Other operating loss | $ (52,895) | (28,964) | (142,178) | (68,512) |
(1) The following is a detail of Lennar Other realized and unrealized losses from mark-to-market adjustments on technology investments: |
Three Months Ended | Six Months Ended | ||||||
May 31, | May 31, | ||||||
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
Blend Labs (BLND) | $ — | 715 | (3,737) | 3,651 | |||
Hippo (HIPO) | (15,462) | 10,737 | (28,352) | 27,186 | |||
Opendoor (OPEN) | (12,921) | (16,907) | (31,707) | (15,592) | |||
SmartRent (SMRT) | — | (4,609) | (4,483) | (6,572) | |||
Sonder (SOND) | — | (40) | (19) | 11 | |||
Sunnova (NOVA) | (1,057) | (11,410) | (23,645) | (35,335) | |||
$ (29,440) | (21,514) | (91,943) | (26,651) |
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
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Lennar's reportable homebuilding segments and all other homebuilding operations not required to be reported separately have divisions located in: East:
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Three Months Ended May 31, | |||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
Deliveries: | Homes | Dollar Value | Average Sales Price | ||||||||
East | 4,676 | 5,324 | $ 1,740,181 | 2,158,317 | $ 372,000 | 405,000 | |||||
Central | 4,604 | 4,393 | 1,769,582 | 1,769,842 | 384,000 | 403,000 | |||||
South Central | 6,174 | 4,669 | 1,505,750 | 1,194,525 | 244,000 | 256,000 | |||||
West | 4,669 | 5,292 | 2,818,980 | 3,263,904 | 604,000 | 617,000 | |||||
Other | 8 | 12 | 4,834 | 6,343 | 604,000 | 529,000 | |||||
Total | 20,131 | 19,690 | $ 7,839,327 | 8,392,931 | $ 389,000 | 426,000 |
Of the total homes delivered listed above, 113 homes with a dollar value of
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As of May 31, | Three Months Ended May 31, | ||||||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||
New Orders: | Active Communities | Homes | Dollar Value | Average Sales Price | |||||||||||
East | 326 | 287 | 5,502 | 4,758 | $ 1,937,371 | 1,958,763 | $ 352,000 | 412,000 | |||||||
Central | 457 | 354 | 5,368 | 5,574 | 2,028,662 | 2,218,888 | 378,000 | 398,000 | |||||||
South Central | 391 | 239 | 6,626 | 5,213 | 1,607,319 | 1,332,392 | 243,000 | 256,000 | |||||||
West | 441 | 363 | 5,098 | 5,735 | 2,997,528 | 3,679,145 | 588,000 | 642,000 | |||||||
Other | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 4,383 | 5,688 | 626,000 | 438,000 | |||||||
Total | 1,617 | 1,245 | 22,601 | 21,293 | $ 8,575,263 | 9,194,876 | $ 379,000 | 432,000 |
Of the total new orders listed above, 141 homes with a dollar value of | |||||||||||
Six Months Ended May 31, | |||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
Deliveries: | Homes | Dollar Value | Average Sales Price | ||||||||
East | 8,987 | 9,907 | $ 3,409,061 | 4,064,163 | $ 379,000 | 410,000 | |||||
Central | 8,633 | 8,094 | 3,327,137 | 3,210,271 | 385,000 | 397,000 | |||||
South Central | 10,904 | 8,932 | 2,666,273 | 2,264,683 | 245,000 | 254,000 | |||||
West | 9,425 | 9,530 | 5,707,665 | 5,785,395 | 606,000 | 607,000 | |||||
Other | 16 | 25 | 10,720 | 13,160 | 670,000 | 526,000 | |||||
Total | 37,965 | 36,488 | $ 15,120,856 | 15,337,672 | $ 398,000 | 420,000 |
Of the total homes delivered listed above, 193 homes with a dollar value of | |||||||||||
Six Months Ended May 31, | |||||||||||
2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
New Orders: | Homes | Dollar Value | Average Sales Price | ||||||||
East | 9,476 | 9,141 | $ 3,463,930 | 3,810,481 | $ 366,000 | 417,000 | |||||
Central | 10,007 | 9,991 | 3,864,160 | 3,983,784 | 386,000 | 399,000 | |||||
South Central | 11,547 | 9,644 | 2,780,180 | 2,452,391 | 241,000 | 254,000 | |||||
West | 9,909 | 10,662 | 5,886,178 | 6,675,384 | 594,000 | 626,000 | |||||
Other | 17 | 31 | 11,547 | 15,218 | 679,000 | 491,000 | |||||
Total | 40,956 | 39,469 | $ 16,005,995 | 16,937,258 | $ 391,000 | 429,000 |
Of the total new orders listed above, 242 homes with a dollar value of | |||||||||||
At May 31, | |||||||||||
2025 (1) | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||
Backlog: | Homes | Dollar Value | Average Sales Price | ||||||||
East | 3,825 | 5,744 | $ 1,530,495 | 2,432,505 | $ 400,000 | 423,000 | |||||
Central | 4,781 | 5,130 | 1,937,087 | 2,171,264 | 405,000 | 423,000 | |||||
South Central | 3,430 | 2,607 | 815,681 | 663,648 | 238,000 | 255,000 | |||||
West | 3,500 | 4,383 | 2,200,051 | 2,962,332 | 629,000 | 676,000 | |||||
Other | 2 | 9 | 1,176 | 3,586 | 588,000 | 398,000 | |||||
Total | 15,538 | 17,873 | $ 6,484,490 | 8,233,335 | $ 417,000 | 461,000 |
Of the total homes in backlog listed above, 128 homes with a backlog dollar value of
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(1) | During the six months ended May 31, 2025, backlog includes 914 acquired homes of which 186, 717 and 11 homes were in the Central, South Central and West homebuilding segments, respectively. |
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (In thousands, except per share amounts) (unaudited)
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May 31, 2025 | November 30, 2024 | ||
ASSETS | |||
Homebuilding: | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 1,168,143 | 4,662,643 | |
Restricted cash | 23,987 | 11,799 | |
Receivables, net | 995,664 | 1,053,211 | |
Inventories: | |||
Finished homes and construction in progress | 10,104,530 | 10,884,861 | |
Land and land under development | 1,270,931 | 4,750,025 | |
Inventory owned | 11,375,461 | 15,634,886 | |
Consolidated inventory not owned | 2,660,686 | 4,084,665 | |
Inventory owned and consolidated inventory not owned | 14,036,147 | 19,719,551 | |
Deposits and pre-acquisition costs on real estate | 5,265,591 | 3,625,372 | |
Investments in unconsolidated entities | 2,699,981 | 1,344,836 | |
Goodwill | 3,442,359 | 3,442,359 | |
Other assets | 1,759,645 | 1,734,698 | |
29,391,517 | 35,594,469 | ||
Financial Services | 3,059,237 | 3,516,550 | |
Multifamily | 1,133,255 | 1,306,818 | |
Lennar Other | 790,537 | 894,944 | |
Total assets | $ 34,374,546 | 41,312,781 | |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | |||
Homebuilding: | |||
Accounts payable | $ 2,126,002 | 1,839,440 | |
Liabilities related to consolidated inventory not owned | 2,317,996 | 3,563,934 | |
Senior notes and other debts payable, net | 2,791,987 | 2,258,283 | |
Other liabilities | 2,584,497 | 3,201,552 | |
9,820,482 | 10,863,209 | ||
Financial Services | 1,592,386 | 2,140,708 | |
Multifamily | 134,922 | 181,883 | |
Lennar Other | 94,874 | 105,756 | |
Total liabilities | 11,642,664 | 13,291,556 | |
Stockholders' equity: | |||
Preferred stock | — | — | |
Class A common stock of | 26,136 | 25,998 | |
Class B common stock of | 3,660 | 3,660 | |
Additional paid-in capital | 5,842,732 | 5,729,434 | |
Retained earnings | 21,645,991 | 25,753,078 | |
Treasury stock | (4,945,458) | (3,649,564) | |
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 6,019 | 7,529 | |
Total stockholders' equity | 22,579,080 | 27,870,135 | |
Noncontrolling interests | 152,802 | 151,090 | |
Total equity | 22,731,882 | 28,021,225 | |
Total liabilities and equity | $ 34,374,546 | 41,312,781 |
LENNAR CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES Supplemental Data (Dollars in thousands) (unaudited)
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May 31, 2025 | November 30, 2024 | May 31, 2024 | |||
Homebuilding debt | $ 2,791,987 | 2,258,283 | 2,241,507 | ||
Stockholders' equity | 22,579,080 | 27,870,135 | 26,877,874 | ||
Total capital | $ 25,371,067 | 30,128,418 | 29,119,381 | ||
Homebuilding debt to total capital | 11.0 % | 7.5 % | 7.7 % | ||
Homebuilding debt | $ 2,791,987 | 2,258,283 | 2,241,507 | ||
Less: Homebuilding cash and cash equivalents | 1,168,143 | 4,662,643 | 3,597,493 | ||
Net homebuilding debt | $ 1,623,844 | (2,404,360) | (1,355,986) | ||
Net homebuilding debt to total capital (1) | 6.7 % | (9.4) % | (5.3) % |
(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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