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LEN (Lennar) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % : 10.95% (As of Aug. 2024)


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What is Lennar Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %?

Lennar's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was $49,044 Mil. Lennar's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2024 was $5,374 Mil. Lennar's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was 10.95%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lennar's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

LEN' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.12   Med: 8.98   Max: 26.44
Current: 11.76

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Lennar was 26.44%. The lowest was 5.12%. And the median was 8.98%.

LEN's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
74.76% of 103 companies
in the Homebuilding & Construction industry
Industry Median: 7.49 vs LEN: 11.76

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Lennar's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was 26.41%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Lennar Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lennar's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

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Lennar Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Chart

Lennar Annual Data
Trend Nov14 Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.19 11.09 14.66 25.19 15.75

Lennar Quarterly Data
Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 15.70 15.75 12.74 12.66 10.95

Competitive Comparison of Lennar's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

For the Residential Construction subindustry, Lennar's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lennar's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution in the Homebuilding & Construction Industry

For the Homebuilding & Construction industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lennar's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lennar's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Lennar Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Lennars Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=5439.646/34531.74816
=15.75 %

Lennar's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $5,374 Mil.



Lennar  (NYSE:LEN) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Lennar Business Description

Address
5505 Waterford District Drive, Miami, FL, USA, 33126
Lennar is one of the largest public homebuilders in the United States. The company's homebuilding operations target first-time, move-up, and active adult homebuyers mainly under the Lennar brand name. Lennar's financial-services segment provides mortgage financing and related services to its homebuyers. Miami-based Lennar is also involved in multifamily and single-family for rent construction and has invested in numerous housing-related technology startups.
Executives
Amy Banse director 345 PARK AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95110
Diane J Bessette officer: VP/CFO/Treasurer LENNAR CORPORATION, 700 NW 107 AVE 4TH FLR, MIAMI FL 33172
Mark Sustana officer: VP/General Counsel/Secretary LENNAR CORPORATION, 700 NW 107 AVE 4TH FLR, MIAMI FL 33172
David M Collins officer: VP & Controller LENNAR CORPORATION, 700 NW 107 AVENUE STE 400, MIAMI FL 33172
Jeffrey Joseph Mccall officer: Executive Vice President 26 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, IRVINE CA 92618
Dacona Smith director 5505 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, MIAMI FL 33126
Serena Wolfe director ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC., 1211 AVE. OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Jonathan M Jaffe director, officer: Vice President LENNAR CORPORATION, 700 NW 107 AVE 4TH FLR, MIAMI FL 33172
Scott D Stowell director
Irving Bolotin director LENNAR CORPORATION, 700 NW 107 AVE 4TH FLR, MIAMI FL 33172
Steven L Gerard director P.O. BOX 554, MILWAUKEE WI 53201-0554
Armando J Olivera director C/O FLUOR CORPORATION, 6700 LAS COLINAS BLVD, IRVING TX 75039
Sherrill W Hudson director 201 SOUTH BISCAYNE BOULEVARD, 34TH FLOOR, MIAMI CENTER, MIAMI FL 33131
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld director 14 WALL ST 13TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10005
Theron I Gilliam director GMS INC., 100 CRESCENT CENTRE PARKWAY, SUITE 800, TUCKER GA 30084