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Lennar (BSP:L1EN34) Piotroski F-Score : 3 (As of Jul. 17, 2025)


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What is Lennar Piotroski F-Score?

Warning Sign:

Piotroski F-Score of 3 is low, which usually implies poor business operation.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Lennar has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lennar's Piotroski F-Score or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:L1EN34' s Piotroski F-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3   Med: 6   Max: 9
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski F-Score of Lennar was 9. The lowest was 3. And the median was 6.


Lennar Piotroski F-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lennar's Piotroski F-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lennar Piotroski F-Score Chart

Lennar Annual Data
Trend Nov15 Nov16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23 Nov24
Piotroski F-Score
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Lennar Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Lennar's Piotroski F-Score

For the Residential Construction subindustry, Lennar's Piotroski F-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Piotroski F-Score 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 Piotroski F-Score Distribution in the Homebuilding & Construction Industry

For the Homebuilding & Construction industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lennar's Piotroski F-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lennar's Piotroski F-Score falls into.


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How is the Piotroski F-Score calculated?

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

This Year (May25) TTM:Last Year (May24) TTM:
Net Income was 6454.817 + 6353.766 + 2994.444 + 2705.417 = R$18,508 Mil.
Cash Flow from Operations was 4548.219 + 5648.328 + -1665.98 + -6204.833 = R$2,326 Mil.
Revenue was 52275.04 + 57653.158 + 43986.699 + 47470.277 = R$201,385 Mil.
Gross Profit was 11508.48 + 12972.373 + 4962.926 + 4558.222 = R$34,002 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of this year (May24)
to the end of this year (May25) was
(198628.087 + 220630.01 + 239453.01 + 201652.9 + 194779.927) / 5 = R$211028.7868 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of this year (May24) was R$198,628 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$23,845 Mil.
Total Current Assets was R$110,184 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was R$12,047 Mil.
Net Income was 5435.411 + 6667.584 + 3568.544 + 4902.105 = R$20,574 Mil.

Revenue was 42785.53 + 53722.16 + 36278.714 + 45027.093 = R$177,813 Mil.
Gross Profit was 10714.905 + 10025.545 + 5334.034 + 7167.788 = R$33,242 Mil.
Average Total Assets from the begining of last year (May23)
to the end of last year (May24) was
(183599.196 + 183491.738 + 192169.616 + 193233.003 + 198628.087) / 5 = R$190224.328 Mil.
Total Assets at the begining of last year (May23) was R$183,599 Mil.
Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation was R$18,758 Mil.
Total Current Assets was R$142,800 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was R$8,873 Mil.

*Note: If the latest quarterly/semi-annual/annual total assets data is 0, then we will use previous quarterly/semi-annual/annual data for all the items in the balance sheet.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

Net income before extraordinary items for the year divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Lennar's current Net Income (TTM) was 18,508. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 2. Cash Flow Return on Assets (CFROA)

Net cash flow from operating activities (operating cash flow) divided by Total Assets at the beginning of the year.

Score 1 if positive, 0 if negative.

Lennar's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 2,326. ==> Positive ==> Score 1.

Question 3. Change in Return on Assets

Compare this year's return on assets (1) to last year's return on assets.

Score 1 if it's higher, 0 if it's lower.

ROA (This Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (May24)
=18508.444/198628.087
=0.0931814

ROA (Last Year)=Net Income/Total Assets (May23)
=20573.644/183599.196
=0.11205738

Lennar's return on assets of this year was 0.0931814. Lennar's return on assets of last year was 0.11205738. ==> Last year is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 4. Quality of Earnings (Accrual)

Compare Cash flow return on assets (2) to return on assets (1)

Score 1 if CFROA > ROA, 0 if CFROA <= ROA.

Lennar's current Net Income (TTM) was 18,508. Lennar's current Cash Flow from Operations (TTM) was 2,326. ==> 2,326 <= 18,508 ==> CFROA <= ROA ==> Score 0.

Funding

Question 5. Change in Gearing or Leverage

Compare this year's gearing (long-term debt divided by average total assets) to last year's gearing.

Score 0 if this year's gearing is higher, 1 otherwise.

Gearing (This Year: May25)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from May24 to May25
=23844.92/211028.7868
=0.11299368

Gearing (Last Year: May24)=Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation/Average Total Assets from May23 to May24
=18757.585/190224.328
=0.09860771

Lennar's gearing of this year was 0.11299368. Lennar's gearing of last year was 0.09860771. ==> Last year is lower than this year ==> Score 0.

Question 6. Change in Working Capital (Liquidity)

Compare this year's current ratio (current assets divided by current liabilities) to last year's current ratio.

Score 1 if this year's current ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Current Ratio (This Year: May25)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=110183.805/12046.778
=9.14632983

Current Ratio (Last Year: May24)=Total Current Assets/Total Current Liabilities
=142799.83/8873.093
=16.09357977

Lennar's current ratio of this year was 9.14632983. Lennar's current ratio of last year was 16.09357977. ==> Last year's current ratio is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 7. Change in Shares in Issue

Compare the number of shares in issue this year, to the number in issue last year.

Score 0 if there is larger number of shares in issue this year, 1 otherwise.

Lennar's number of shares in issue this year was 260.286. Lennar's number of shares in issue last year was 273.703. ==> There is smaller number of shares in issue this year, or the same. ==> Score 1.

Efficiency

Question 8. Change in Gross Margin

Compare this year's gross margin (Gross Profit divided by sales) to last year's.

Score 1 if this year's gross margin is higher, 0 if it's lower.

Gross Margin (This Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=34002.001/201385.174
=0.16884064

Gross Margin (Last Year: TTM)=Gross Profit/Revenue
=33242.272/177813.497
=0.18695022

Lennar's gross margin of this year was 0.16884064. Lennar's gross margin of last year was 0.18695022. ==> Last year's gross margin is higher ==> Score 0.

Question 9. Change in asset turnover

Compare this year's asset turnover (total sales for the year divided by total assets at the beginning of the year) to last year's asset turnover ratio.

Score 1 if this year's asset turnover ratio is higher, 0 if it's lower

Asset Turnover (This Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of This Year (May24)
=201385.174/198628.087
=1.01388065

Asset Turnover (Last Year)=Revenue/Total Assets at the Beginning of Last Year (May23)
=177813.497/183599.196
=0.96848734

Lennar's asset turnover of this year was 1.01388065. Lennar's asset turnover of last year was 0.96848734. ==> This year's asset turnover is higher. ==> Score 1.

Evaluation

Piotroski F-Score= Que. 1+ Que. 2+ Que. 3+Que. 4+Que. 5+Que. 6+Que. 7+Que. 8+Que. 9
=1+1+0+0+0+0+1+0+1
=4

Good or high score = 7, 8, 9
Bad or low score = 0, 1, 2, 3

Lennar has an F-score of 4 indicating the company's financial situation is typical for a stable company.

Lennar  (BSP:L1EN34) Piotroski F-Score Explanation

The developer of the system is Joseph D. Piotroski is relatively unknown accounting professor who shuns publicity and rarely gives interviews.

He graduated from the University of Illinois with a B.S. in accounting in 1989, received an M.B.A. from Indiana University in 1994. Five years later, in 1999, after earning a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Michigan, he became an associate professor of accounting at the University of Chicago.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Value Investing: The Use of Historical Financial Statement Information to Separate Winners from Losers" (pdf).

He wanted to see if he can develop a system (using a simple nine-point scoring system) that can increase the returns of a strategy of investing in low price to book (referred to in the paper as high book to market) value companies.

What he found was something that exceeded his most optimistic expectations.

Buying only those companies that scored highest (8 or 9) on his nine-point scale, or F-Score as he called it, over the 20 year period from 1976 to 1996 led to an average out-performance over the market of 13.4%.

Even more impressive were the results of a strategy of investing in the highest F-Score companies (8 or 9) and shorting companies with the lowest F-Score (0 or 1).

Over the same period from 1976 to 1996 (20 years) this strategy led to an average yearly return of 23%, substantially outperforming the average S&P 500 index return of 15.83% over the same period.


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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, active adult, and luxury 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.

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