Lennox International (NYSE:LII) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Lennox International (NYSE:LII) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 22.000-23.500 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 23.210. The company issued revenue guidance of $5.4 billion-$5.4 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.5 billion.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently weighed in on the company. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on Lennox International from $570.00 to $615.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, October 7th. Morgan Stanley started coverage on Lennox International in a research report on Monday, January 6th. They set an “underweight” rating and a $595.00 price objective for the company. Mizuho cut Lennox International from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their target price for the company from $675.00 to $625.00 in a report on Thursday. KeyCorp downgraded shares of Lennox International from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 15th. Finally, Barclays dropped their price objective on Lennox International from $674.00 to $665.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Lennox International presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $586.29.

Lennox International Trading Down 8.6 %

Shares of LII stock opened at $605.75 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $21.58 billion, a PE ratio of 28.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.95 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.39. The business’s fifty day moving average is $642.08 and its 200 day moving average is $607.18. Lennox International has a 52-week low of $412.09 and a 52-week high of $682.50.

Lennox International (NYSE:LII) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The construction company reported $5.60 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.12 by $1.48. Lennox International had a net margin of 14.63% and a return on equity of 148.52%. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Lennox International will post 21.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Lennox International Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were given a $1.15 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $4.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.76%. Lennox International’s dividend payout ratio is currently 21.84%.

Insider Transactions at Lennox International

In other news, CAO Chris Kosel sold 200 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $625.49, for a total value of $125,098.00. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 1,446 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $904,458.54. This represents a 12.15 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Sherry Buck sold 500 shares of Lennox International stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $660.74, for a total value of $330,370.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 1,693 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,118,632.82. This represents a 22.80 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 1,200 shares of company stock valued at $793,228. Company insiders own 10.40% of the company’s stock.

About Lennox International

Lennox International Inc, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets a range of products for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration markets in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The Home Comfort Solutions segment provides furnaces, air conditioners, heat pumps, packaged heating and cooling systems, indoor air quality equipment, comfort control products, and replacement parts and supplies; residential heating, ventilation, cooling equipment, and air conditioning; and evaporator coils and unit heaters under Lennox, Dave Lennox Signature Collection, Armstrong Air, Ducane, AirEase, Concord, MagicPak, Advanced Distributor Products, Allied, Elite Series, Merit Series, Comfort Sync, Healthy Climate, iComfort, ComfortSense, and Lennox Stores name.