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Lennar Profit Slides 46% as Revenue Misses and Q4 Deliveries Come In Below Wall Street Targets

Incentive-heavy selling to counter high mortgage costs is eroding profitability.

Overview

  • The homebuilder reported third-quarter earnings of $2.29 per share, down from $4.26 a year earlier.
  • Revenue fell 8.7% to $8.25 billion, missing analyst expectations of roughly $9 billion.
  • Fourth-quarter home deliveries are guided to 22,000–23,000 units, short of LSEG-tracked forecasts above 25,000.
  • Shares fell about 4.4% in after-hours trading following the results and outlook.
  • Lennar cited pressure on margins from mortgage-rate buydowns and other incentives, while management emphasized margin rebuilding and said tariffs should not affect operations as BofA expects little near-term lift from the Fed’s recent cut.