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Are Investors Undervaluing Lennar (LEN) Right Now?

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Here at Zacks, our focus is on the proven Zacks Rank system, which emphasizes earnings estimates and estimate revisions to find great stocks. Nevertheless, we are always paying attention to the latest value, growth, and momentum trends to underscore strong picks.

Of these, perhaps no stock market trend is more popular than value investing, which is a strategy that has proven to be successful in all sorts of market environments. Value investors rely on traditional forms of analysis on key valuation metrics to find stocks that they believe are undervalued, leaving room for profits.

In addition to the Zacks Rank, investors looking for stocks with specific traits can utilize our Style Scores system. Of course, value investors will be most interested in the system's "Value" category. Stocks with "A" grades for Value and high Zacks Ranks are among the best value stocks available at any given moment.

Lennar (LEN - Free Report) is a stock many investors are watching right now. LEN is currently sporting a Zacks Rank of #2 (Buy) and an A for Value. The stock is trading with a P/E ratio of 9.37, which compares to its industry's average of 9.70. Over the last 12 months, LEN's Forward P/E has been as high as 11.81 and as low as 6.96, with a median of 9.96.

Another valuation metric that we should highlight is LEN's P/B ratio of 1.52. The P/B ratio is used to compare a stock's market value with its book value, which is defined as total assets minus total liabilities. This stock's P/B looks attractive against its industry's average P/B of 1.55. Within the past 52 weeks, LEN's P/B has been as high as 1.52 and as low as 1.03, with a median of 1.27.

These figures are just a handful of the metrics value investors tend to look at, but they help show that Lennar is likely being undervalued right now. Considering this, as well as the strength of its earnings outlook, LEN feels like a great value stock at the moment.


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