Wedbush Issues Pessimistic Forecast for LGI Homes Earnings

LGI Homes, Inc. (NASDAQ:LGIH) – Investment analysts at Wedbush decreased their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for LGI Homes in a report issued on Tuesday, April 29th. Wedbush analyst J. Mccanless now expects that the financial services provider will earn $2.20 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $2.42. Wedbush has a “Neutral” rating and a $115.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for LGI Homes’ current full-year earnings is $8.46 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for LGI Homes’ Q4 2025 earnings at $2.70 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.38 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.89 EPS.

Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Seaport Res Ptn raised LGI Homes from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on LGI Homes from $82.00 to $80.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, JMP Securities reissued a “market outperform” rating and set a $140.00 price target on shares of LGI Homes in a report on Wednesday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $111.67.

LGI Homes Stock Performance

Shares of LGI Homes stock opened at $55.09 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 12.72, a quick ratio of 0.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.77. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $65.00 and its 200 day simple moving average is $85.51. LGI Homes has a 12 month low of $52.48 and a 12 month high of $125.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.61 and a beta of 1.93.

LGI Homes (NASDAQ:LGIH) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 29th. The financial services provider reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.75 by ($0.29). LGI Homes had a return on equity of 10.32% and a net margin of 8.75%. The firm had revenue of $351.42 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $380.07 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.72 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

Insider Transactions at LGI Homes

In related news, COO Michael Larry Snider sold 1,105 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $75.94, for a total transaction of $83,913.70. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 27,102 shares in the company, valued at $2,058,125.88. The trade was a 3.92 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 12.30% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On LGI Homes

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of LGIH. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in LGI Homes by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,274,907 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $203,377,000 after acquiring an additional 54,039 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of LGI Homes by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 1,504,384 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $134,491,000 after buying an additional 6,706 shares during the last quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP increased its stake in shares of LGI Homes by 2.7% in the fourth quarter. Wasatch Advisors LP now owns 1,395,710 shares of the financial services provider’s stock worth $124,776,000 after buying an additional 36,608 shares during the last quarter. Khrom Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in LGI Homes by 19.4% in the fourth quarter. Khrom Capital Management LLC now owns 1,095,801 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $97,965,000 after buying an additional 177,698 shares during the last quarter. Finally, River Road Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of LGI Homes by 30.6% in the 4th quarter. River Road Asset Management LLC now owns 907,923 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $81,168,000 after acquiring an additional 212,468 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.89% of the company’s stock.

About LGI Homes

LGI Homes, Inc designs, constructs, and sells homes. It offers entry-level homes, such as attached and detached homes, and active adult homes under the LGI Homes brand name; and luxury series homes under the Terrata Homes brand name. The company also engages in the wholesale business, which include building and selling homes to large institutions looking to acquire single-family rental properties.