Landsea Homes Corporation (NASDAQ: LSEA) has experienced a rise in its stock price by 1.12 compared to its previous closing price of 8.05. However, the company has seen a gain of 4.63% in its stock price over the last five trading days. prnewswire.com reported 2025-01-14 that Ecobee smart doorbell camera, energy-efficient windows, and WaterSense fixtures for enhanced water efficiency now standard High Performance Homes provide a healthy lifestyle, connected living, ease, security, and privacy for homeowners’ overall well-being DALLAS, Jan. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Landsea Homes Corporation (Nasdaq: LSEA) (“Landsea Homes” or the “Company”), a publicly traded residential homebuilder, today introduced several new features that are new standard offerings as part of its industry-leading High Performance Home program. “We have adopted several new technology features and upgrades for our High Performance Homes heading into 2025 that will allow us to provide our homeowners’ with enhanced security, and the very latest in home automation and energy savings,” said John Ho, CEO of Landsea Homes.
Is It Worth Investing in Landsea Homes Corporation (NASDAQ: LSEA) Right Now?
The price-to-earnings ratio for Landsea Homes Corporation (NASDAQ: LSEA) is above average at 11.29x, Company’s 36-month beta value is 1.20.Analysts have differing opinions on the stock, with 3 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 2 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for LSEA is 20.46M, and currently, short sellers hold a 4.82% ratio of that floaft. The average trading volume of LSEA on January 20, 2025 was 321.36K shares.
LSEA’s Market Performance
LSEA’s stock has seen a 4.63% increase for the week, with a -15.03% drop in the past month and a -33.17% fall in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 4.74%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 4.75% for Landsea Homes Corporation The simple moving average for the past 20 days is -2.60% for LSEA’s stock, with a -24.25% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of LSEA
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for LSEA stocks, with Oppenheimer repeating the rating for LSEA by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for LSEA in the upcoming period, according to Oppenheimer is $14 based on the research report published on May 31, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Wedbush, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see LSEA reach a price target of $16. The rating they have provided for LSEA stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on June 23rd, 2023.
LSEA Trading at -17.21% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought LSEA to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -45.41% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 4.75%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 4.74%, as shares sank -13.95% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -30.66% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, LSEA rose by +4.63%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -38.70% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $8.36. In addition, Landsea Homes Corporation saw -4.12% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at LSEA starting from Tian Ming, who sale 2,521,740 shares at the price of $10.25 back on Dec 09 ’24. After this action, Tian Ming now owns 6,543,411 shares of Landsea Homes Corporation, valued at $25,847,835 using the latest closing price.
Tian Ming, the Director of Landsea Homes Corporation, sale 378,260 shares at $10.25 during a trade that took place back on Dec 10 ’24, which means that Tian Ming is holding 6,165,151 shares at $3,877,165 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for LSEA
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.03 for the present operating margin
- 0.16 for the gross margin
The net margin for Landsea Homes Corporation stands at 0.02. The total capital return value is set at 0.03. Equity return is now at value 4.05, with 1.66 for asset returns.
Based on Landsea Homes Corporation (LSEA), the company’s capital structure generated 0.52 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.03. The debt to equity ratio resting at 1.1. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 897.88.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 45.39 million with net debt to EBITDA at 14.91. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.68. The receivables turnover for the company is 269.16for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.85. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 4.64.
Conclusion
In a nutshell, Landsea Homes Corporation (LSEA) has experienced a bad performance in recent times. The stock has received mixed “buy” and “hold” ratings from analysts. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
