Despite market ‘choppiness,’ deliveries and orders surge while backlog slips.
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Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN and LEN.B), today reported net income of $239.9 million, or $0.74 per diluted share, for its first fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2019. The gain compared to first quarter net earnings attributable to Lennar in 2018 of $136.2 million, or $0.53 per diluted share. Analysts were expecting a gain of $0.75 per share.