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Overview · Lennox International Inc.
Lennox International Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and markets a range of products for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration markets in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Residential Heating & Cooling, Commercial Heating & Cooling, and Refrigeration. The Residential Heating & Cooling segment provides furnaces, air…
Management team
- Mr. Richard A. Pelini · VP & TreasurerFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Michael Quenzer · Executive VP & CFOFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Daniel M. Sessa · Executive VP & Chief HR OfficerFind on LinkedIn
- Mary Ellen Mondi · Vice President of Marketing & CommunicationFind on LinkedIn
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Moneyta sentiment
Where the published evidence leans after the desk debated it, not a rating or a recommendation.
−0.6 on a −2 to +2 scale.
What builds the score
Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.
Editor's note
Written after the debate settled. The rest of the page is the evidence behind it.
The evidence balance is Cautious (‑0.6; confidence high). Revenues fell from $1,500,900,000 in the quarter ended 30 June 2025 (Q2 2025) to $1,135,100,000 in fiscal quarter ended 2026-04-22 (Q1 2026), with gross profit down from $517,500,000 to $351,300,000 and operating income down from $354,000,000 to $163,500,000 over the same pair of quarters. Net income moved from $277,600,000 in Q2 2025 to $117,200,000 in Q1 2026, while shares outstanding per DEI fell from 35,484,828 (14 April 2025) to 34,799,968 (22 April 2026).
Market signals show material weakness: momentum readings are strongly negative (three‑month ‑35.3%, six‑month ‑29.5%, 12_1 ‑32.7%), price sits below the 50‑day and 200‑day SMAs (‑8.3% and ‑26.2%, respectively), and three‑year drawdown is large (‑46.9%). At the same time institutional reported holdings total $14.99B as of 2026-06-30 with quarter‑over‑quarter reported inflows (+24.5%), and valuation multiples are moderate (P/E ttm 15.83; EV/EBITDA 10.78) despite negative free cash flow (ttm FCF ‑$267,200,000).
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
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Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC (revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter) and reports which way the trend is running.
Revenues were 1,135,100,000 USD in fiscal Q1 2026, ended 31 March 2026.
XBRL companyfacts · 0001069202-26-000054Revenues were 1,500,900,000 USD in the quarter ended 30 June 2025 (Q2 2025).
XBRL companyfacts · 0001069202-25-000032Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full: its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet; its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
The Company disclosed a new form of Long-Term Incentive Award Agreement for U.S. employees (Vice President and above) in an 8-K filed September 18, 2026.
8-K filed 2026-09-18In the Management's Discussion and Analysis in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed July 29, 2026, management stated that net sales were $1,545 million in the second quarter of 2026, reflecting a 3% increase compared to the same period in 2025, and reported diluted earnings per share of $7.72 for the quarter.
10-Q filed 2026-07-29Reads the signal panel above (momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta) and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
Momentum readings are strongly negative: 3‑month momentum is -35.3%, 6‑month momentum is -29.5%, and the 12_1 momentum is -32.7%.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-10-09weakened in debatePrice is below both medium- and long-term moving averages: price is -8.3% vs the 50‑day SMA and -26.2% vs the 200‑day SMA, and the security is not in a golden cross state.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-10-09Reads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
Institutional 13F-reported holdings total $14.99B as of 2026-06-30, with reported aggregate value up 24.5% quarter-over-quarter and 657 institutional holders (holder_count_delta_qoq: +26).
13F holdings · 657 filers · as of 2026-06-30Top reported institutional holders include BlackRock, Inc. ($1.70B), Capital International Investors ($1.42B), VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC ($1.18B), VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP ($911.5M), and STATE STREET CORP ($852.2M); several of these show double-digit reported quarter-over-quarter value increases (e.g., +23.6%, +23.6%, +24.9%, +27.4%).
13F holdings · 657 filers · as of 2026-06-30Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
Lennox will report third quarter 2026 financial results before the market opens on Wednesday, Oct 28, 2026, and will host an earnings conference call and webcast that day at 8:30 a.m. Central Time.
News · finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-08An outlet reports Lennox confirmed a quarterly cash dividend of $1.36 per share, payable on October 15, 2026 to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2026.
News · simplywall.st · 2026-10-02Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5: who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
On 2026-05-06, Kosel Chris (VP‑Corp Controller and CAO) reported a sale of 971 shares for a value of "$529k".
Form 4 · Kosel Chris (VP-Corp Controller and CAO) · $529k sold · 2026-05-06NORRIS JOHN W III (Director) reported acquisitions: 343 shares on 2026-05-21 (action "code A"), 990 shares on 2026-05-28 (action "code G"), and 8,988 shares on 2026-08-06 (action "code G"), each with value "$0" in the respective filings.
Form 4 · NORRIS JOHN W III (Director) · $0 code G · 2026-08-06Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
The share price was $356.44 and market capitalization was $12,404,100,594 as of the price date 2026-10-09.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closePrice-to-earnings on a trailing twelve-month basis is 15.83 (eps_ttm = $22.51), which is a moderate multiple relative to many industrials.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score. The argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
Several pieces of evidence together support a favorable read: institutional reported holdings increased materially quarter-over-quarter and large, well-known managers raised reported exposure, while shares outstanding declined — signals that large investors were adding or concentrating exposure as share count fell. Valuation multiples (P/E ~15.8, EV/EBITDA ~10.8) are moderate relative to many industrials and the company shows positive operating income and EBITDA on a trailing twelve‑month basis, which aligns with dividend continuity (quarterly cash dividend confirmed) and can explain institutional interest. Management commentary in the 10-Q described second quarter 2026 net sales up 3% year-over-year and strong diluted EPS for that quarter, which supports the case that recent operational performance had pockets of strength despite segment headwinds. Taken together, these claims suggest investor appetite and accounting profitability that, by diversification and valuation principles, can be read as favorable signals even while other indicators flag risk.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
balanced0.33
36 surviving claims rest on 17 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 19% of them, and 99% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The evidence base is moderately robust: 36 surviving claims draw on 17 distinct sources, so multiple document types support the read. However a single analyst contributes a sizable chunk of the desk's view and nearly all proposed claims survived review, which raises the risk that unchallenged assumptions or shared data pipelines could amplify systematic errors — treat weight as informative but not definitive.
Peer context · computed, not argued
12-1 momentum ranks 5th of 5 in Building Products & Equipment (as of 2026-10-09).
6-month relative strength ranks 5th of 5 in Building Products & Equipment (as of 2026-10-09).
90-day volatility ranks 1st of 5 in Building Products & Equipment (as of 2026-10-09).
dividend yield ranks 3rd of 5 in Building Products & Equipment (as of 2026-10-09).
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
Context
Outside consensus, and where this name already sits in your own portfolio.
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What this was built from
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10 filings· 2 cited
SEC XBRL filings
Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data, not retyped or estimated.
Read by Mercer−0.3 to the score
9 documents· 4 cited
SEC filing documents
The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.
Read by Oakes−0.4 to the score
1 signal set
Moneyta signal set
Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.
Read by Nash−1.1 to the score
3 holdings records· 1 cited
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis+0.8 to the score
3 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
12 filings· 2 cited
Insider filings
Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state, with stated and inferred flags kept apart.
Read by Talbot−0.2 to the score
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
Sector, industry and company details.
1 record· 0 cited
Analyst consensus
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