Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Our Class A and Class B common stock are listed on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") under the symbols "LEN" and "LEN.B," respectively. As of December 31, 2021, the last reported sale price of our Class A and Class B common stock on the NYSE was $116.16 and $95.62, respectively. As of December 31, 2021, there were approximately 1,629 and 844 holders of record of our Class A and Class B common stock, respectively.
On January 12, 2022, our Board of Directors increased the annual dividend rate to $1.50 per share, resulting in a quarterly cash dividend of $0.375 per share on both our Class A and Class B common stock. The dividend is payable on February 10, 2022 to holders of record at the close of business on January 27, 2022.
The following table provides information about our repurchases of common stock during the three months ended November 30, 2021:
| Period: | Total Number of Shares Purchased (1) | Average Price Paid Per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (2) | Maximum Number of Shares that may yet be Purchased under the Plans or Programs (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
| September 1 to September 30, 2021 | 1,245,420 | $ | 98.61 | 1,245,000 | 19,745,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| October 1 to October 31, 2021 | 7,466,076 | $ | 96.56 | 7,466,076 | 22,697,884 | ||||||||||||||||||
| November 1 to November 30, 2021 | 1,289,481 | $ | 103.74 | 1,288,924 | 21,408,960 |
(1)Includes shares of Class A and Class B common stock withheld by us to cover withholding taxes due with market value approximating the amount of withholding taxes due.
(2)In January 2021, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program, which replaced a January 2019 stock repurchase program, under which we were authorized to purchase up to the lesser of $1.0 billion in value, excluding commission, or 25 million in shares, of our outstanding Class A or Class B common stock. The repurchase authority had no expiration date. In October 2021, the Board of Directors authorized an increase to the stock repurchase program to enable us to repurchase up to the lesser of an additional $1.0 billion in value, excluding commission, or 25 million shares, of our outstanding Class A or Class B common stock. The repurchase authority has no expiration date. Shortly after the new authorization, the January 2021 stock repurchase program was completed as we had purchased the $1.0 billion in value authorized under that stock repurchase program.
The information required by Item 201(d) of Regulation S-K relating to equity compensation plans is provided in Item 12 of this Report.
Performance Graph
The following graph compares the five-year cumulative total return of our Class A common stock with the Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index and the Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index. The graph assumes $100 invested on November 30, 2016 in our Class A common stock, the Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index and the Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index, and the reinvestment of all dividends.

| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lennar Corporation | $ | 100 | 148 | 103 | 144 | 183 | 256 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction Index | $ | 100 | 179 | 127 | 186 | 227 | 318 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index | $ | 100 | 102 | 107 | 124 | 147 | 186 |
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