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HOV

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.

HOV

NYSE·Consumer Cyclical·Residential Construction·Mkt cap $684.7M

$134.53

-0.36%

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52-Week Range

$91.52 - $162.06

P/E

20.89

Fwd P/E

-38.99

Beta

1.86

Div Yield

0.00%

Avg Vol

123.3K

Shares Out

5.2M

Mkt Cap

$684.7M

Price action

Price chart

Up 15.0% over the trailing year

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Total returns

Price performance

Total return across standard periods - splits & dividends adjusted by FMP. Periods longer than 1Y show annualized in the tooltip.

Why we rate it this way

The thesis at a glance

Bull and bear case · plain-English context across the five lenses we evaluate.

Bull Case

5 reasons

  • 65+ year operating history and brand recognition in residential construction
  • Diversified buyer targeting across first-time, move-up, luxury, and active lifestyle segments
  • Integrated mortgage and title insurance services creating customer convenience and additional margins
  • Established land portfolio and development pipeline across multiple U.S. markets
  • Multi-generational customer relationships and repeat buyer loyalty

Bear Case

1 risk

  • Above-average volatility (beta 1.9).

Growth

Profitability at risk

Rising housing demand from demographic shifts and millennial/Gen Z household formation

Value

Deep value opportunity - significant discount to Homebuilders peers

Momentum

Hot

+21.8% over 3m

Quality

Stable

Strong fundamentals

Dividend

None

No dividend

Earnings track record

Latest print - beat on both lines

AI-summarized recap of last quarter, plus the surprise on every print.

Next: Aug 20, 2026

Q2 26 RECAP

MAY 21, 2026

Reported EPS of -$0.46 vs -$2.04 consensus (+77.5% surprise). Revenue of $667.6M vs $626.4M expected (+6.6%). Beat on both top and bottom lines.

EPS beat +77.5%
Rev beat +6.6%
Double beat

EPS surprise · last 4Q

1 of 1 beats

Q2 26

+77.5%

Next: Aug 20, 2026

Revenue trend · last 8Q

+14%

-3%

+11%

-17%

-6%

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Q3 24

Q4 24

Q1 25

Q2 25

Q3 25

Q4 25

Q1 26

$708.4M

$722.7M

$979.6M

$673.6M

$686.5M

$800.6M

$817.9M

$632.0M

Margins · last 8Q

Gross

97.0%

Operating

89.0%

Profit

3.3%

Wall Street consensus

Analyst coverage

Live ratings and price targets aggregated across covering analysts.

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vs Industry

How HOV stacks vs Residential Construction

Stock metrics vs industry averages. Green = better than industry.

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