Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
HOV · Price history
Price at last available close
$101.54
−$10.65 (-9.49%) 1M
2026-10-28
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Company & revenue
About Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.
Primary reporting period: 2025-10-31 · Research updated Oct 12, 2026. A research update is not a new financial filing.
Who they are
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. is a leading company focused on the entire process of developing residential properties across the United States. This includes everything from the initial design and construction to the marketing and eventual sale of homes. Their diverse housing portfolio encompasses traditional single-family detached houses, attached townhomes and condominiums, urban infill developments, and dedicated active adult communities.
How they make money
Hovnanian Enterprises operates as a homebuilder and financial services provider. It generates revenue primarily through the design, construction, and sale of single-family homes and townhomes, while its financial services segment provides mortgage loans and title services to its homebuilding customers to facilitate the home-buying process.
Products & services
Single-family homes, attached townhomes, mortgage loan origination, and title services.
Brands & revenue mix
Primary brand under which the company conducts its homebuilding operations.
Separate brand revenue is not available in this research.Source
Revenue share is not unit sales or a best-seller ranking. Parent brands and included sub-brands can overlap; do not add overlapping rows.
Product / operating segments
Geographic revenue
No reconciled geographic revenue breakdown was confirmed for the current research period.
Customer types
Customer concentration
The company does not rely on any single customer for a significant portion of its revenue as it sells homes to individual homebuyers.
Suppliers, materials & equipment
- Construction materials and labor subcontractors — The company relies on various third-party suppliers for building materials and subcontractors for construction labor.Source
Strengths
Financial risk observations and what to check
These are saved observations about business performance, not predictions. Review the company filings alongside the interpretation below. Latest stored financial period end: 2026-07-31.
Quarterly EPS turned negative at -0.70 versus 1.99 a year earlier.
Separate recurring operating losses from noncash or one-time charges, and check cash flow rather than interpreting negative EPS as a cash-outflow amount.
Quarterly net income turned from a profit to a loss versus the same quarter last year.
Identify the causes in the interim report and distinguish operating cash use from accounting charges. Prior profitability is not a guarantee of recovery.
Wall Street Score
Overall investment score · Quality, value, risk and opportunity
36
Poor
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Company Quality
How good is the actual business—regardless of today’s stock price?
51
Fair
Financial Strength
69
Business Quality / Moat
61
Management
29
Growth Quality
17
Risk / Durability
60
Uses financial strength, moat, management, growth quality and durability. It excludes share price, P/E, market cap, intrinsic value and margin of safety.
Opportunity
Opportunity Score · How does the current price compare with estimated value?
14
Avoid
Based on current valuation, company quality, recent trends, and available market signals.
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Model Outlook
12-month model · What does the model think happens next?
22/100
Building Historical Record
Model Score 22/100 — estimates relative performance potential, distinct from the overall Wall Street Score and the separate Company Quality score.
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WSS View
The quick read
The overall Wall Street Score is low across its combined quality, valuation and risk inputs. This can reflect an expensive share price, business weaknesses, or both; check Company Quality and the category breakdown before drawing a conclusion.
At today’s price, the WSS valuation framework currently reads as less attractive based on the available valuation and market data.
The model outlook is currently cautious.
- •Balance-sheet / debt profile scores strongly
- •Recent buyback activity is present
- •Debt service risk
- •Valuation is a weaker part of the current profile
- •Revenue fundamentals are weak
Company-specific research
Questions worth answering for HOV
These questions are generated from this company's current financial and score data so the page adds context instead of treating the headline score as a stand-alone conclusion.
- •What is driving HOV's revenue decline, and does the latest company filing suggest the weakness is temporary or structural?
- •Is HOV's positive free cash flow repeatable, or is the current level being helped by temporary working-capital or spending changes?
- •Is HOV's debt load manageable relative to cash generation, interest costs and upcoming maturities?
- •What future growth or profitability would be needed to justify HOV's current valuation?
- •What does the current fundamental change risk warning mean for the reliability or interpretation of HOV's score?
Essential Investment Snapshot
Wall Street Score
36
Opportunity Score
14
Market Cap
$520.1M
P/E Ratio
106.9
EPS
$1.04
52-Week High
$148.48
52-Week Low
$91.52
Beta
1.82
Intrinsic Value
$10.17
Shares Outstanding
6.4M
Total Revenue
$2.82B
Total Debt
$934.9M
Dividend
No current dividend
Liquidation Value / Share
$127.30
Momentum & Volatility Signals
Two different market-behavior signals. Momentum measures direction and trend strength. Volatility measures how large and unstable the price moves are, regardless of direction.
Weakening momentum
Elevated movement
A high momentum score means price has been trending upward with confirming short- and medium-term strength. A low score means downward or weakening momentum.
A high volatility score means larger, less stable price swings. It can happen while a stock is rising or falling, so high volatility is not automatically bullish or bearish.
Important: the volatility score above is based on realized price volatility. Implied volatility (IV) comes from options prices and represents the market's expected future movement. Wall Street Score will keep IV separate and will only display it when a verified options-chain feed is available.
Notices for HOV
Detected from reported data — verify before acting.Historical repurchase activity
Reported cash flows or share-count measures indicate past repurchase activity. This does not verify an active buyback authorization or future purchases.
Debt service risk
Interest coverage is low (~2.0x). Earnings may be strained to cover interest expense.
Community Sentiment
0 active · 0 total callsNo personal call yet on HOV.
Potential upside factors
- +Growth opportunities may come from revenue expansion, margin improvement, new products, market-share gains, and stronger cash flow.
- +Integrated homebuilding and financial services model.
- +Internal market research capabilities.
- +Positive free cash flow may provide capacity to invest in growth.
Potential downside factors
- −Key risks may include competition, margin pressure, debt levels, valuation risk, and changes in demand within the Residential Construction industry.
- −Interest rate volatility.
- −Dependence on availability of labor and materials.
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Scores
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Score Changes
4 historical score records availablePrevious Score
36
Sep 28, 2026
Change
+0.1
points
Current Score
36
Oct 1, 2026
Category Changes
HOV increased 0.1 points because overall fundamentals improved.
Projected Score
Projected Score
30
Projected Change
-6.4 points
Preliminary comparable-period financial changes suggest decline of approximately 6.4 points. This is a projected estimate, not the official WallStreetScore.
Price vs. Value
OvervaluedCurrent Price
$101.54
Model Intrinsic Value
$10.17
Difference
+$91.37
+898.6% vs IV
Margin of Safety
-898.6%
Financial Charts
Revenue
Additional Metrics
Operating Cash Flow
Total Debt
Total Assets
Net Margin %
Free includes 3 annual periods plus available TTM; Premium includes up to 10 annual periods. History depends on available company filings. Swipe the table horizontally to see older periods. A dash means unavailable, not zero.
| Line Item | TTM | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.82B | $2.98B | $3.00B | $2.76B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Cost of Revenue | $1.92B | $2.56B | $2.40B | $2.18B | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Gross Profit | $904.2M | $420.7M | $601.8M | $580.1M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Research & Development | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| SG&A Expenses | $346.4M | $349.8M | $342.2M | $304.8M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Operating Expenses | $313.2M | $349.8M | $342.2M | $304.8M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| EBITDA | $80.3M | $135.4M | $355.6M | $283.7M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Operating Income | $591.0M | $70.8M | $259.6M | $276.9M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Interest Expense | $45.7M | $35.4M | $30.8M | $54.1M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Income Before Tax | $22.2M | $86.1M | $317.1M | $256.0M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Income Tax Expense | $4.8M | $22.2M | $75.1M | $50.1M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Net Income | $18.1M | $63.9M | $242.0M | $205.9M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Basic EPS | $1.04 | $7.95 | $34.40 | $28.76 | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Basic Shares | 6.41M | 6.45M | 6.48M | 6.23M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
| Diluted Shares | 6.41M | 6.45M | 7.01M | 6.67M | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· | ···· |
Earnings Summary
Revenue
$705.7M
Estimate unavailable.
Revenue Beat/Miss
Not available (no estimate stored)
EPS
-$0.70
Estimate unavailable.
EPS Beat/Miss
Not available (no estimate stored)
Debt Change
-0.7%
Cash Change
+76.2%
Margin Change
-2.3 pp
Debt and cash show percentage changes versus the comparison period; margin shows the change in percentage points (pp). These are company-wide changes, not per-share amounts.
Financial Changes Since Prior Period
What Improved
- Cash position grew
- Debt reduced
What Weakened
- Margins contracted
Potential Score Impact
Positive indicators included cash levels, debt levels. Pressure indicators included revenue growth, EPS growth, net income margin. These factors may support or pressure the Revenue, Management, Financial, and Debt categories; this summary does not claim that the stored scores changed.
Stored Earnings Analysis
Revenue declined 11.8%. EPS declined 135.2%. Cash increased 76.2%. Total debt declined 0.7%. Net income margin declined by 2.3 percentage points.
Earnings-Call Transcript
Earnings-call transcript analysis is not currently available.
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Insider Activity
Guru / Smart Money
Guru Score
Smart Money
Number of Gurus
Total Guru Value
Avg Portfolio Weight
Largest Holder
Largest Holder %
New Positions
Increased Positions
Reduced Positions
Exited Positions
Net Guru Sentiment
Short Interest
Dividend History
Dividend data is not available yet. Missing data does not mean this company pays no dividend.
Conservative Projected Values
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4 historical recordsHistorical Score Chart
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