Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (HOV)Consumer Cyclical | Residential Construction | Matawan, United States | NYSE
116.08 USD
+11.37
(10.859%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 116.08 Short-term: ☆☆☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:48 p.m. EDT
Warning Signal: Sell signals dominate as earnings growth is negative at -26%, forward PE is 27x versus trailing PE of 16x indicating a sharp multiple compression ahead, and a single analyst models a -8% directional downside over the next 45 days with a 7% short interest driving overall risk elevation to a high 7. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.056562 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.058003 |
| AutoETS | 0.058003 |
| MSTL | 0.061314 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.12 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.115 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.04 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 124.179 |
| Revenue per Share | 455.883 |
| Market Cap | 689,305,600 |
| Trailing P/E | 17.94 |
| Forward P/E | 27.57 |
| Beta | 2.08 |
| Profit Margins | 1.93% |
| Website | https://www.khov.com |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.26517713 |
| Address1 | 90 Matawan Road |
| Address2 | Fifth Floor |
| All Time High | 1,835.0 |
| All Time Low | 5.12 |
| Ask | 120.0 |
| Ask Size | 200 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 4.0 - Underperform |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 115,770 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 106,224 |
| Average Volume | 106,224 |
| Average Volume10Days | 115,770 |
| Beta | 2.076 |
| Bid | 111.06 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Board Risk | 8 |
| Book Value | 117.958 |
| City | Matawan |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 116.08 |
| Current Ratio | 4.569 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 118.12 |
| Day Low | 108.03 |
| Debt To Equity | 124.179 |
| Display Name | Hovnanian Enterprises |
| Dividend Date | 1,553,817,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,772,037,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,772,037,000 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.268 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.26 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,772,026,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,779,193,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,779,193,800 |
| Ebitda | 115,490,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.03932 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 13.22 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.52 |
| Enterprise Value | 1,526,758,528 |
| Eps Forward | 4.21 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 6.47 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 115.5526 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.5274048 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.004564197 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 26.517714 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 162.06 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -45.979996 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.28372204 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 85.69 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 30.39 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.35465047 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 85.69 - 162.06 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 431,789,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 4,815,222 |
| Forward Eps | 4.21 |
| Forward P E | 27.572447 |
| Free Cashflow | 118,245,504 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 1,891 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.15159 |
| Gross Profits | 445,196,992 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.098079994 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.63262004 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 5,938,194 |
| Industry | Residential Construction |
| Industry Disp | Residential Construction |
| Industry Key | residential-construction |
| Ir Website | http://www.khov.com/Home/IR/CorporateSummary/CorporateSummary.htm |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,761,868,800 |
| Last Split Date | 1,553,817,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:25 |
| Long Business Summary | Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, constructs, markets, and sells residential homes in the United States. It offers single-family detached homes, attached townhomes and condominiums, urban infill, and active lifestyle homes with amenities, such as clubhouses, swimming pools, tennis courts, tot lots, and open areas. The company markets and builds homes for first-time buyers, move-up buyers, luxury buyers, active lifestyle buyers, and empty nesters. It also provides mortgage loans and title services. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. was founded in 1959 and is based in Matawan, New Jersey. |
| Long Name | Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 689,305,600 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_279534 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,769,817,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 44,118,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,793,404,800 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 684,534,498 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 108.07 |
| Operating Cashflow | 385,044,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.02049 |
| Overall Risk | 7 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.0 |
| Phone | 732 747 7800 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 116.08 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,464,581 |
| Previous Close | 104.71 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 0.9840791 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.23470436 |
| Profit Margins | 0.01925 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.785 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | underperform |
| Recommendation Mean | 4.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 11.37 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 10.8586 |
| Regular Market Day High | 118.12 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 108.03 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 108.03 - 118.12 |
| Regular Market Open | 108.07 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 104.71 |
| Regular Market Price | 116.08 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,002 |
| Regular Market Volume | 98,361 |
| Return On Assets | 0.02388 |
| Return On Equity | 0.06856 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.062 |
| Revenue Per Share | 455.883 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Cyclical |
| Sector Key | consumer-cyclical |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 5,153,480 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0547 |
| Shares Short | 324,838 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 324,282 |
| Short Name | Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.070700005 |
| Short Ratio | 2.88 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NJ |
| Symbol | HOV |
| Target High Price | 74.0 |
| Target Low Price | 74.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 74.0 |
| Target Median Price | 74.0 |
| Total Cash | 339,910,016 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 57.241 |
| Total Debt | 1,040,169,024 |
| Total Revenue | 2,936,910,080 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 6.47 |
| Trailing P E | 17.941269 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 121.95315 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -5.873146 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.048159037 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 98,361 |
| Website | https://www.khov.com |
| Zip | 7,747 |