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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 Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.056562
AutoARIMA0.058003
AutoETS0.058003
MSTL0.061314

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

Info Dump

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