Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (HOV) Stock

About Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. is led by CEO Ara K. Hovnanian, employs 1,878 people, headquartered in US, publicly traded since 1983.

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (HOV) stock trades at $101.27 with a market capitalization of $518.73M. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 111.73, price-to-book of 0.91, price-to-sales of 0.21. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $90.75 and $148.48, and currently trades 31.8% below its 52-week high.

On profitability, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 2.19%, return on capital employed of 29.78%, an operating margin of 4.30%, a net profit margin of 0.64%.

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. reported revenue of $2.8B rising to $3.0B, a change of +8.2% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 4.9% a year over five years, 0.7% over three, -0.9% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $64.0M.

Operating margin went from 3.4% in 2016 to 2.4% in 2025, a fall of 1.0 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 0.64%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $2.8B and net profit $18.0M.

Borrowings fell from $1.9B to $930.0M, cash from operations was $188.0M in the latest year, positive in 8 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 95.9% over five years, and was 7.7% in the most recent year.

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Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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