profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Hovnanian Enterprises
$94.19-1.20% today
-21.5% in 1 year
1-year low $90.751-year high $147.55
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $8.64 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Hovnanian Enterprises sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.92 billion in 2022 to $2.98 billion in 2025, with $63.9 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Hovnanian Enterprises handed back 25% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $30M$11M
Free cash flow 2025$166M
Bought back its own shares$30M
Paid as dividends$11M
Cash vs. debt$273M vs. $930M
Hovnanian Enterprises vs. similar companies
Hovnanian Enterprises grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hovnanian Enterprises | 8.6× · Cheap | ||
 D.R. Horton | 11.0× · Cheap | ||
 PulteGroup | 10.5× · Cheap | ||
 Lennar | 9.6× · Cheap | ||
 NVR | 11.6× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Hovnanian Enterprises's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,922 | 2,756 | 3,005 | 2,979 | |
| 643 | 580 | 590 | 421 | |
| 347 | 275 | 248 | 71 | |
| 373 | 319 | 356 | 135 | |
| 225 | 206 | 242 | 64 | |
| 29.00 | 26.88 | 31.79 | 7.43 | |
| 22.0% | 21.0% | 19.6% | 14.1% | |
| 11.9% | 10.0% | 8.3% | 2.4% | |
| 7.7% | 7.5% | 8.1% | 2.1% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,562 | 2,493 | 2,606 | 2,634 |
| Cash | 326 | 434 | 210 | 273 |
| Total debt | 1,291 | 1,143 | 987 | 930 |
| Total liabilities | 2,179 | 1,911 | 1,805 | 1,803 |
| 383 | 582 | 800 | 831 | |
| 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| 17.3% | 14.2% | 15.4% | 5.5% | |
| 58.9% | 35.4% | 30.2% | 7.7% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89 | 435 | 24 | 188 | |
| 13 | 19 | 18 | 22 | |
| 77 | 416 | 6 | 166 | |
| Dividends paid | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 5 | 27 | 30 | |
| 10 | 14 | 25 | 17 |
Valuation
- 8.6×
- –
- –
- 0.7×
- 0.2×
- 3.3×
- 8.9×
- 30.1%
- 11.6%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 14.1%
- 2.4%
- 2.1%
- 4.1%
- 305.9%
- 16.1%
- 6.8%
- 2.1%
- 66.7%
- –
Growth
- +0.6%
- −36.5%
- +2,774.6%
- –
- +0.6%
Financial health
- 5.2×
- 1.16
- 35.5%
- 46.1×
- 1.02
- 0.56
- 1.07
How it ranks in Consumer Discretionary
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 14%of 992
Top 11%of 852
Bottom 20%of 992
Top 3%of 979
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2026 | 2.62 | -0.98 | +367.3% |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 5.96 | 0.63 | +846.0% |
| Aug 21, 2025 | 1.99 | 3.51 | −43.3% |
| May 20, 2025 | 2.43 | 2.45 | −0.8% |
| Feb 24, 2025 | 3.58 | 2.71 | +32.1% |
| Dec 5, 2024 | 12.79 | – | – |
| Aug 22, 2024 | 9.75 | – | – |
| May 22, 2024 | 6.66 | – | – |
News
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. Q3 2026 Earnings Call SummaryYahoo Finance · Aug 20, 2026The newest story we have is from Aug 20, 2026.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
2/7Passes 2 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
55No pass
Benjamin Graham
81Pass
Philip Fisher
34No pass
Peter Lynch
16No pass
Joel Greenblatt
81Pass
Charlie Munger
44No pass
Terry Smith
48No pass
Questions about Hovnanian Enterprises
Is Hovnanian Enterprises a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 2 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Hovnanian Enterprises AI analysis
What does Hovnanian Enterprises do?
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. engages in the design, construction, marketing, and sale of residential homes in the United States. It is in Residential Construction.
Does Hovnanian Enterprises pay a dividend?
Yes. In 2025 it paid out $10.7 million in dividends.
Is Hovnanian Enterprises stock halal?
No. Hovnanian Enterprises does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 169% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Hovnanian Enterprises stock done over the past year?
Down 21.5% over the past twelve months, to $94.19. It traded between $90.75 and $147.55 and is 36.2% below its high.
Who are Hovnanian Enterprises's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are D.R. Horton, PulteGroup, Lennar and NVR. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Hovnanian Enterprises's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.