HOVNP · Hovnanian Enterprises Inc
$13.94
+0.79 (+6.01%)
At close · Oct 27
Return incl. dividend (before tax)
Market Cap
$607.91M
Shares
5.96M
Volume · Oct 27
28.97K
Avg daily vol (3M)
12.61K
Price & Indicators
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50d MA
200d MA
Earnings
Filing
Insider
Congress
Investor day
Close$13.94
Open$13.20
Day$13.20–15.25
52W close$13.15–21.90
Avg vol 30d20K
Last earningsAug 20, 2026
DataJan 2020–Oct 2026
Filing10-Q · Aug 28
Up next
Next earnings call
Nov 16, 2026
Est · unconfirmed
· in 3 wks
filed Aug 28, 2026
call held Aug 20, 2026
Quarterly results
* Q4 derived as the full year minus Q1 to Q3.
Guidance & track record
Latest guidance
· from the 8-K filed Aug 20, 2026
Total revenues
· fourth quarter of fiscal 2026
$800M – $900M
prior qtr $705.75M
midpoint +20.4% QoQ
Adjusted EBITDA
· fourth quarter of fiscal 2026
$50M – $65M
Prior guidance
period ended
· from the Earnings Call filed May 21, 2026
Total revenues
· third quarter fiscal 26
$650M – $750M
Adjusted gross margin
· third quarter fiscal 26
14% – 15%
SG&A as a percentage of total revenues
· third quarter fiscal 26
12.5% – 13.5%
Adjusted EBITDA
· third quarter fiscal 26
$30M – $40M
Guided vs delivered
· last 8 settled
Total revenues
third quarter fiscal 26
guided $650M – $750M
$705.75M
In line
Total revenues
second quarter of fiscal 2026
guided $625M – $725M
$667.65M
In line
Total revenues
first quarter of fiscal 2026
guided $550M – $650M
$631.95M
In line
Total revenues
fourth quarter of fiscal 2025
guided $750M – $850M
$817.9M
In line
Guidance from company 8-Ks · delivered figures from as-reported statements · no analyst estimates involved.
Technicals
trend & momentum for long-term holders illustrative — not investment adviceMarket signals — smart money & positioning
Mixed
Trend (MA cross)
No cross
50d $18 › 200d $20 — 200d above 50d
Institutional flow
Distributing
26 of 182 funds reported for Sep 30 · net -11.1K sh shares · +3 new
Insider flow
Flat
No net insider activity over 90 days
Short interest
Flat
No short-interest data
Volume signal
Normal
Volume near normal
Institution breadth
Multi-yr high
182 holders — near 3-yr high, broad support
Price context
position in its 52-week range
Range low $13
Now $14 · 9%
Range high $22
vs 200-day avg -30%
vs 50-day avg -23%
Illustrative technical + ownership context — a signal mix, not investment advice.
Key metrics
the company's own KPIs, from written earnings releases and filings| Metric | Latest | Period | YoY |
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| Average sales price | $539,350 | the three months ended July 31, 2026 filing | — |
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| Average sales price - Northeast | $549,121 | the three months ended July 31, 2026 filing | — |
| Average sales price - Southeast | $522,994 | the three months ended July 31, 2026 filing | — |
| Domestic contract cancellation rate (as a percentage of gross domestic sales contracts executed | 19% | the three months ended July 31, 2026 filing | — |
| Homes delivered | 1,259 | the three months ended July 31, 2026 filing | — |
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| Homes delivered - Northeast | 423 | the three months ended July 31, 2026 filing | — |
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| Homes delivered - Southeast | 178 | the three months ended July 31, 2026 filing | — |
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| Homes in consolidated net contracts | 1,178 | the three months ended July 31, 2026 filing | — |
| Net domestic contracts per active selling community | 9.4 | the three months ended July 31, 2026 filing | — |
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| Percentage of non-cash homebuyers obtaining mortgages originated by wholly owned mortgage bankin | 84.2% | the three months ended July 31, 2026 filing | — |
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| Adjusted EBIT Return on Adjusted Investment non-GAAP | 13.1% | TTM ended July 31, 2026 | — |
| Adjusted EBITDA non-GAAP | $136.1M | first nine months of fiscal 2026 | — |
| Adjusted EBITDA to interest incurred non-GAAP | 1.49 | Nine Months Ended July 31, 2026 | — |
| Backlog (Dollars) | $1.07B | July 31, 2026 | — |
| Backlog (Home) | 2,297 | July 31, 2026 | — |
| Consolidated domestic communities | 123 | As of July 31, 2026 | — |
| Consolidated domestic contract backlog | $881.9M | As of July 31, 2026 | — |
| Consolidated domestic contracts | 1,155 | third quarter of fiscal 2026 | — |
| Consolidated domestic contracts per community | 9.4 | third quarter of fiscal 2026 | — |
| Contracts (Dollars) | $2.06B | Nine Months Ended July 31, 2026 | — |
| Contracts (Home) | 3,851 | Nine Months Ended July 31, 2026 | — |
| Deliveries (Dollars) | $1.86B | Nine Months Ended July 31, 2026 | — |
| Deliveries (Home) | 3,492 | Nine Months Ended July 31, 2026 | — |
| Domestic community count, including domestic unconsolidated joint ventures | 147 | As of July 31, 2026 | — |
| Domestic contract backlog, including domestic unconsolidated joint ventures | $1.16B | As of July 31, 2026 | — |
| Domestic contracts per community, including domestic unconsolidated joint ventures | 9.2 | third quarter of fiscal 2026 | — |
| Domestic contracts, including domestic unconsolidated joint ventures | 1,359 | third quarter of fiscal 2026 | — |
| Domestic unconsolidated joint ventures sale of homes revenues | $155.6M | third quarter of fiscal 2026 | — |
| EBIT non-GAAP | $113.95M | Nine Months Ended July 31, 2026 | — |
| EBITDA non-GAAP | $124.5M | first nine months of fiscal 2026 | — |
| Gross domestic contract cancellation rate for consolidated contracts | 19% | quarter ended July 31, 2026 | — |
| Gross domestic contract cancellation rate for contracts, including domestic unconsolidated joint | 18% | third quarter of fiscal 2026 | — |
| Homebuilding gross margin percentage | 10.8% | Nine Months Ended July 31, 2026 | — |
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| Homebuilding gross margin percentage, before cost of sales interest expense and land charges non-GAAP | 14.2% | first nine months of fiscal 2026 | — |
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| percentage of optioned lots | 87% | end of the third quarter of fiscal 2026 | — |
| QMIs per community | 6.7 | As of July 31, 2026 | — |
| Return on Inventory | 1% | TTM ended July 31, 2026 | — |
| Total domestic controlled consolidated lots | 34,373 | As of July 31, 2026 | — |
| Total domestic finished QMIs | 194 | As of July 31, 2026 | — |
| Total domestic QMIs | 820 | As of July 31, 2026 | — |
| Total liquidity | $379.8M | As of July 31, 2026 | — |
| years' supply of controlled lots | 6.8 | trailing twelve-month deliveries basis | — |
| Domestic contract cancellation rate (second quarter) | 17% | second quarter of fiscal 2026 filing | — |
| Homes delivered - West | 599 | the three months ended April 30, 2026 filing | — |
| Quarterly domestic contract cancellations as a percentage of beginning domestic backlog (second | 21% | second quarter of fiscal 2026 filing | — |
Figures exactly as the company stated them in writing · click a metric with a to chart its history · period links open the stating document · "filing" marks figures stated in the 10-K/10-Q · YoY needs an exactly comparable prior-year period
Versus peers
Residential Construction — same industry group| Company | Mkt cap | YTD | Rev growth Y/Y | P/E | Short % shares |
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HOVNP
this stock
Hovnanian Enterprises Inc
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$607.91M | -32.5% | -0.9% | — | — |
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$41.12B | +2.1% | -6.9% | 14.0 | 4.5% |
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PHM
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$22.33B | +3.7% | +11.8% | 13.0 | 4.4% |
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LEN
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$19.98B | -17.7% | -3.5% | 15.4 | 9.7% |
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NVR
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$15.26B | -20.4% | -1.9% | 14.9 | 6.1% |
Peers by industry group · P/E from as-reported trailing EPS · short % is of shares outstanding
At a glance
key data from every sectionOwnership
Short & Settlement
Financials
Filings
Earnings & Events
Performance
| 5D | 20D | 120D | MTD | YTD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOVNP | -6.9% | -22.5% | -32.9% | -23.5% | -32.5% |
| SPY | +0.1% | +0.7% | +4.9% | +0.9% | +12.9% |
| vs SPY | -7.0% | -23.2% | -37.7% | -24.4% | -45.3% |
Capital returns
Latest dividend
$0.477
/ share · ex Oct 1, 2026
Paid (TTM)
$1.908
/ share · 4 payouts
Dividend yield (TTM, derived)
13.69%
Buyback program
· as of Jul 31, 2026
Authorized
$67.40M
Spent (derived)
$9.50M
Remaining
$57.90M
Spent
Remaining
Dividends per share over the trailing 365 days by ex-date · buyback figures as last reported in SEC filings ("spent" derived as authorized − remaining; when several programs run concurrently, authorized is their combined total per the newest filing) · components shown separately — trailing-year buyback spend isn't tracked, so no combined shareholder yield is derived.