Hovnanian Enterprises Inc

HOV Consumer Cyclical Residential Construction

Hovnanian Enterprises Inc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended October 2025) was $3.0 billion, down 0.88% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to July 2026, revenue fell 11.9%, EPS fell 132.7%, free cash flow fell 160.9% and total debt fell 39.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

97.27 3.66 −3.63%
Market cap
$602.7M
P/E
86.1×
Fwd P/E
86.5×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.91
Beneish M
−2.68
Dividend safety
n/a
Oct '16 Oct '17 Oct '18 Oct '19 Oct '20 Oct '21 Oct '22 Oct '23 Oct '24 Oct '25
P/E ratio
0.00 0.00 111.45 0.00 4.64 0.99 1.34 2.40 5.08 14.75
Piotroski F-Score
5 5 3 2 7 7 5 6 6 6
P/S ratio
0.08 0.15 0.11 0.07 0.09 0.20 0.09 0.16 0.38 0.26
Altman Z-Score
0.89 0.44 0.21 0.19 0.53 1.33 1.63 1.73 2.22 1.91
P/FCF ratio
0.61 1.21 0.00 0.00 0.73 2.69 3.37 1.03 158.41 4.62
Altman Z″-Score (non-manufacturers)
(0.80) (3.16) (3.48) (2.79) (2.57) (0.23) 1.52 2.02 3.03 2.83
Beneish M-Score
(2.87) (5.00) (2.74) (1.62) (3.37) (0.47) (2.39) (3.16) (1.92) (2.68)
P/Operating CF
1.20 2.29 7.29 16.76 2.12 4.29 2.20 3.01 9.85 4.59
P/B ratio
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 13.70 1.05 0.97 1.72 1.11
EV/Sales
(0.05) (0.06) (0.01) 0.04 (0.01) 0.13 0.00 (0.01) 0.29 0.12
EV/EBITDA
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.96 0.00 1.30 0.00 0.00 3.42 4.27
EV/FCF
(0.33) (0.49) 0.36 (0.29) (0.12) 1.72 (0.13) (0.04) 120.90 2.12
Current Ratio
1.02 0.82 0.81 0.89 0.89 0.94 1.20 1.28 1.52 1.58
Net Debt/EBITDA
(2.90) (4.43) (2.11) (0.97) (1.78) (0.73) (0.76) (1.57) (1.06) (5.03)
Debt/Equity
(0.75) (0.17) (0.21) (0.42) (0.31) 0.71 0.38 0.16 0.11 0.04
ROE
1.07% 77.30% (0.74%) 6.94% (7.74%) (207.09%) 135.57% 51.62% 40.10% 7.53%
ROA
(0.11%) (15.61%) 0.24% (2.38%) 2.50% 26.53% 7.99% 7.09% 8.74% 1.96%
ROIC
0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 191.51% 129.51% 29.23% 10.76%
Return on Tangible Assets
(2.81%) 106.49% (1.38%) 24.03% (24.19%) (662.96%) 53.43% 37.78% 28.95% 5.99%
Average Days of Receivables
44.21 8.66 6.45 8.13 5.25 5.24 4.73 3.71 3.57 3.24
Earnings Yield
(2.13%) (93.02%) 0.90% (28.43%) 21.56% 101.10% 74.61% 41.67% 19.70% 6.78%
Free Cash Flow Yield
165.09% 82.64% (15.55%) (169.10%) 136.68% 37.21% 29.64% 96.66% 0.63% 21.67%
Free Cash Flow per Share
64.39 49.99 (5.67) (42.41) 46.79 32.50 11.95 67.16 1.11 26.05
Book value per Share
(21.79) (77.92) (76.33) (82.07) (70.46) 27.90 59.51 93.39 123.53 128.85
Free Cash Flow
379.75 295.37 (33.71) (253.10) 289.56 204.30 76.94 418.42 7.20 167.99
EV/EBIT
0.00 0.00 0.00 1.14 0.00 1.33 0.00 0.00 3.51 5.03
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