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