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

Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV) trades at a P/E ratio of 86.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (July 2020) to 122× (August 2026); the current reading is higher than 97% of that period. That is above the Residential Construction industry median of 13.2× and above the Consumer Cyclical sector median of 17.3×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 14.8× 190.62%
FY2024 5.1× 111.50%
FY2023 2.4× 79.06%
FY2022 1.3× 35.51%
FY2021 1.0× (78.67%)
FY2020 4.6× —
FY2019 0.0× —
FY2018 111× —
FY2017 0.0× —
FY2016 0.0× —

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
Jul 2026 110× 287.14%
Apr 2026 28.3× 79.33%
Jan 2026 15.8× 7.06%
Oct 2025 14.8× 177.83%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 122×
Ten-year median 2.2×
Current reading's percentile 96

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
BZH Beazer Homes USA, Inc. compare n/m
DFH Dream Finders Homes, Inc. compare 6.1×
GRBK Green Brick Partners, Inc. compare 9.2×
MHO M/I Homes, Inc. compare 10.3×
KBH KB Home compare 12.0×
MTH Meritage Homes Corporation compare 12.3×
LEGH Legacy Housing Corporation compare 12.7×
LGIH LGI Homes, Inc. compare 15.1×
HOV Hovnanian Enterprises Inc 86.1×
Residential Construction industry median 13.2×
Consumer Cyclical sector median 17.3×
Market median 18.1×

What P/E ratio is

Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

Stock Price ÷ EPS (Basic) (TTM)

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