Hovnanian Enterprises Inc
HOV NYSE· Operative Builders
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$98.96
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Hovnanian Enterprises Inc had $3.0B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 0.9% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +4.9% a year on average.
- Hovnanian Enterprises Inc made $63.9M of net profit in fiscal 2025.
- Free cash flow was $166M in fiscal 2025, 5.6% of revenue.
- Hovnanian Enterprises Inc returned $40.9M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 25% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.6%.
Market cap
$635M
P/E
111.2x
Revenue
$3.0B
Net income
$63.9M
Free cash flow
$166M
Operating margin
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Hovnanian Enterprises Inc in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−0.9%
No. Sales fell 0.9% last year.
Does it make a profit?
2.1%
A little. It keeps 2.1% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
5.6%
Partly. 5.6% of sales ends up as free cash.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 7
Mixed. It passes 5 of 7 health tests.
How is the share priced?
111.2x
One share costs 111.2 times its yearly profit per share.
What Hovnanian Enterprises Inc does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- October 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Dec 22, 2025
- Legal name
- HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC
- CIK
- 0000357294
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Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $2.8B | $2.9B | $2.8B | $3.0B | $3.0B |
| Revenue growth | 18.7% | 5.0% | −5.7% | 9.0% | −0.9% |
| Net income | $608M | $225M | $206M | $242M | $63.9M |
| Net margin | 21.8% | 7.7% | 7.5% | 8.1% | 2.1% |
| Diluted EPS | $85.86 | $29.00 | $26.88 | $31.79 | $7.43 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $210M | $89.5M | $435M | $23.6M | $188M |
| Capital expenditure | $5.9M | $12.6M | $18.8M | $17.9M | $22.1M |
| Free cash flow | $204M | $76.9M | $416M | $5.8M | $166M |
| FCF margin | 7.3% | 2.6% | 15.1% | 0.2% | 5.6% |
| Dividends paid | $0.0M | $10.7M | $10.7M | $10.7M | $10.7M |
| Share buybacks | $0.0M | $12.2M | $4.8M | $26.5M | $30.2M |
| Share count change | −2.9% | 5.2% | −0.9% | 5.1% | −1.6% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Debt incl. finance leases | $1.2B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $896M | $901M |
| Shareholders' equity | $175M | $383M | $582M | $800M | $831M |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on equity | — | 80.8% | 42.7% | 35.0% | 7.8% |
| Return on tangible equity | 314.6% | 50.9% | 30.8% | 27.8% | 6.2% |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$1.8M
2 insiders
Of sales under plans
0%
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
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Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
Revenue
Net income
Margins, % of revenue
Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Free cash flow
Dividends and buybacks
KIRA
At $98.96 a share, the company is worth $635M: 111.2 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000357294). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.