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Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.

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Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.

HOV·NYSE·Real Estate & Construction·CIK 0000357294

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. designs, constructs, markets, and sells residential homes and provides financial services. The company builds single-family detached homes, attached townhomes and condominiums, urban infill, and active lifestyle homes in planned residential developments. Founded in 1959, the company and its unconsolidated joint ventures have delivered over 382,000 homes, including 6,431 homes in fiscal 2025. Hovnanian Enterprises operates through two main segments: homebuilding and financial services. The homebuilding operations are further divided into three reportable segments: Northeast, Southeast, and West. The financial services operations offer mortgage loans and title services specifically to customers of its homebuilding operations. Excluding unconsolidated joint ventures, the company currently offers homes for sale in 140 communities across 27 markets in 13 states throughout the United States. They cater to various buyer types, including first-time buyers, move-up buyers, luxury buyers, active lifestyle buyers, and empty nesters. Homes are offered in a variety of styles with base prices ranging from $182,000 to $1,191,000. The average sales price nationwide, including options, was $519,000 in fiscal 2025. The company's operations cover the entire home-buying process, from design, construction, and sale, to mortgage origination and title services.

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:HOV) is a publicly traded company in the Real Estate & Construction sector. Wiseek has independently scored 16 items for HOV at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-08-20, rated 7/10. Across its 16 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 8/10, with 5 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for HOV spans 8-K, 4, 144, 10-Q.

Recent high-impact activity:

  • Hovnanian Shares Tumble 11% as Q3 Loss, Contract Decline Deepen Housing Woes
  • Hovnanian Swings to Q3 Loss, Guides Q4 Revenue Up to $900M
  • Hovnanian Posts Q3 Loss, Misses Profit Target for First Time in 5 Years
  • CEO & Chairman Ara K. Hovnanian Sells $1.62 Million in Company Stock
  • Hovnanian CEO Files Intent to Sell $1.7M in Stock

Financial Snapshot

Fiscal year ended October 31, 2025
Revenue
$2.98B
Net Income
$63.87M
Diluted EPS
$7.43
Op. Cash Flow
$188.28M
Free Cash Flow
$166.18M
Total Debt
$900.72M
Debt / Equity
1.08×
Net Margin
2.1%
Shares Outstanding
6.45M sh
Source: 10-K · filed 2025-12-22 · accession 0001753926-25-001938

Short Interest & Short Volume

3.88 days to cover

FINRA reported short interest of 433,768 shares in HOV as of the September 15, 2026 settlement, a 2.0% increase from the prior period — about 3.9 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 2, 2026, 76.0% of HOV volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.

Short interest (bi-monthly positions)433,768 shares as of September 15, 2026
Change vs prior period▲ 2.0%
Days to cover3.88 at avg daily volume of 111,775
Daily short volume (FINRA facilities)76.0% of 58,664 shares on October 2, 2026
5-day average short volume71.2%

Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.

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$116.2
52-week range · as of 2026-08-20 $91.52 – $162.06
Market cap
$676.46M
Volume
135.5K (1.1× avg)
3-mo avg 118.6K
Live data · 2026-10-05 03:36 UTC · Market closed

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HOV
Aug 20, 2026, 12:40 PM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $114.90
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: +$1.30 (+1%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
HOV
Aug 20, 2026, 10:02 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $114.88
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: +$1.32 (+1%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
HOV
Aug 20, 2026, 9:15 AM EDT
Source: GlobeNewswire
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $122.00
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: -$5.80 (-5%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
HOV
Jun 24, 2026, 9:11 AM EDT
Filing Type: 4
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $127.49
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: -$11.29 (-9%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
HOV
Jun 22, 2026, 7:25 PM EDT
Filing Type: 144
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $125.59
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: -$9.39 (-7%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
HOV
Jun 02, 2026, 4:21 PM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $114.86
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: +$1.34 (+1%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
HOV
Jun 02, 2026, 4:11 PM EDT
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $114.86
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: +$1.34 (+1%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
HOV
May 22, 2026, 3:14 AM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $115.46
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: +$0.740 (+0.64%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
HOV
May 21, 2026, 10:09 AM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $106.00
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: +$10.20 (+10%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
HOV
May 21, 2026, 9:18 AM EDT
Source: Dow Jones Newswires
Importance Score:
8
Price at Filing: $99.98
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: +$16.22 (+16%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
HOV
May 20, 2026, 7:00 AM EDT
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $94.11
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: +$22.09 (+23%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
HOV
Apr 01, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $111.49
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: +$4.71 (+4%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
HOV
Mar 02, 2026, 5:11 PM EST
Source: Wiseek News
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $120.87
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: -$4.67 (-4%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
HOV
Mar 02, 2026, 5:01 PM EST
Filing Type: 10-Q
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $120.87
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: -$4.67 (-4%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
HOV
Feb 25, 2026, 10:09 AM EST
Filing Type: 8-K
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $121.77
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: -$5.57 (-5%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
HOV
Feb 09, 2026, 4:31 PM EST
Filing Type: DEF 14A
Importance Score:
7
Price at Filing: $126.74
Real-time Price: $116.20 info
Change: -$10.54 (-8%) info
Market Cap: $676.457M info
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