Hovnanian Enterprises Inc

Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV) Stock Analysis

$95.630

-7.708 (-8.06%)At close

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High
102.630
Open
101.310
VWAP
97.91
Volume
120.60K
Mkt Cap
838.89M
Low
95.480
Amount
11.81M
EV/EBITDA, TTM
32.26

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., through its subsidiaries, conducts all its homebuilding and financial services operations. The Company has two distinct operations: homebuilding and financial services. The Homebuilding segment consists of three segments: Northeast (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia); Southeast (Florida, Georgia and South Carolina), and West (Arizona, California and Texas). The Homebuilding segment is engaged in the sale and construction of single-family attached and detached homes, attached town homes and condominiums, urban infill and active lifestyle homes in planned residential developments. It also includes sales of land. The Financial services segment provides mortgage banking and title services to homebuilding operations customers. Its residential development activities include site planning and engineering, obtaining environmental and other regulatory approvals and constructing roads, drainage facilities and others.

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AI analysis of Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV)

Sell

Hovnanian Enterprises Inc is not a good buy right now due to a current price of 105.80, a low RSI of 27.46 indicating oversold conditions, and a forward P/E of 13.4953 which suggests the stock may not be undervalued enough to warrant a purchase. Additionally, the stock has seen a significant decline of 8.95% over the past five days, reflecting negative sentiment in the housing market, driven by rising mortgage rates and declining home sales.

Analyst Ratings (3)

Sell
0 Buy
1 Hold
2 Sell
Current: 95.63
Low
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Average
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High
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Citizens

2026-04-09

Price Target

$74

Underperform

Zelman & Assoc

2025-02-12

Price Target

—

Sell

Wedbush

2024-12-16

Price Target

$155

Hold

Zelman & Assoc

2024-05-23

Price Target

$155

Hold

JMP Securities

2018-10-09

Price Target

—

Hold

Valuation Metrics

The current forward P/E ratio for Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV) is 13.50, compared to its 5-year average forward P/E of 6.01.

Forward P/E

Fair
5Y Average P/E
6.01
Current P/E
13.50
Overvalued
154.79
Undervalued
-142.76

Forward EV/EBITDA

Strongly Overvalued
5Y Average EV/EBITDA
2.60
Current EV/EBITDA
32.26
Overvalued
9.63
Undervalued
-4.43

Forward P/S

Overvalued
5Y Average P/S
0.09
Current P/S
0.21
Overvalued
0.20
Undervalued
-0.03

Alphio AI Price Scenarios for HOV

Scenario prices are the last monthly forecast band of the current year. Probabilities are fixed model weights (25 / 50 / 25), not guarantees.

B

Bull

Bull · 25%HOV

$116.17

Scenario price

B

Base

Base · 50%HOV

$114.63

Scenario price

B

Bear

Bear · 25%HOV

$111.02

Scenario price

HOV FAQ — answered by Alphio AI

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., through its subsidiaries, conducts all its homebuilding and financial services operations. The Company has two distinct operations: homebuilding and financial services. The Homebuilding segment consists of three segments: Northeast (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia); Southeast (Florida, Georgia and South Carolina), and West (Arizona, California and Texas). The Homebuilding segment is engaged in the sale and construction of single-family attached and detached homes, attached town homes and condominiums, urban infill and active lifestyle homes in planned residential developments. It also includes sales of land. The Financial services segment provides mortgage banking and title services to homebuilding operations customers. Its residential development activities include site planning and engineering, obtaining environmental and other regulatory approvals and constructing roads, drainage facilities and others. It operates in the Consumer Cyclicals sector (OPERATIVE BUILDERS industry).

Hovnanian Enterprises Inc is not a good buy right now due to a current price of 105.80, a low RSI of 27.46 indicating oversold conditions, and a forward P/E of 13.4953 which suggests the stock may not be undervalued enough to warrant a purchase. Additionally, the stock has seen a significant decline of 8.95% over the past five days, reflecting negative sentiment in the housing market, driven by rising mortgage rates and declining home sales.

3 analysts cover HOV: 0 rate it Buy, 1 Hold and 2 Sell.

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