Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc [HOV] stock is trading at $133.18, up 2.09%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The HOV shares have gain 21.19% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 0.71%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc [NYSE: HOV] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 16, 2024, when Wedbush initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $155. On October 09, 2018, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Mkt Perform. MKM Partners downgraded its rating to a Sell but stick to its price target of $1.75 on December 22, 2017. JMP Securities downgraded its rating to a Mkt Underperform. MKM Partners reiterated a Neutral rating for this stock on June 03, 2016, and downed its price target to $1.75. In a note dated March 29, 2016, Deutsche Bank reiterated an Hold rating on this stock and revised its target price from $2.40 to $2.
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc [HOV] stock has fluctuated between $81.15 and $202.00 over the past year. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc [NYSE: HOV] shares were valued at $133.18 at the most recent close of the market.
Analyzing the HOV fundamentals
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc [NYSE:HOV] reported sales of 3.14B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 10.96%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.38% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.28%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.07%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.05%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.19 and Total Capital is 0.45. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.1.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 129.64 points at the first support level, and at 126.10 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 136.05, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 138.92.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc’s Current Ratio is 3.27. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.54, while the Cash Ratio is 0.25. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.26, the price to book ratio is 1.12 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 6.49.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved HOVNANIAN ARA K, Chairman of Bd., Pres. & CEO, that happened on Aug 28 ’25 when 609.0 shares were sold. Officer, HOVNANIAN ARA K completed a deal on Aug 28 ’25 to buy 609.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director Sellers Robin Stone sold 750.0 shares on Jul 08 ’25.
