Hovnanian Enterprises Inc

  • Earnings Score
  • Moat Score
  • Safety Score
  • Market Cap $640.69M
  • PE 3
  • Debt $893.71M
  • Cash $14.50M
  • EV $1.52B
  • FCF $40.66M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings$227.98M
EBIT$324.39M
ROE28%
ROA13%
FCF$40.66M
Equity$811.43M
Growth Stability68%
PE2.81
PEG0.11
PB0.79
P/FCF15.76
P/S0.21
Price/Cash0.02
Debt/Equity1.1
Debt/FCF21.98
Net Margins4%
Op. Margins11%
Earnings CAGR49%
Sales Growth YoY13%
Sales Growth QoQ-31%
Sales CAGR3%
FCF CAGR-10%
Equity CAGR5%
Earnings Stability0.42
Earnings Growth YoY25%
Earnings Growth QoQ-71%
Earnings CAGR 5Y25%
Sales CAGR 5Y5%
FCF CAGR 5Y-16%
Equity CAGR 5Y75%
Earnings CAGR 3Y2%
Sales CAGR 3Y2%
FCF CAGR 3Y-41%
Equity CAGR 3Y48%
Market Cap$640.69M
Revenue$3.08B
Assets$2.53B
Total Debt$893.71M
Cash$14.50M
Shares Outstanding6.52M
EV1.52B
Earnings Score62%
Moat Score88%
Safety Score67%
Final Score72%
Shares Growth 3y1%
Equity Growth QoQ1%
Equity Growth YoY34%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Hovnanian Enterprises Inc is an American construction company that focuses on residential construction. The company specializes in single-family housing and multi-unit building construction in Texas, Arizona, California, Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Hovnanian Enterprises builds homes and communities that target first-time, move-up, and luxury homebuyers. Historically, home sales around Texas, especially Houston, Arizona, and California have been the leading sources of revenue. The company also focuses on land purchasing and development to support future construction efforts as well as mortgage services for its homebuyers.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

  • 2025
    • 10-Q Jan 31
  • 2024
    • 10-K Oct 31
    • 10-Q Jul 31
    • 10-Q Apr 30
    • 10-Q Jan 31
  • 2023
    • 10-K Oct 31
    • 10-Q Jul 31
    • 10-Q Apr 30
    • 10-Q Jan 31

Sector Comparison

How does Hovnanian Enterprises Inc compare to its competitors?

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Peter Lynch's Chart

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CAGR 49%
Stability 42%
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Hovnanian Enterprises Inc Discounted Cash Flow

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DCF$33M$27M$23M$19M$15M$13M$10M$8.5M$7M$5.7M$57M
Value$219M

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years10/201510/201610/201710/201810/201910/202010/202110/202210/202310/2024TTM
Net Margins-1%-0%-14%0%-2%2%20%7%7%7%4%
ROA-0%-2%0%-2%1%9%22%10%12%13%
ROE-2%72%-1%9%-11%314%51%31%28%28%

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years10/201510/201610/201710/201810/201910/202010/202110/202210/202310/2024TTM
Debt over FCF-4.235.53-20.74-6.124.966.1415.022.57155.0321.98
Debt over Equity-14.51-12.5-3.5-3.29-3.16-3.297.153.011.841.121.1
Growth Stability------100%100%68%72%68%

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years10/201510/201610/201710/201810/201910/202010/202110/202210/202310/2024CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth-28%-11%-19%1%16%19%5%-6%9%5%
Earnings YoY growth--82%12K%-101%-1K%-210%1K%-65%-8%24%25%
Equity YoY growth-0%258%-1%8%-11%-140%118%52%38%75%
FCF YoY growth--218%-23%-125%251%-214%-29%-62%442%-99%-16%