Volvo Car AB (publ.) (VLVOF) Competitors

Volvo Car AB (publ.) (NASDAQ:VLVOF) and Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A (NASDAQ:HOVNP) are both consumer durables companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

Does the media favor VLVOF or HOVNP?

In the previous week, Volvo Car AB (publ.) had 5 more articles in the media than Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Volvo Car AB (publ.) and 2 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Volvo Car AB (publ.)'s score of 0.20 indicating that Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Volvo Car AB (publ.)	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend VLVOF or HOVNP?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Volvo Car AB (publ.)	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VLVOF or HOVNP?

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A received 141 more outperform votes than Volvo Car AB (publ.) when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.80% of users gave Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A an outperform vote while only 21.43% of users gave Volvo Car AB (publ.) an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Volvo Car AB (publ.)	Outperform Votes 3 21.43%	Underperform Votes 11 78.57%
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A	Outperform Votes 144 61.80%	Underperform Votes 89 38.20%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, VLVOF or HOVNP?

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Volvo Car AB (publ.)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A	$2.83B	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is VLVOF or HOVNP more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Volvo Car AB (publ.)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. PFD DEP1/1000A beats Volvo Car AB (publ.) on 4 of the 6 factors compared between the two stocks.