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$96.85 +0.05 (+0.06%)
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HOV vs. BZH, DHI, LEN, NVR, PHM, TOL, MTH, CVCO, KBH, and MHO

Should you be buying Hovnanian Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hovnanian Enterprises include Beazer Homes USA (BZH), D.R. Horton (DHI), Lennar (LEN), NVR (NVR), PulteGroup (PHM), Toll Brothers (TOL), Meritage Homes (MTH), Cavco Industries (CVCO), KB Home (KBH), and M/I Homes (MHO). These companies are all part of the "homebuilding" industry.

Hovnanian Enterprises vs.

Beazer Homes USA (NYSE:BZH) and Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE:HOV) are both small-cap construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

Hovnanian Enterprises has higher revenue and earnings than Beazer Homes USA. Hovnanian Enterprises is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Beazer Homes USA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Beazer Homes USA$2.41B0.25$140.18M$3.934.97
Hovnanian Enterprises$3.08B0.19$242.01M$32.782.94

Hovnanian Enterprises has a net margin of 8.05% compared to Beazer Homes USA's net margin of 5.04%. Hovnanian Enterprises' return on equity of 43.47% beat Beazer Homes USA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Beazer Homes USA5.04% 10.12% 4.72%
Hovnanian Enterprises 8.05%43.47%9.83%

In the previous week, Beazer Homes USA had 6 more articles in the media than Hovnanian Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Beazer Homes USA and 4 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises. Beazer Homes USA's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Hovnanian Enterprises' score of 0.42 indicating that Beazer Homes USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Beazer Homes USA
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hovnanian Enterprises
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hovnanian Enterprises has a beta of 2.43, meaning that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Beazer Homes USA received 102 more outperform votes than Hovnanian Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.14% of users gave Beazer Homes USA an outperform vote while only 53.85% of users gave Hovnanian Enterprises an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Beazer Homes USAOutperform Votes
368
58.14%
Underperform Votes
265
41.86%
Hovnanian EnterprisesOutperform Votes
266
53.85%
Underperform Votes
228
46.15%

85.7% of Beazer Homes USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Beazer Homes USA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Beazer Homes USA currently has a consensus target price of $38.33, suggesting a potential upside of 96.07%. Hovnanian Enterprises has a consensus target price of $155.00, suggesting a potential upside of 60.69%. Given Beazer Homes USA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Beazer Homes USA is more favorable than Hovnanian Enterprises.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Beazer Homes USA
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Hovnanian Enterprises
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

Summary

Beazer Homes USA beats Hovnanian Enterprises on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HOV vs. The Competition

MetricHovnanian EnterprisesOperative builders IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$574.61M$6.46B$8.34B$18.94B
Dividend YieldN/A1.60%2.12%4.02%
P/E Ratio3.026.3715.6432.91
Price / Sales0.190.7270.0827.90
Price / Cash3.107.6421.4017.52
Price / Book0.881.354.174.47
Net Income$242.01M$854.81M$535.55M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.42%-2.26%0.80%0.66%
1 Month Performance-7.88%-5.85%62.62%-2.68%
1 Year Performance-35.54%-23.25%77.17%4.52%

Hovnanian Enterprises Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HOV
Hovnanian Enterprises
2.5617 of 5 stars
$96.85
+0.1%
$155.00
+60.0%
-34.8%$573.86M$3.08B3.021,870Short Interest ↑
BZH
Beazer Homes USA
4.7 of 5 stars
$19.44
+0.9%
$39.67
+104.0%
-30.1%$606.59M$2.41B4.951,130Analyst Forecast
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.8135 of 5 stars
$125.16
+0.5%
$151.15
+20.8%
-11.3%$38.45B$35.32B8.8513,200Analyst Downgrade
LEN
Lennar
4.9667 of 5 stars
$108.25
+0.6%
$150.07
+38.6%
-28.3%$28.56B$35.76B7.5512,000Short Interest ↓
Positive News
NVR
NVR
4.4333 of 5 stars
$7,059.00
-0.2%
$9,023.33
+27.8%
-4.2%$20.96B$10.61B13.916,550Analyst Revision
Positive News
PHM
PulteGroup
4.9447 of 5 stars
$102.51
+0.6%
$134.69
+31.4%
-7.9%$20.75B$17.89B6.976,520Dividend Announcement
Options Volume
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.9121 of 5 stars
$101.11
+1.0%
$144.79
+43.2%
-15.4%$10.10B$10.76B6.965,200
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.3745 of 5 stars
$67.66
-0.4%
$104.63
+54.6%
-17.8%$4.86B$6.29B5.171,920Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CVCO
Cavco Industries
1.4884 of 5 stars
$489.29
+0.1%
$522.50
+6.8%
+35.6%$3.97B$1.93B24.086,300Positive News
KBH
KB Home
4.9766 of 5 stars
$54.01
+0.6%
$71.04
+31.5%
-16.6%$3.87B$6.85B6.382,370Positive News
MHO
M/I Homes
4.0791 of 5 stars
$105.09
-0.5%
$176.50
+68.0%
-8.1%$2.85B$4.43B5.331,660Short Interest ↑

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