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$132.82 +0.64 (+0.48%)
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HOV vs. LGIH, CCS, KBH, LEN, LEN.B, MHO, MTH, PHM, TMHC, and TOL

Should you be buying Hovnanian Enterprises stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hovnanian Enterprises include LGI Homes (LGIH), Century Communities (CCS), KB Home (KBH), Lennar (LEN), Lennar (LEN.B), M/I Homes (MHO), Meritage Homes (MTH), PulteGroup (PHM), Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC), and Toll Brothers (TOL).

Hovnanian Enterprises vs. Its Competitors

LGI Homes (NASDAQ:LGIH) and Hovnanian Enterprises (NYSE:HOV) are related small-cap companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
LGI Homes$2.20B0.61$196.07M$6.638.61
Hovnanian Enterprises$3.06B0.26$242.01M$28.554.65

84.9% of LGI Homes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 12.3% of LGI Homes shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.8% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

LGI Homes has a net margin of 7.63% compared to Hovnanian Enterprises' net margin of 7.03%. Hovnanian Enterprises' return on equity of 33.18% beat LGI Homes' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
LGI Homes7.63% 8.00% 4.21%
Hovnanian Enterprises 7.03%33.18%8.41%

LGI Homes currently has a consensus price target of $71.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.49%. Hovnanian Enterprises has a consensus price target of $120.00, suggesting a potential downside of 9.65%. Given LGI Homes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe LGI Homes is more favorable than Hovnanian Enterprises.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
LGI Homes
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Hovnanian Enterprises
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

LGI Homes has a beta of 1.69, suggesting that its share price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hovnanian Enterprises has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, LGI Homes had 18 more articles in the media than Hovnanian Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for LGI Homes and 4 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises. Hovnanian Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat LGI Homes' score of 0.41 indicating that Hovnanian Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
LGI Homes
4 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Hovnanian Enterprises
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

LGI Homes and Hovnanian Enterprises tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HOV vs. The Competition

MetricHovnanian EnterprisesBLDG IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$786.96M$9.96B$9.34B$20.68B
Dividend YieldN/A2.77%2.01%3.69%
P/E Ratio4.657.3315.6828.53
Price / Sales0.265.74109.6766.35
Price / Cash3.217.4015.1123.60
Price / Book1.211.474.964.31
Net Income$242.01M$1.21B$623.51M$996.14M
7 Day Performance6.67%11.01%3.38%1.93%
1 Month Performance17.68%7.56%2.37%-0.54%
1 Year Performance-25.34%-4.91%107.68%14.79%

Hovnanian Enterprises Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HOV
Hovnanian Enterprises
1.1697 of 5 stars
$132.82
+0.5%
$120.00
-9.7%
-22.5%$786.96M$3.06B4.651,878Positive News
LGIH
LGI Homes
3.6269 of 5 stars
$56.89
-1.2%
$93.33
+64.1%
-40.9%$1.35B$2.20B7.341,170Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CCS
Century Communities
4.6386 of 5 stars
$59.26
-0.6%
$85.00
+43.4%
-32.2%$1.82B$4.40B7.241,873
KBH
KB Home
4.7176 of 5 stars
$57.07
+0.4%
$66.14
+15.9%
-24.1%$3.87B$6.93B7.562,384
LEN
Lennar
4.2662 of 5 stars
$116.27
+0.8%
$128.85
+10.8%
-28.3%$29.87B$35.37B9.6213,265
LEN.B
Lennar
N/A$112.03
+1.1%
N/A-26.3%$28.71B$35.44B9.2712,000
MHO
M/I Homes
2.8204 of 5 stars
$123.57
+1.1%
$162.50
+31.5%
-7.9%$3.27B$4.50B6.791,760
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.9003 of 5 stars
$70.50
+1.0%
$93.78
+33.0%
-17.8%$5.01B$6.40B6.341,898Positive News
Analyst Revision
PHM
PulteGroup
4.8476 of 5 stars
$116.92
+0.5%
$134.15
+14.7%
+0.6%$22.96B$17.69B8.746,793Positive News
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
2.9595 of 5 stars
$60.64
-0.2%
$76.88
+26.8%
+9.3%$6.10B$8.17B7.003,000Positive News
Insider Trade
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.9187 of 5 stars
$123.33
+0.2%
$141.85
+15.0%
+1.4%$12.08B$10.85B9.154,900

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This page (NYSE:HOV) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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