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$89.60 -6.53 (-6.80%)
Closing price 05/21/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and earnings.

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%

Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.2, meaning that its share price is 120% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hovnanian Enterprises has a beta of 2.28, meaning that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Hovnanian Enterprises had 15 more articles in the media than Beazer Homes USA. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises and 5 mentions for Beazer Homes USA. Beazer Homes USA's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Hovnanian Enterprises' score of 0.32 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
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hovnanian Enterprises
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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$2.44B0.26$140.18M$3.096.70
Hovnanian Enterprises$3.08B0.17$242.01M$32.782.73

Beazer Homes USA received 103 more outperform votes than Hovnanian Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.20% of users gave Beazer Homes USA an outperform vote while only 53.63% of users gave Hovnanian Enterprises an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Beazer Homes USAOutperform Votes
369
58.20%
Underperform Votes
265
41.80%
Hovnanian EnterprisesOutperform Votes
266
53.63%
Underperform Votes
230
46.37%

Beazer Homes USA presently has a consensus price target of $37.00, indicating a potential upside of 78.78%. Hovnanian Enterprises has a consensus price target of $137.50, indicating a potential upside of 53.46%. Given Beazer Homes USA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Beazer Homes USA and Hovnanian Enterprises tied by winning 9 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$530.86M$6.33B$8.73B$19.42B
Dividend YieldN/A1.59%2.05%3.83%
P/E Ratio2.796.5816.6034.23
Price / Sales0.170.7271.5634.85
Price / Cash3.107.6421.3017.51
Price / Book0.821.354.564.69
Net Income$242.01M$854.81M$557.33M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-16.52%-8.21%-1.96%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-9.16%3.20%8.44%7.46%
1 Year Performance-39.64%-22.06%84.27%3.96%

Hovnanian Enterprises Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HOV
Hovnanian Enterprises
2.7739 of 5 stars
$89.60
-6.8%
$137.50
+53.5%
-47.0%$530.86M$3.08B2.791,870News Coverage
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
BZH
Beazer Homes USA
4.8485 of 5 stars
$22.35
-1.5%
$37.00
+65.5%
-27.8%$677.27M$2.44B5.691,130Positive News
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.9803 of 5 stars
$124.87
-0.7%
$151.15
+21.0%
-19.9%$38.36B$35.32B8.8213,200Positive News
LEN
Lennar
4.925 of 5 stars
$111.06
-0.7%
$150.07
+35.1%
-35.0%$29.30B$35.76B7.7412,000Positive News
NVR
NVR
4.1264 of 5 stars
$7,296.82
-1.0%
$9,023.33
+23.7%
-7.3%$21.34B$10.61B14.386,550Positive News
PHM
PulteGroup
4.9651 of 5 stars
$102.93
-1.4%
$134.69
+30.9%
-16.0%$20.63B$17.89B7.006,520Positive News
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.972 of 5 stars
$105.83
-1.3%
$143.64
+35.7%
-20.0%$10.57B$10.76B7.285,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.4424 of 5 stars
$67.80
-1.8%
$97.72
+44.1%
-28.1%$4.87B$6.29B5.191,920News Coverage
Gap Down
CVCO
Cavco Industries
1.4911 of 5 stars
$517.88
-1.9%
$522.50
+0.9%
+42.4%$4.20B$1.93B25.496,300News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
KBH
KB Home
4.9599 of 5 stars
$53.91
-2.1%
$71.23
+32.1%
-28.0%$3.87B$6.85B6.362,370Gap Down
MHO
M/I Homes
4.0807 of 5 stars
$110.68
-1.5%
$162.50
+46.8%
-17.0%$2.96B$4.43B5.621,660Positive News

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