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Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV) Competitors

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$118.57 +6.00 (+5.33%)
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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

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

Hovnanian Enterprises has a beta of 2.13, meaning that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, LGI Homes has a beta of 1.76, meaning that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Hovnanian Enterprises$3.00B0.23$242.01M$28.554.15
LGI Homes$2.16B0.60$196.07M$7.757.16

In the previous week, LGI Homes had 12 more articles in the media than Hovnanian Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for LGI Homes and 3 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises. Hovnanian Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat LGI Homes' score of 0.20 indicating that Hovnanian Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Hovnanian Enterprises presently has a consensus target price of $120.00, suggesting a potential upside of 1.21%. LGI Homes has a consensus target price of $93.33, suggesting a potential upside of 68.11%. Given LGI Homes' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe LGI Homes is more favorable than Hovnanian Enterprises.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hovnanian Enterprises
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
LGI Homes
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

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

LGI Homes has a net margin of 8.46% 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
Hovnanian Enterprises7.03% 33.18% 8.41%
LGI Homes 8.46%9.49%5.00%

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$701.93M$9.57B$9.50B$20.50B
Dividend YieldN/A2.73%2.05%3.78%
P/E Ratio4.156.6616.6327.89
Price / Sales0.230.99116.0340.71
Price / Cash2.686.9514.8722.26
Price / Book1.081.434.604.59
Net Income$242.01M$1.21B$620.21M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.75%0.32%1.95%0.70%
1 Month Performance20.79%6.75%5.10%3.91%
1 Year Performance-15.41%-3.43%106.97%14.78%

Hovnanian Enterprises Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HOV
Hovnanian Enterprises
0.8734 of 5 stars
$118.57
+5.3%
$120.00
+1.2%
-20.3%$701.93M$3.00B4.151,878
LGIH
LGI Homes
3.6877 of 5 stars
$51.52
-0.1%
$104.33
+102.5%
-39.4%$1.21B$2.20B6.651,170Analyst Forecast
CCS
Century Communities
4.6657 of 5 stars
$56.39
+0.6%
$85.00
+50.7%
-26.6%$1.71B$4.40B5.841,873
KBH
KB Home
4.7897 of 5 stars
$53.04
+0.6%
$66.14
+24.7%
-20.1%$3.78B$6.93B7.032,384Analyst Revision
LEN
Lennar
4.8761 of 5 stars
$110.78
+0.5%
$128.85
+16.3%
-22.6%$29.07B$35.44B9.1613,265Analyst Revision
LEN.B
Lennar
N/A$105.22
-0.1%
N/A-21.8%$27.78B$35.44B8.7012,000Positive News
MHO
M/I Homes
3.8886 of 5 stars
$112.12
-0.5%
$162.50
+44.9%
-5.4%$3.02B$4.50B5.931,760
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.2998 of 5 stars
$67.02
+0.4%
$97.72
+45.8%
-9.8%$4.80B$6.40B5.481,898Gap Up
PHM
PulteGroup
4.8937 of 5 stars
$105.63
+0.1%
$134.69
+27.5%
+3.5%$21.15B$17.95B7.456,793Positive News
Analyst Forecast
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
3.1007 of 5 stars
$61.51
+0.4%
$76.88
+25.0%
+16.2%$6.15B$8.17B7.153,000Positive News
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.7942 of 5 stars
$114.34
+0.0%
$141.46
+23.7%
+5.7%$11.22B$10.85B8.484,900Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:HOV) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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