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$106.97 -2.49 (-2.27%)
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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 superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability and dividends.

In the previous week, LGI Homes had 2 more articles in the media than Hovnanian Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for LGI Homes and 3 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises. LGI Homes' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Hovnanian Enterprises' score of 0.98 indicating that LGI Homes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Hovnanian Enterprises currently has a consensus price target of $120.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.18%. LGI Homes has a consensus price target of $93.33, suggesting a potential upside of 83.76%. 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 12.3% of LGI Homes shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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$3.00B0.21$242.01M$28.553.75
LGI Homes$2.20B0.54$196.07M$7.756.55

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

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

LGI Homes beats Hovnanian Enterprises on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HOV and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$648.51M$9.16B$9.40B$20.85B
Dividend YieldN/A2.78%2.05%3.65%
P/E Ratio3.756.4516.0026.34
Price / Sales0.210.97111.4459.22
Price / Cash2.686.9914.8222.29
Price / Book0.971.394.504.66
Net Income$242.01M$1.21B$622.34M$994.58M
7 Day Performance-10.66%-4.12%-1.93%-0.29%
1 Month Performance16.71%5.45%3.55%4.91%
1 Year Performance-39.71%-13.45%96.75%10.53%

Hovnanian Enterprises Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HOV
Hovnanian Enterprises
2.0039 of 5 stars
$106.97
-2.3%
$120.00
+12.2%
-40.4%$648.51M$3.00B3.751,878
LGIH
LGI Homes
3.6109 of 5 stars
$54.42
-0.9%
$93.33
+71.5%
-50.7%$1.27B$2.20B7.021,170
CCS
Century Communities
4.3865 of 5 stars
$61.24
-0.7%
$85.00
+38.8%
-37.8%$1.87B$4.40B6.341,873Upcoming Earnings
KBH
KB Home
4.6616 of 5 stars
$55.35
-0.5%
$66.14
+19.5%
-31.1%$3.97B$6.67B7.332,384Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
LEN
Lennar
4.6007 of 5 stars
$113.03
-0.8%
$128.85
+14.0%
-34.0%$29.27B$35.44B9.3513,265
LEN.B
Lennar
N/A$107.73
-1.0%
N/A-32.8%$28.42B$35.37B8.9112,000News Coverage
Positive News
MHO
M/I Homes
3.9731 of 5 stars
$119.79
-1.0%
$162.50
+35.6%
-23.1%$3.21B$4.43B6.331,760News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.7687 of 5 stars
$72.63
-1.5%
$97.72
+34.6%
-25.2%$5.22B$6.40B5.941,898Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
PHM
PulteGroup
4.9319 of 5 stars
$112.96
-1.1%
$135.08
+19.6%
-10.1%$22.64B$17.95B7.976,793News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
3.5528 of 5 stars
$64.60
-0.2%
$76.88
+19.0%
-2.1%$6.48B$8.17B7.513,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.9192 of 5 stars
$119.46
-1.1%
$141.85
+18.7%
-8.3%$11.73B$10.85B8.864,900Trending News
Insider Trade

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This page (NYSE:HOV) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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