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Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV) Competitors

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$133.05 -10.49 (-7.31%)
(As of 05:27 PM ET)

HOV vs. BZH, DHI, LEN, NVR, PHM, TOL, MTH, KBH, MHO, and CVCO

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), KB Home (KBH), M/I Homes (MHO), and Cavco Industries (CVCO). 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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Beazer Homes USA received 99 more outperform votes than Hovnanian Enterprises when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.94% of users gave Beazer Homes USA an outperform vote while only 54.18% of users gave Hovnanian Enterprises an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Beazer Homes USAOutperform Votes
365
57.94%
Underperform Votes
265
42.06%
Hovnanian EnterprisesOutperform Votes
266
54.18%
Underperform Votes
225
45.82%

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$2.33B0.38$140.18M$4.536.26
Hovnanian Enterprises$3.00B0.27$242.01M$32.114.14

85.7% of Beazer Homes USA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are held by institutional investors. 7.0% of Beazer Homes USA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.7% of Hovnanian Enterprises shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Beazer Homes USA has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hovnanian Enterprises has a beta of 2.62, suggesting that its share price is 162% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Beazer Homes USA currently has a consensus price target of $39.67, indicating a potential upside of 39.77%. Hovnanian Enterprises has a consensus price target of $155.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.50%. Given Beazer Homes USA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Hovnanian Enterprises has a net margin of 8.05% compared to Beazer Homes USA's net margin of 6.02%. Hovnanian Enterprises' return on equity of 46.58% beat Beazer Homes USA's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Beazer Homes USA6.02% 11.95% 5.56%
Hovnanian Enterprises 8.05%46.58%10.04%

In the previous week, Hovnanian Enterprises had 6 more articles in the media than Beazer Homes USA. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises and 0 mentions for Beazer Homes USA. Hovnanian Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Beazer Homes USA's score of 0.17 indicating that Hovnanian Enterprises is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Beazer Homes USA Neutral
Hovnanian Enterprises Positive

Summary

Hovnanian Enterprises beats Beazer Homes USA 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$805.62M$7.75B$8.80B$19.11B
Dividend YieldN/A1.12%1.85%3.51%
P/E Ratio4.147.7727.8941.74
Price / Sales0.270.962.2916.77
Price / Cash4.229.8422.2521.73
Price / Book1.821.766.145.27
Net Income$242.01M$792.91M$516.58M$987.88M
7 Day Performance-18.77%-10.08%-5.53%-5.42%
1 Month Performance-19.81%-10.90%-3.53%-2.60%
1 Year Performance-9.66%-1.93%38.61%12.55%

Hovnanian Enterprises Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HOV
Hovnanian Enterprises
2.4102 of 5 stars
$133.05
-7.3%
$155.00
+16.5%
-3.8%$805.62M$3.00B4.141,715Analyst Forecast
BZH
Beazer Homes USA
4.6561 of 5 stars
$30.66
-0.2%
$39.67
+29.4%
-4.5%$951.99M$2.33B6.781,158
DHI
D.R. Horton
4.993 of 5 stars
$148.32
-1.0%
$180.60
+21.8%
-2.3%$47.64B$36.80B10.4414,766Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
LEN
Lennar
4.9457 of 5 stars
$152.79
-1.0%
$183.76
+20.3%
+1.5%$41.44B$36.46B10.2212,284Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
NVR
NVR
3.7615 of 5 stars
$8,612.18
+0.3%
$9,765.00
+13.4%
+23.3%$26.35B$9.31B17.566,300Buyback Announcement
PHM
PulteGroup
4.874 of 5 stars
$117.57
-0.7%
$144.50
+22.9%
+13.1%$24.11B$16.06B8.736,382Analyst Forecast
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.842 of 5 stars
$134.69
+0.6%
$152.53
+13.2%
+29.5%$13.60B$10.85B8.934,800Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.283 of 5 stars
$167.56
-0.5%
$215.14
+28.4%
-5.3%$6.06B$6.14B7.621,920
KBH
KB Home
4.8371 of 5 stars
$71.69
+0.4%
$79.92
+11.5%
+16.2%$5.26B$6.60B9.162,205Analyst Forecast
MHO
M/I Homes
3.7921 of 5 stars
$155.51
+2.4%
$197.50
+27.0%
+21.7%$4.32B$4.27B8.141,607Positive News
CVCO
Cavco Industries
2.1004 of 5 stars
$480.91
-0.8%
$487.50
+1.4%
+42.5%$3.90B$1.85B27.616,500Insider Trade

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This page (NYSE:HOV) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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