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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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.

LGI Homes currently has a consensus price target of $93.33, suggesting a potential upside of 82.17%. Hovnanian Enterprises has a consensus price target of $120.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.00%. Given LGI Homes' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Hovnanian Enterprises
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50

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$2.20B0.54$196.07M$7.756.61
Hovnanian Enterprises$3.00B0.21$242.01M$28.553.82

In the previous week, LGI Homes had 6 more articles in the media than Hovnanian Enterprises. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for LGI Homes and 3 mentions for Hovnanian Enterprises. Hovnanian Enterprises' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat LGI Homes' score of 0.48 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
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 has a beta of 1.76, suggesting that its stock price is 76% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hovnanian Enterprises has a beta of 2.13, suggesting that its stock price is 113% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock 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
LGI Homes8.46% 9.49% 5.00%
Hovnanian Enterprises 7.03%33.18%8.41%

Summary

LGI Homes and Hovnanian Enterprises tied by winning 8 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$645.81M$9.12B$9.20B$20.57B
Dividend YieldN/A2.71%2.02%3.65%
P/E Ratio3.826.4415.9327.20
Price / Sales0.210.88107.1053.21
Price / Cash2.867.1214.8622.28
Price / Book0.991.384.444.57
Net Income$242.01M$1.21B$622.34M$995.22M
7 Day Performance-8.00%-4.86%-2.73%-1.11%
1 Month Performance11.52%4.02%2.78%3.24%
1 Year Performance-42.27%-14.62%92.26%6.80%

Hovnanian Enterprises Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HOV
Hovnanian Enterprises
1.7805 of 5 stars
$109.09
+1.1%
$120.00
+10.0%
-34.7%$645.81M$3.00B3.821,878Gap Down
LGIH
LGI Homes
3.624 of 5 stars
$52.16
-4.2%
$104.33
+100.0%
-49.0%$1.27B$2.20B6.731,170
CCS
Century Communities
4.371 of 5 stars
$58.24
-2.4%
$85.00
+45.9%
-36.4%$1.82B$4.40B6.031,873Upcoming Earnings
KBH
KB Home
4.7038 of 5 stars
$52.81
-2.5%
$66.14
+25.2%
-29.9%$3.88B$6.67B6.992,384Dividend Announcement
LEN
Lennar
4.7103 of 5 stars
$109.28
-0.8%
$128.85
+17.9%
-32.3%$29.05B$35.44B9.0413,265
LEN.B
Lennar
N/A$104.33
-1.2%
N/A-31.1%$27.86B$35.44B8.6312,000
MHO
M/I Homes
3.9463 of 5 stars
$111.99
-3.0%
$162.50
+45.1%
-16.7%$3.09B$4.43B5.921,760News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
MTH
Meritage Homes
4.8101 of 5 stars
$68.61
-2.9%
$97.72
+42.4%
-22.3%$5.07B$6.40B5.611,898Upcoming Earnings
PHM
PulteGroup
4.9287 of 5 stars
$108.14
-1.1%
$134.69
+24.6%
-7.1%$21.92B$17.95B7.636,793Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
3.523 of 5 stars
$62.51
-1.5%
$76.88
+23.0%
+1.2%$6.37B$8.17B7.273,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TOL
Toll Brothers
4.8902 of 5 stars
$116.30
-1.3%
$141.46
+21.6%
-7.8%$11.56B$10.85B8.634,900

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This page (NYSE:HOV) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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