Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $139.21 -1.36 (-0.96%) As of 01/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends Hovnanian Enterprises Short Interest DataHovnanian Enterprises (HOV) has a short interest of 217,000 shares, representing 4.95% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 12.14% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 2.7, indicating that it would take 2.7 days of the average trading volume of 85,057 shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest217,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest193,500 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+12.14%Dollar Volume Sold Short$29.04 millionShort Interest Ratio2.7 Days to CoverLast Record DateDecember 31, 2024Outstanding Shares6,060,000 sharesFloat Size4,380,000 sharesShort Percent of Float4.95%Today's Trading Volume70,604 sharesAverage Trading Volume85,057 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average83% Short Selling Hovnanian Enterprises? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Hovnanian Enterprises and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartHOV Short Interest Over TimeHOV Days to Cover Over TimeHOV Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Hovnanian Enterprises Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 12/31/2024217,000 shares $29.04 million +12.1%5.0%2.7 $133.82 12/15/2024193,500 shares $30.35 million -5.7%4.4%2.5 $156.86 11/30/2024205,100 shares $40.32 million -4.7%4.7%2.8 $196.61 11/15/2024215,300 shares $36.16 million -11.1%4.9%3 $167.94 10/31/2024242,300 shares $42.81 million +7.2%5.5%3.2 $176.70 10/15/2024226,100 shares $44.44 million -25.9%5.1%2.9 $196.54 9/30/2024305,100 shares $62.43 million +1.2%6.7%3.7 $204.62 9/15/2024301,400 shares $64.47 million +15.8%6.6%3.6 $213.90 8/31/2024260,400 shares $56.31 million -3.6%5.7%3.1 $216.23 8/15/2024270,200 shares $52.66 million -13.0%6.1%3.1 $194.88 Get the Latest News and Ratings for HOV and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Hovnanian Enterprises and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 7/31/2024310,600 shares $65.19 million +19.0%7.0%3.6 $209.89 7/15/2024261,000 shares $43.15 million +4.6%5.8%3.2 $165.33 6/30/2024249,500 shares $35.41 million +58.7%5.5%3.3 $141.92 6/15/2024157,200 shares $23.23 million +38.3%3.5%2.1 $147.77 5/31/2024113,700 shares $16.35 million -27.7%2.5%1.5 $143.81 5/15/2024157,300 shares $28.81 million -20.3%3.4%2.1 $183.17 4/30/2024197,400 shares $29.20 million -7.2%4.2%2.6 $147.94 4/15/2024212,700 shares $28.54 million +35.3%4.5%2.6 $134.16 3/31/2024157,200 shares $24.67 million -32.9%3.3%1.9 $156.94 3/15/2024234,400 shares $30.88 million +6.8%5.0%2.8 $131.74 2/29/2024219,500 shares $34.42 million +37.2%4.7%2.2 $156.83 2/15/2024160,000 shares $26.88 million -21.2%3.2%1.7 $167.99 1/31/2024203,100 shares $34.37 million +41.1%4.1%2.4 $169.24 1/15/2024143,900 shares $23.18 million +1.0%3.2%1.8 $161.05 12/31/2023142,500 shares $22.18 million -28.0%3.0%1.8 $155.62 12/15/2023197,800 shares $29.41 million -9.4%4.2%2.6 $148.67 11/30/2023218,400 shares $19.68 million -1.9%4.7%3.4 $90.09 11/15/2023222,700 shares $20.04 million +1.3%4.8%3.6 $89.99 10/31/2023219,800 shares $15.32 million +37.5%4.7%3.6 $69.70 10/15/2023159,900 shares $12.77 million +1.3%3.4%2.7 $79.88 9/30/2023157,900 shares $16.05 million -9.6%3.4%2.7 $101.66 9/15/2023174,700 shares $19.79 million -7.5%3.7%3 $113.28 8/31/2023188,800 shares $22.54 million -1.4%4.0%3 $119.40 8/15/2023191,500 shares $20.11 million +0.5%4.2%3.2 $105.03 7/31/2023190,600 shares $20.32 million +51.2%4.1%3.1 $106.60 7/15/2023126,100 shares $13.77 million +4.0%2.7%2 $109.19 6/30/2023121,300 shares $12.03 million -1.4%2.6%1.9 $99.20 6/15/2023123,000 shares $12.23 million -25.5%2.7%2 $99.44 5/31/2023165,200 shares $13.87 million -0.5%3.6%2.6 $83.96 5/15/2023166,000 shares $13.74 million +7.8%3.6%2.6 $82.80Warren Buffett Bets $40 Billion—You Can Get in for $20 (Ad)I call it "The Last Retirement Stock You'll Ever Need." Warren Buffett himself owns $40 billion of stock in this sector.Click Here to Get All the Details >>> 4/30/2023154,000 shares $11.36 million +2.4%3.4%2.2 $73.77 4/15/2023150,400 shares $9.71 million -18.9%3.3%1.9 $64.55 3/31/2023185,400 shares $12.58 million -18.7%4.1%2.3 $67.84 3/15/2023228,000 shares $14.32 million -5.2%5.0%2.7 $62.80 2/28/2023240,400 shares $16.37 million -0.4%5.3%2.7 $68.11 2/15/2023241,300 shares $16.59 million -7.7%5.3%2.8 $68.77 1/31/2023261,500 shares $15.14 million -22.2%5.8%2.9 $57.88 1/15/2023335,900 shares $17.16 million -0.4%7.4%3.9 $51.09 12/30/2022337,100 shares $14.19 million -1.6%7.4%4.2 $42.08 12/15/2022342,700 shares $15.80 million -15.7%7.5%4.2 $46.10 11/30/2022406,700 shares $19.53 million -3.8%8.2%5.2 $48.01 11/15/2022422,900 shares $19.33 million -4.3%8.5%5.5 $45.72 10/31/2022442,000 shares $17.83 million +8.3%8.9%5.9 $40.33 10/15/2022408,000 shares $14.68 million +9.4%8.2%5.6 $35.99 9/30/2022372,900 shares $13.31 million +15.5%7.5%5.3 $35.70 9/15/2022323,000 shares $13.19 million +24.7%6.5%4.6 $40.85 8/31/2022259,000 shares $10.38 million +22.3%5.2%3.4 $40.09 8/15/2022211,800 shares $10.60 million -8.2%4.3%2.5 $50.04 7/31/2022230,600 shares $11.19 million -3.8%4.7%2.5 $48.51 7/15/2022239,700 shares $10.26 million +8.2%4.9%2.4 $42.82 6/30/2022221,600 shares $9.48 million -17.5%4.5%2 $42.79 6/15/2022268,600 shares $12.19 million +20.7%5.5%2.3 $45.40 5/31/2022222,600 shares $11.39 million -10.2%4.3%2 $51.19 5/15/2022248,000 shares $11.29 million -18.9%4.8%2.2 $45.53 4/30/2022305,700 shares $14.07 million +22.9%6.0%3 $46.02 4/15/2022248,700 shares $12.56 million +14.8%4.9%2.5 $50.51 3/31/2022216,700 shares $12.81 million +17.8%4.4%2.3 $59.10 3/15/2022184,000 shares $12.05 million +7.0%3.8%2.2 $65.50 2/28/2022172,000 shares $16.53 million -0.5%3.5%2 $96.12 2/15/2022172,800 shares $16.43 million +9.8%3.6%2 $95.08 1/31/2022157,400 shares $15.25 million +2.5%3.2%1.9 $96.88 1/15/2022153,500 shares $18.40 million +2.1%3.2%1.9 $119.86 12/31/2021150,400 shares $19.14 million -27.9%3.1%2 $127.29 12/15/2021208,500 shares $25.01 million -35.2%4.3%2.7 $119.97 11/30/2021321,500 shares $30.71 million +1.9%6.6%4.6 $95.51 11/15/2021315,400 shares $27.76 million -9.0%6.5%4.4 $88.01 10/29/2021346,700 shares $29.21 million -3.3%7.2%4.6 $84.26 10/15/2021358,600 shares $30.82 million +1.5%7.5%4.7 $85.95 9/30/2021353,400 shares $34.06 million -2.6%7.4%4.3 $96.39 9/15/2021362,900 shares $37.44 million +5.6%7.6%3.6 $103.16 8/31/2021343,700 shares $37.36 million -12.4%7.2%2.9 $108.71 8/13/2021392,400 shares $39.51 million -17.6%8.1%3.1 $100.70 7/30/2021476,000 shares $49.69 million +1.2%9.8%3.6 $104.39 7/15/2021470,600 shares $42.24 million +6.3%9.7%3.5 $89.76 6/30/2021442,600 shares $47.04 million +53.7%9.1%3.3 $106.29 6/15/2021288,000 shares $26.31 million +23.2%5.9%2.5 $91.35 5/28/2021233,800 shares $33.30 million +10.6%4.7%2.1 $142.43 5/14/2021211,400 shares $23.93 million -7.9%4.3%1.9 $113.22 4/30/2021229,500 shares $30.47 million -5.5%4.7%1.9 $132.75 4/15/2021242,900 shares $26.52 million +1.0%4.9%1.9 $109.20Warren Buffett Bets $40 Billion—You Can Get in for $20 (Ad)I call it "The Last Retirement Stock You'll Ever Need." Warren Buffett himself owns $40 billion of stock in this sector.Click Here to Get All the Details >>> 3/31/2021240,500 shares $25.83 million -12.1%4.9%1.8 $107.41 3/15/2021273,500 shares $28.00 million -11.1%5.6%2 $102.37 2/26/2021307,600 shares $16.53 million -10.5%6.1%2.3 $53.75 2/12/2021343,500 shares $19.93 million -36.7%6.8%2.8 $58.03 1/29/2021543,000 shares $27.74 million -13.4%10.8%4.1 $51.09 1/15/2021626,900 shares $21.60 million +2.5%12.5%3.5 $34.46 12/31/2020611,400 shares $20.87 million +8.7%12.2%3.6 $34.14 12/15/2020562,600 shares $18.70 million -2.0%12.0%3.2 $33.24 11/30/2020574,100 shares $23.30 million -14.1%12.2%3.2 $40.58 11/15/2020668,200 shares $26.63 million -29.9%14.2%3.6 $39.86 10/30/2020952,600 shares $31.76 million +48.1%20.2%4.8 $33.34 10/15/2020643,400 shares $22.36 million -0.2%13.7%3.8 $34.75 9/30/2020644,800 shares $20.97 million +4.3%13.7%3.8 $32.52 9/15/2020618,300 shares $19.04 million -1.3%13.1%3.6 $30.79 8/31/2020626,500 shares $19.62 million +3.2%13.3%3.2 $31.32 8/14/2020607,200 shares $17.32 million -12.1%12.9%2.8 $28.53 7/31/2020691,100 shares $16.10 million +1.2%14.7%3.2 $23.30 7/15/2020682,800 shares $14.69 million +2.8%14.5%3.1 $21.51 6/30/2020664,100 shares $15.45 million +6.6%14.1%2.9 $23.26 6/15/2020623,100 shares $13.05 million -16.1%13.3%2.5 $20.94 5/29/2020742,200 shares $11.88 million -3.4%15.5%2.9 $16.01 5/15/2020768,000 shares $8.35 million +10.9%16.0%3.4 $10.87 4/30/2020692,700 shares $9.14 million +11.8%14.5%3.2 $13.19 4/15/2020619,600 shares $6.08 million +8.0%12.9%3 $9.81 3/31/2020573,500 shares $5.52 million +8.1%12.2%2.8 $9.63 3/13/2020530,600 shares $5.56 million +11.5%11.0%3.1 $10.48 2/28/2020476,000 shares $3.29 million -10.6%10.1%2.7 $6.91 2/14/2020532,300 shares $9.01 million +4.6%11.3%2.9 $16.92 1/31/2020508,700 shares $13.38 million -23.3%10.8%2.6 $26.30 HOV Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Hovnanian Enterprises' current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Hovnanian Enterprises shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of December 31st, investors have sold 217,000 shares of HOV short. 4.95% of Hovnanian Enterprises' shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Hovnanian Enterprises' current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Hovnanian Enterprises? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. HOV shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Hovnanian Enterprises's short interest ratio. What is a good short interest percentage for Hovnanian Enterprises? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 4.95% of Hovnanian Enterprises' floating shares are currently sold short. Is Hovnanian Enterprises' short interest increasing or decreasing? Hovnanian Enterprises saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 217,000 shares, an increase of 12.1% from the previous total of 193,500 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is Hovnanian Enterprises' float size? Hovnanian Enterprises currently has issued a total of 6,060,000 shares. Some of Hovnanian Enterprises' outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. Hovnanian Enterprises currently has a public float of 4,380,000 shares. How does Hovnanian Enterprises' short interest compare to its competitors? 4.95% of Hovnanian Enterprises' shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to Hovnanian Enterprises: Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (5.73%), D.R. Horton, Inc. (2.31%), Lennar Co. (3.09%), NVR, Inc. (2.33%), PulteGroup, Inc. (2.36%), Toll Brothers, Inc. (2.68%), Meritage Homes Co. (3.26%), KB Home (7.61%), Cavco Industries, Inc. (1.83%), M/I Homes, Inc. (3.44%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: AppLovin Co. ($5.83 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.77 billion), Reddit, Inc. ($2.98 billion), The Kroger Co. ($2.97 billion), International Paper ($2.64 billion), SoFi Technologies, Inc. ($1.99 billion), Rivian Automotive, Inc. ($1.93 billion), Onsemi ($1.81 billion), SoundHound AI, Inc. ($1.59 billion), and Moderna, Inc. ($1.57 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Hovnanian Enterprises stock? Short selling HOV is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Hovnanian Enterprises as its price is falling. HOV shares are trading down $1.36 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Hovnanian Enterprises? A short squeeze for Hovnanian Enterprises occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of HOV, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Hovnanian Enterprises' short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including HOV, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is December, 31 2024. 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