Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)
Hovnanian Enterprises' Debt Ratio came in at 0.01 for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 44.3% from 0.02 a year earlier and down 2.0% from the prior quarter.
Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Going back to fiscal Q4 2010, Hovnanian Enterprises' Debt Ratio data covers 62 quarters.
- Debt Ratio has declined in each of the last three fiscal years.
- Going back by fiscal year, Debt Ratio was 0.03 in FY2024 (-5.2%), 0.04 in FY2023 (-35.0%), 0.06 in FY2022 (+4.8%) and 0.05 in FY2021 (-27.1%).
- The five-year range for quarterly Debt Ratio is 0.01 (fiscal Q1 2026) to 0.09 (fiscal Q1 2022).
- Year-over-year, Debt Ratio has declined for 15 consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 42.6% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Debt Ratio over five years came in fiscal Q2 2022 (growth of 68.9%), and the weakest in fiscal Q1 2026 (a decline of 69.8%).
- Business Quant data shows HOV's Debt Ratio at 0.01 (Q2 2026), 0.01 (Q1 2026) and 0.01 (Q4 2025) in the three fiscal quarters before Q3 2026.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 0.01 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 0.01 |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 0.01 |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 0.01 |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 0.02 |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 0.03 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 0.03 |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 0.03 |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 0.05 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 0.04 |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 0.04 |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 0.04 |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 0.05 |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 0.05 |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 0.05 |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 0.06 |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 0.07 |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 0.08 |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 0.09 |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 0.05 |
Hovnanian Enterprises Inc Debt Ratio API
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