Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026)
Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV) posted EBT Margin of -0.39% for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 3.37 percentage points from 2.97% a year earlier and down 0.44 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV) EBT Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jul 31, 2026, EBT Margin at Hovnanian Enterprises was 0.78%, down 5.84 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Oct 31, 2025), it came in at 2.89%, down 7.66 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual EBT Margin shows a five-year change of +0.53 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior fiscal years, Hovnanian Enterprises' EBT Margin was 10.55% in FY2024 (+1.27 pp), 9.29% in FY2023 (-1.66 pp), 10.94% in FY2022 (+4.12 pp) and 6.82% in FY2021 (+4.46 pp).
- Quarterly EBT Margin has run from a low of -0.50% in fiscal Q4 2025 to a high of 14.58% in fiscal Q3 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, EBT Margin has declined in each of the last six quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -4.84 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for EBT Margin in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2022, with a gain of 7.11 percentage points; the weakest was fiscal Q4 2025, with a drop of 12.53 percentage points.
- According to Business Quant data, EBT Margin for the three prior fiscal quarters was 0.05% (Q2 2026), 4.54% (Q1 2026) and -0.50% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | -0.39% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 0.05% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 4.54% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | -0.50% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 2.97% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 3.86% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 5.92% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 12.03% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 13.46% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 9.80% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 5.48% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 13.69% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 10.83% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 6.55% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 3.50% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 10.32% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 14.58% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 11.52% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 6.26% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 9.51% |
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