Growth Metrics

Hovnanian Enterprises (HOVNP) Net Margin (2010 - 2026)

Hovnanian Enterprises posted quarterly Net Margin of 2.88% for Q1 2026, down 91.0% year-on-year from 31.98% in Q1 2025, and up 810.61% on a QoQ basis from 0.41% in Q4 2025.

Hovnanian Enterprises (HOVNP) has 17 years of Net Margin data on file, last reported at 2.88% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Net Margin fell 91.0% year-over-year to 2.88%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at 1.56% (down 608.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 1.79%, down 591.0% from the prior year.
  • Net Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 2.88%, up from 0.41% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Net Margin topped out at 10.66% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 0.41% in Q4 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Net Margin is 4.47% (2023), against an average of 5.6%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Net Margin sank 6099 bps; it then surged 469 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Net Margin shows it stood at 5.97% in 2022, then surged by 78 bps to 10.66% in 2023, then dropped by 12 bps to 9.36% in 2024, then slumped by 104 bps to 0.41% in 2025, then soared by 811 bps to 2.88% in 2026.
  • The last three Net Margin figures came in at 2.88% (Q1 2026), 0.41% (Q4 2025), and 1.74% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Net Margin (Qtr)
1 Horton D R 42.35 Bn 41.00 Bn 1.70 Bn 8.71%
2 Pultegroup 22.70 Bn 20.89 Bn 881.27 Mn 10.18%
3 Lennar 21.95 Bn 19.75 Bn 6.36 Bn 4.57%
4 Nvr 16.98 Bn 15.33 Bn 1.31 Bn 10.55%
5 Toll Brothers 13.26 Bn 12.07 Bn 476.99 Mn 9.83%
6 Installed Building Products 5.63 Bn 5.15 Bn 212.30 Mn 5.27%
7 Taylor Morrison Home 5.62 Bn 5.62 Bn 290.64 Mn 7.24%
8 Meritage Homes 4.40 Bn 3.63 Bn -269,000.00 14.59%
9 Cavco Industries 4.23 Bn 4.20 Bn 135.92 Mn 7.58%
10 Hovnanian Enterprises - - 417.00 Mn 2.88%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 2.88%
Oct 31, 2025 -0.41%
Jul 31, 2025 1.74%
Apr 30, 2025 2.49%
Jan 31, 2025 3.79%
Oct 31, 2024 9.36%
Jul 31, 2024 9.72%
Apr 30, 2024 6.79%
Jan 31, 2024 3.57%
Oct 31, 2023 10.66%
Jul 31, 2023 8.17%
Apr 30, 2023 4.47%
Jan 31, 2023 3.11%
Oct 31, 2022 5.97%
Jul 31, 2022 10.42%
Apr 30, 2022 8.51%
Jan 31, 2022 3.92%
Oct 31, 2021 6.44%
Jul 31, 2021 6.91%
Apr 30, 2021 69.50%
Jan 31, 2021 3.30%
Oct 31, 2020 5.95%
Jul 31, 2020 2.45%
Apr 30, 2020 0.76%
Jan 31, 2020 -1.85%
Oct 31, 2019 -0.25%
Jul 31, 2019 -1.58%
Apr 30, 2019 -3.46%
Jan 31, 2019 -4.59%
Oct 31, 2018 7.51%
Jul 31, 2018 -0.22%
Apr 30, 2018 -1.95%
Jan 31, 2018 -7.39%
Oct 31, 2017 1.64%
Jul 31, 2017 -56.96%
Apr 30, 2017 -1.14%
Jan 31, 2017 -0.03%
Oct 31, 2016 2.77%
Jul 31, 2016 -0.07%
Apr 30, 2016 -1.29%
Jan 31, 2016 -2.81%
Oct 31, 2015 3.68%
Jul 31, 2015 -1.42%
Apr 30, 2015 -4.17%
Jan 31, 2015 -3.23%
Oct 31, 2014 46.17%
Jul 31, 2014 3.10%
Apr 30, 2014 -1.76%
Jan 31, 2014 -6.74%
Oct 31, 2013 5.55%
Jul 31, 2013 1.77%
Apr 30, 2013 0.31%
Jan 31, 2013 -3.16%
Oct 31, 2012 -17.32%
Jul 31, 2012 8.94%
Apr 30, 2012 0.53%
Jan 31, 2012 -6.77%
Oct 31, 2011 -28.79%
Jul 31, 2011 -17.83%
Apr 30, 2011 -28.49%
Jan 31, 2011 -25.40%
Oct 31, 2010 -38.91%
Jul 31, 2010 -832.33%