Growth Metrics

Hovnanian Enterprises (HOVVB) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Hovnanian Enterprises' EBT Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 4.54% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, EBT Margin fell 138.0% year-over-year to 4.54%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 2.55%, down 797.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 2.89%, 766.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin reached 4.54% in Q1 2026 per HOVVB's latest filing, up from 0.5% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 63.71% in Q4 2022 to a low of 32.05% in Q4 2023.
  • Average EBT Margin over 5 years is 8.38%, with a median of 6.26% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for EBT Margin: plummeted -9577bps in 2023, then skyrocketed 4409bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of EBT Margin shows it stood at 63.71% in 2022, then crashed by -150bps to 32.05% in 2023, then soared by 138bps to 12.03% in 2024, then tumbled by -104bps to 0.5% in 2025, then surged by 1004bps to 4.54% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HOVVB's EBT Margin are 4.54% (Q1 2026), 0.5% (Q4 2025), and 2.97% (Q3 2025).