Growth Metrics

Hovnanian Enterprises (HOVVB) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)

Hovnanian Enterprises posted quarterly Operating Margin of 30.02% for Q1 2026, down 3457.0% year-on-year from 0.89% in Q1 2025, and down 61.24% on a QoQ basis from 18.62% in Q4 2025.

Hovnanian Enterprises (HOVVB) has 17 years of Operating Margin data on file, last reported at 30.02% in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 3457.0% year-over-year to 30.02%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at 20.54% (down 6192.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 16.89%, down 1397.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 30.02%, down from 18.62% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 137.47% in Q4 2024 and bottomed at 73.33% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 17.02% (2025), against an average of 16.15%.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Operating Margin soared 16829 bps; it then slumped 15609 bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 68.8% in 2022, then soared by 55 bps to 30.82% in 2023, then surged by 546 bps to 137.47% in 2024, then slumped by 114 bps to 18.62% in 2025, then plunged by 61 bps to 30.02% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 30.02% (Q1 2026), 18.62% (Q4 2025), and 18.04% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Horton D R 42.35 Bn 41.00 Bn 1.70 Bn 10.58%
2 Pultegroup 22.70 Bn 20.89 Bn 881.27 Mn 14.70%
3 Lennar 21.95 Bn 19.75 Bn 6.36 Bn -0.64%
4 Nvr 16.98 Bn 15.33 Bn 1.31 Bn 61.14%
5 Toll Brothers 13.26 Bn 12.07 Bn 476.99 Mn 10.21%
6 Installed Building Products 5.63 Bn 5.15 Bn 212.30 Mn 8.72%
7 Taylor Morrison Home 5.62 Bn 5.62 Bn 290.64 Mn 16.70%
8 Meritage Homes 4.40 Bn 3.63 Bn -269,000.00 -13.63%
9 Cavco Industries 4.23 Bn 4.20 Bn 135.92 Mn 9.39%
10 Hovnanian Enterprises - - 417.00 Mn -30.02%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 -30.02%
Oct 31, 2025 -18.62%
Jul 31, 2025 -18.04%
Apr 30, 2025 -17.02%
Jan 31, 2025 4.55%
Oct 31, 2024 137.47%
Jul 31, 2024 -6.65%
Apr 30, 2024 -7.47%
Jan 31, 2024 2.73%
Oct 31, 2023 -30.82%
Jul 31, 2023 -6.28%
Apr 30, 2023 -5.06%
Jan 31, 2023 -12.81%
Oct 31, 2022 -68.80%
Jul 31, 2022 -61.60%
Apr 30, 2022 -62.82%
Jan 31, 2022 -73.33%
Oct 31, 2021 -68.38%
Jul 31, 2021 -70.27%
Apr 30, 2021 -75.37%
Jan 31, 2021 -76.74%
Oct 31, 2020 -73.68%
Jul 31, 2020 -82.37%
Apr 30, 2020 -83.49%
Jan 31, 2020 -88.20%
Oct 31, 2019 -230.43%
Jul 31, 2019 -25.63%
Apr 30, 2019 -32.30%
Jan 31, 2019 -90.00%
Oct 31, 2018 -75.77%
Jul 31, 2018 -83.47%
Apr 30, 2018 -84.48%
Jan 31, 2018 -88.10%
Oct 31, 2017 -80.88%
Jul 31, 2017 -85.55%
Apr 30, 2017 -85.44%
Jan 31, 2017 -85.54%
Oct 31, 2016 -283.77%
Jul 31, 2016 -0.54%
Apr 30, 2016 -2.48%
Jan 31, 2016 -1.43%
Oct 31, 2015 176.72%
Jul 31, 2015 -84.81%
Apr 30, 2015 -90.65%
Jan 31, 2015 -5.88%
Oct 31, 2014 -234.00%
Jul 31, 2014 -77.10%
Apr 30, 2014 -1.86%
Jan 31, 2014 -7.09%
Oct 31, 2013 0.27%
Jul 31, 2013 1.10%
Apr 30, 2013 -81.92%
Jan 31, 2013 -7.82%
Oct 31, 2012 -0.40%
Jul 31, 2012 -3.70%
Apr 30, 2012 -91.04%
Jan 31, 2012 -100.94%
Oct 31, 2011 200.76%
Jul 31, 2011 -105.18%
Apr 30, 2011 -22.37%
Jan 31, 2011 -111.11%
Oct 31, 2010 226.13%
Jul 31, 2010 -5,280.96%