Growth Metrics

Hovnanian Enterprises (HOVVB) Return on Equity (2016 - 2026)

Hovnanian Enterprises' Return on Equity history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.07% for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Return on Equity fell 24.0% year-over-year to 0.07%; the TTM value through Jan 2026 reached 0.07%, down 24.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.08%, 27.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.07% in Q1 2026 per HOVVB's latest filing, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 3.99% in Q1 2022 to a low of 0.38% in Q4 2023.
  • Average Return on Equity over 5 years is 0.83%, with a median of 0.31% recorded in 2025.
  • The largest YoY upside for Return on Equity was 467bps in 2022 against a maximum downside of -499bps in 2022.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 2.16% in 2022, then crashed by -117bps to 0.38% in 2023, then surged by 186bps to 0.32% in 2024, then crashed by -76bps to 0.08% in 2025, then dropped by -11bps to 0.07% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for HOVVB's Return on Equity are 0.07% (Q1 2026), 0.08% (Q4 2025), and 0.19% (Q3 2025).