Hovnanian Enterprises Financial Ratios
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Hovnanian Enterprises ratio analysis
Hovnanian Enterprises earned a net margin of 2.1% in FY 2025, down from 8.1% a year earlier. Return on equity reached 7.7%, meaning Hovnanian Enterprises generated 0.08 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity. Debt-to-equity stood at 1.08 versus 1.12 the year before.
At the end of FY 2025, HOV traded at 16.2 times earnings; across the 7 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 1.0 to 49.7, with a median of 4.5. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Hovnanian Enterprises financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 16.18 | 5.57 | 3.14 | 1.30 | 0.98 | 4.52 | — | 49.65 | — | — |
| Price / sales | 0.26 | 0.38 | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 2.13 |
| Price / book | 0.93 | 1.43 | 0.90 | 0.63 | 3.03 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 8.1% | 7.5% | 7.7% | 21.8% | 2.2% | -2.1% | 0.2% | -13.5% | -0.1% |
| Free cash flow margin | 5.6% | 0.2% | 15.1% | 2.6% | 7.3% | 12.3% | -12.6% | -3.6% | 12.0% | 13.8% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 7.7% | 30.2% | 35.4% | 58.9% | 347.5% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 2.4% | 9.3% | 8.3% | 8.8% | 26.2% | 2.8% | -2.2% | 0.3% | -17.5% | -0.1% |
| Debt / equity | 1.08 | 1.12 | 1.81 | 2.99 | 7.14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Revenue growth | -0.9% | 9.0% | -5.7% | 5.0% | 18.7% | 16.2% | 1.3% | -18.8% | -10.9% | 28.1% |
| EPS growth | -76.6% | 18.3% | -7.3% | -66.2% | 1,121.3% | — | -1,080.6% | — | — | — |