HOV Stock — Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (HOV)

Updated October 16, 2026.

HOV is a Stock. Total return is 166.8% over the past 43.1 years.

Hovnanian Enterprises designs, constructs, and sells residential homes across the United States, offering single-family detached homes, townhomes, condominiums, and active lifestyle communities, along with ancillary mortgage and title services. The company does not currently distribute dividends to shareholders. This security appeals to investors seeking exposure to the homebuilding sector and residential real estate market cycles, rather than those focused on generating current income.

HOV performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 166.8% over the past 43.1 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -22.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 35.2%.

HOV key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

09/07/1983

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$97.27 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$498,241,744

Average volume

157619.0

Payment date

03/29/2019

Beta

1.823

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

92.64

Forward P/E

13.4953

EPS

$1.05

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

HOV risks and drawbacks

The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 35.2%.

Who may consider HOV — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (HOV does not currently distribute). This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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