Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (HOV)

NYSE: HOV · Real-Time Price · USD

104.71

+0.39 (0.37%)

At close: Mar 31, 2025, 4:00 PM

108.00

+3.29 (3.15%)

After-hours: Mar 31, 2025, 5:29 PM EDT

Hovnanian Enterprises Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 1 analyst with a 12-month price forecast for Hovnanian Enterprises stock has a target of 155, which predicts an increase of 48.03% from the current stock price of 104.71.

Analyst Consensus: Sell

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$155	$155	$155	$155
Change	+48.03%	+48.03%	+48.03%	+48.03%

* Price targets were last updated on Dec 16, 2024.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Hovnanian Enterprises stock from 2 stock analysts is "Sell". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to lead to lower returns than market as a whole.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	1	1	2	2	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1	1	2	2	2	2

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Jesse Lederman Zelman & Assoc	Zelman & Assoc	Hold → Sell Downgrades n/a	Hold → Sell	Downgrades	n/a	n/a	Feb 12, 2025
Jay McCanless Wedbush	Wedbush	Hold Initiates $155	Hold	Initiates	$155	+48.03%	Dec 16, 2024
Jesse Lederman Zelman & Assoc	Zelman & Assoc	Sell → Hold Upgrades $155	Sell → Hold	Upgrades	$155	+48.03%	May 23, 2024
Peter Martin JMP Securities	JMP Securities	Sell → Hold Upgrades n/a	Sell → Hold	Upgrades	n/a	n/a	Oct 9, 2018
Megan McGrath MKM Partners	MKM Partners	Hold → Strong Sell Downgrades n/a	Hold → Strong Sell	Downgrades	n/a	n/a	Dec 22, 2017

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.96B

from 3.00B

-1.53%

from 3.00B

Revenue Next Year

3.12B

from 2.96B

5.54%

from 2.96B

EPS This Year

30.21

from 31.79

-4.97%

from 31.79

EPS Next Year

33.68

from 30.21

11.49%

from 30.21

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Oct 31, 2020	Oct 31, 2021	Oct 31, 2022	Oct 31, 2023	Oct 31, 2024	Oct 31, 2025	Oct 31, 2026
Revenue	2.34B	2.78B	2.92B	2.76B	3.00B	2.96B	3.12B
Revenue Growth	16.21%	18.73%	5.01%	-5.69%	9.03%	-1.53%	5.54%
EPS	7.03	85.87	29.00	26.88	31.79	30.21	33.68
EPS Growth	-	1,121.71%	-66.23%	-7.32%	18.27%	-4.97%	11.49%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	3.47	3.11
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	2	2

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026
High	3.1B	3.2B
Avg	3.0B	3.1B
Low	2.9B	3.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026
High	2.4%	9.7%
Avg	-1.5%	5.5%
Low	-4.5%	2.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026
High	31.40	35.01
Avg	30.21	33.68
Low	29.31	32.68

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026
High	-1.2%	15.9%
Avg	-5.0%	11.5%
Low	-7.8%	8.2%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.