HOV PEER ANALYSIS

Hovnanian Enterprises Inc — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

HOVHovnanian Enterprises Inc

🇺🇸 USA · NYSE · Consumer Cyclical · Residential Construction

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Residential Construction

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

HOVIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	HOV	DOAS	PET	GOOS	OTKAR	AKSA	Ind. Median
P/E	29.53	12.94	13.56	60.28	—	10.29●	13.68
P/B	0.99	0.59●	14.24	2.23	5.74	1.33	1.08
EV/EBITDA	13.40	4.65●	8.08	7.87	27.42	7.00	10.74
P/S	0.28	0.15●	1.10	0.89	0.84	1.27	0.92

Financial Health
Metric	HOV	DOAS	PET	GOOS	OTKAR	AKSA	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	3.09●	1.25	1.24	2.63	1.26	0.89	4.66
Debt/Equity	113.3%	47.6%●	882.1%	129.1%	551.7%	83.7%	29.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	5.79	1.88	3.01	1.71●	11.51	2.05	0.72

Profitability
Metric	HOV	DOAS	PET	GOOS	OTKAR	AKSA	Ind. Median
Net Margin	1.3%	1.2%	8.1%	1.5%	-4.8%	12.3%●	7.7%
ROE	4.4%	5.0%	98.5%●	3.9%	-32.0%	14.4%	8.5%
ROA	1.4%	2.5%	9.3%●	1.3%	-4.3%	7.6%	5.3%
EBITDA Margin	3.7%	5.6%	21.7%	14.4%	5.3%	25.7%●	11.8%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	HOV	DOAS	PET	GOOS	OTKAR	AKSA	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-4.7%	9.1%	6.2%	13.3%	17.6%●	4.0%	-6.3%
NI Growth	-83.0%	-58.4%	4.8%	-76.3%	—	332.2%●	-26.0%
Div. Yield	1.3%	17.6%●	2.6%	—	0.0%	4.6%	1.5%
Payout	29.2%	227.4%	34.5%	—	0.0%	47.4%	30.1%

Valuation
Metric	HOV	BZH	LEGH	LGIH	DFH	GRBK	Ind. Median
P/E	29.53	—	14.56	19.35	9.26●	10.89	13.68
P/B	0.99	0.66	1.15	0.65●	0.98	1.70	1.08
EV/EBITDA	13.40	1,157.90	11.23	29.65	11.23	7.98●	10.74
P/S	0.28●	0.36	3.79	0.82	0.36	1.62	0.92

Financial Health
Metric	HOV	BZH	LEGH	LGIH	DFH	GRBK	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	3.09	10.24	3.59	94.55●	5.42	9.03	4.66
Debt/Equity	113.3%	106.9%	0.4%●	81.3%	120.8%	14.7%	29.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	5.79	690.78	-0.22●	16.21	5.38	0.25	0.72

Profitability
Metric	HOV	BZH	LEGH	LGIH	DFH	GRBK	Ind. Median
Net Margin	1.3%	-0.2%	26.0%●	4.2%	4.2%	14.9%	7.7%
ROE	4.4%	-0.3%	8.1%	3.4%	11.7%	16.6%●	8.5%
ROA	1.4%	-0.1%	7.5%	1.8%	4.7%	12.5%●	5.3%
EBITDA Margin	3.7%	0.1%	33.1%●	6.1%	6.2%	21.0%	11.8%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	HOV	BZH	LEGH	LGIH	DFH	GRBK	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	-4.7%●	-13.4%	-7.6%	-22.6%	-8.5%	-6.6%	-6.3%
NI Growth	-83.0%	—	-25.2%	-61.4%	-47.7%	-19.9%●	-26.0%
Div. Yield	1.3%●	—	—	—	0.9%	0.1%	1.5%
Payout	29.2%	—	—	—	7.7%	1.0%	30.1%

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