Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (HOV) is a Residential Construction company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, currently trading at $110.08. It has a SharesGrow Score of 52/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 2 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of HOV = $29.07 (-73.6% from the current price, the stock appears overvalued).
Valuation: HOV trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 12.7 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 0.01.
Financials: revenue is $3.0B, +0.8%/yr average growth. Net income is $64M, growing at -21.6%/yr. Net profit margin is 2.1% (thin). Gross margin is 14.1% (-7.9 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $957M against $831M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 1.15, moderate). Current ratio is 2904.11 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 36.3%. Total assets: $2.6B.
Analyst outlook: 0 / 12 analysts rate HOV as buy (0%) — mixed sentiment.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 95/100 (Pass), Growth 30/100 (Fail), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 67/100 (Partial), Moat 25/100 (Fail), Future 20/100 (Fail), Income 30/100 (Fail).
