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Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.

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What Do They Do?

Builds and sells detached and attached homes in planned communities to first-time, move-up and luxury buyers. Also provides mortgage and title services to its homebuyers.

How Do They Make Money?

Homebuyers pay for homes when they take title and possession. The financial services unit originates mortgages for homebuilding customers and sells nearly all of them to investors within a short period.

revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Home Building
Sold outright

97%
FY2022: 98%
Financial Services
3.2%
FY2022: 2.1%

Who Are Their Customers?

It sells homes to first-time, move-up, luxury and active-lifestyle buyers and empty nesters, principally through on-site sales offices. Its mortgage and title services are for homebuilding customers.

Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 2 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2025 and turned 6 cents into free cash flow.

Net income, FY2025
2% of revenue
▼ −74% vs FY2024 ($242M, 8%)
Free cash flow, FY2025
6% of revenue
▲ +2775% vs FY2024 ($5.8M, 0%)

How Are They Changing?

Since the FY2025 annual report
Latest quarter: Q3 FY2026, the three months to Jul 31, 2026
Revenue
▼ −12%
vs $800.6M in Q3 FY2025
Net income
▼ Now a loss
vs $16.6M in Q3 FY2025
Home Building share of revenue vs 96.4% in Q3 FY2025

Flat. Revenue was $3B in FY2025, about the same as the $2.8B of FY2021.

Build-for-rent sales The older report said the company was beginning to explore build-for-rent opportunities; the latest says it has executed agreements and that the channel has added deliveries alongside its for-sale business.

Revenue over time
Home Building Financial Services
$5B$2.5B$0

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