HOV - Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.

Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. engages in the design, construction, marketing, and sale of residential homes in the United States. It offers single-family detached homes, attached townhomes and condominiums, urban infill, and active lifestyle homes with amenities, such as clubhouses, swimming pools, tennis courts, tot lots, and open areas.

Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Residential Construction
Market Cap
$581.1M
P/E Ratio
19.92
Beta
1.87
52-Week Range
85.69-162.06
CEO
Ara K. Hovnanian
Employees
1,878
IPO Date
Sep 7, 1983
Exchange
NYSE

HOV Options Snapshot

Options pricing data for HOV is refreshed daily after the close. When listed contracts exist, this page surfaces the latest at-the-money implied volatility, max pain strike, dealer gamma exposure (GEX), and 25-delta skew. Listed contracts and live snapshots appear once the options chain has been published by the exchange for the most recent session.

What This Page Covers

The HOV overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.

Frequently asked HOV overview questions

What is HOV?
HOV is the ticker symbol for Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., a listed security. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. engages in the design, construction, marketing, and sale of residential homes in the United States. Listed on NYSE. HOV is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
What are HOV's key statistics?
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. (HOV) carries a market capitalization of $581.1M, trailing P/E ratio of 19.92, beta of 1.87 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 85.69-162.06. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
What sector or industry does HOV belong to?
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc. operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, in the Residential Construction industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare HOV's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
How current is the HOV data on this page?
Options snapshots refresh after each trading session; if no snapshot is currently posted for HOV, it usually reflects low options liquidity or a recently listed name. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).