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Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for HOV, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 46/100 · S&P 500 fund at 46, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-23
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 81th percentile of the window, -14.3% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-23
  • Sector × region Consumer discretionary in US: +0.6% week · +2.5% month · +2.3% quarter · +5.4% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLY.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-24
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.16 · down 1.91 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-23
How it trades on rate days beta 2.78 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How HOV has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 2.78 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Hovnanian Enterprises Inc moved 2.78% on average · correlation 0.42 · higher than 100% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 2.49 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −2.71% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −2.00% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Residential Construction · US · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Residential Construction · US

Names in the same industry from the Closelooknet universe; scored names rank on their Closelooknet score, the rest on trend state.

Compared against HOV on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 30 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What HOV pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2025 30 m USD 5.7% of today's market value
  • Share count −8.0% in FY2025 17 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 30 m USD · 18% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About Hovnanian Enterprises Inc

Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV) trades on US exchanges, classified under Consumer Cyclical.

The Closelooknet company score reads 47/100 composite (momentum 28, quality 37, valuation 59) across 7 modules — the full three-layer breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-24

Quick answers

What is Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV)?

Hovnanian Enterprises Inc trades as HOV on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Consumer Cyclical in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-24.

Is HOV in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Hovnanian Enterprises Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-24.

What is Hovnanian Enterprises Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

47 out of 100, with momentum 28, quality 37 and valuation 59 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-24. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does HOV trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -11.7% vs the 50-day and -14.2% vs the 200-day average, 31.8% below the 52-week high and +12.3% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 5 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-23 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Hovnanian Enterprises Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Residential Construction · US), Hovnanian Enterprises Inc (HOV) sits 31.8% below its 52-week high, 11.7% below its 50-day average; Installed Building Products Inc (IBP) is 42.4% below, KB Home (KBH) is 29.7% below, Meritage Corporation (MTH) is 24.3% below. Put any of them next to HOV in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Hovnanian Enterprises Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Hovnanian Enterprises Inc had a beta of 2.78 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 100% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −2.71% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Does Hovnanian Enterprises Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Hovnanian Enterprises Inc’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2025 the company bought back 30 m USD of its own shares, 18% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 8.0% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for HOV, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Residential Construction, then Consumer Cyclical. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.