Hovnanian Enterprises (HOV) Q2 2026 Earnings Summary

Hovnanian roughly broke even before taxes, but to-be-built sales jumped to 32% of the mix and construction costs fell 2%.

Quarter ended April 30, 2026 (fiscal Q2).

Closings 1,181
Revenue $667.6M (↓3%)
Gross margin 10.2%
Orders 1,412 (↑1%)

From the call

“Sales of to-be-built homes, those constructed based on customers’ orders, rose from 21% to 32%.”

Quick move-in homes need rate incentives to sell; to-be-built homes do not. Every point of mix moved to to-be-built is incentive spend avoided.

Source: Hovnanian Enterprises 8-K and earnings call.

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