Hovnanian Enterprises Shares Outstanding History (HOV)
Hovnanian Enterprises reported 5.9M shares outstanding at the end of fiscal 2025.
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| Fiscal year | Period ended | Shares outstanding | Change | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-10-31 | 5.9M | −114,593 | −1.89% |
| 2024 | 2024-10-31 | 6.1M | −40,041 | −0.66% |
| 2023 | 2023-10-31 | 6.1M | 12,320 | +0.20% |
| 2022 | 2022-10-31 | 6.1M | — | — |
Hovnanian Enterprises quarterly shares outstanding
| Fiscal quarter | Period ended | Shares outstanding | Change | YoY change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 2026-07-31 | 6.0M | 66,748 | +1.13% |
| Q2 2026 | 2026-04-30 | 5.9M | 53,131 | +0.92% |
| Q1 2026 | 2026-01-31 | 5.9M | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 2025-10-31 | 5.9M | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 2025-07-31 | 5.9M | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 2025-04-30 | 5.8M | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 2023-01-31 | 720,307 | — | — |
Hovnanian Enterprises Share Buyback History
A share buyback, also called a stock repurchase, is when a company uses cash to buy its own shares. Hovnanian Enterprises share buyback history shows the reported cash used for repurchases. Buybacks can reduce shares outstanding, but issuance, stock-based compensation, acquisitions, and stock splits can change the share count separately.
Hovnanian Enterprises used $30.2M to repurchase common stock in fy 2025. Across the latest 5 reported fiscal years, total share repurchases were $73.8M. The latest reported quarter showed $78,000 of share repurchases.
| Fiscal year | Period ended | Share repurchases |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2025-10-31 | $30.2M |
| 2024 | 2024-10-31 | $26.5M |
| 2023 | 2023-10-31 | $4.8M |
| 2022 | 2022-10-31 | $12.2M |
| 2021 | 2021-10-31 | $0 |
| 2020 | 2020-10-31 | $0 |
| 2012 | 2012-10-31 | $103,000 |
TickerStat uses SEC-reported cash payments for common-stock repurchases. The amounts describe capital returned through buybacks; they are not a forecast or a measure of the number of shares retired.
Hovnanian Enterprises shares outstanding trends
Between the periods ended 2022-10-31 and 2025-10-31, Hovnanian Enterprises's shares outstanding moved from 6.1M to 5.9M, a change of −142,314. The latest reported quarter, Q3 2026, shows 6.0M.
What shares outstanding means
Shares outstanding is the number of common shares held by investors at a reporting-period end. The count can change because of stock issuance, repurchases, conversions, acquisitions, or stock splits.
SEC-reported period-end shares
TickerStat displays period-end common shares from SEC filings and adjusts older values to the current share basis when a stock-split conversion ratio is reported directly or evidenced by a later filing’s restated historical share balance. After repeated reverse splits, an old period can represent less than one current-basis share; this is a split-adjusted equivalent, not a literal historical certificate count. Values remain as reported when no reliable split ratio is available. Fiscal periods can differ from calendar years, so exact period-end dates are included.
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