secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC (HOV)
CIK:        0000357294
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-22-004779
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hovnanian Q1 pretax profit up 80.8% to $35.4M; gross margin expands; FY22 EPS guidance $26.50-$32.00
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- Pretax income surged 80.8% to $35.4M; net income $24.8M ($3.07 diluted EPS) from $19.0M ($2.75).
- Homebuilding gross margin (after interest & land charges) up 260 bps to 19.9%; backlog $1.89B (+13%).
- FY22 guidance: rev $2.8B-$3.0B, adj. pretax $260M-$310M, diluted EPS $26.50-$32.00, debt reduction ~$200M.
- Q2 FY22 guidance: rev $700M-$750M, gross margin (before int. & land) 23%-25%, adj. pretax $60M-$75M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774922004779/0001437749-22-004779-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774922004779/hov20220225_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-004779

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