secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC (HOV)
CIK:        0000357294
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-09-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-22-021633
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hovnanian Q3: pretax profit $111.9M (+81%), revenue $767.6M; raises FY guidance
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- Net income of $82.6M ($10.82 diluted EPS) vs $47.7M ($6.72) in Q3 2021.
- Homebuilding gross margin (after interest & land charges) up 390 bps to 23.1%.
- Consolidated contract dollars fell 23.2% to $467.9M (799 homes); backlog cancellation rate rose to 8%.
- FY 2022 guidance raised: adj. pretax income $310-325M, EBITDA $460-475M, EPS $32-33.50.
- Total liquidity $357.4M; plans to retire additional $100M of senior notes in Q4.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774922021633/0001437749-22-021633-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/357294/000143774922021633/hov20220830_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-021633

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