Ara K. Hovnanian - 27 May 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC (HOV)

Reporting relationship: Chairman of the Board & CEO, Director, 10%+ Owner
Issuer ticker: HOV
Reported as of: 27 May 2026
Net transaction value: $0
SEC form: 4
Accepted by SEC: 29 May 2026, 16:58:27 UTC
Prior SEC filing: 27 May 2026
Next SEC filing: 05 Jun 2026
Source filing: View source filing
Reporting owner signature: Elizabeth D. Tice Attorney-in-Fact

Key filing fact

Ara K. Hovnanian filed Form 4 for HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC (HOV) on 29 May 2026.

Key facts

This page summarizes Ara K. Hovnanian's Form 4 filing for HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC (HOV).
3 reported transactions and 20 derivative rows are listed below.
Accepted by SEC: 29 May 2026, 16:58.

Change

Previous filing in this sequence was filed on 27 May 2026.
Current net transaction value: $0.

Research use

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Evidence

Filed on Form 4

Ownership activity is grounded in SEC Form 4 disclosures.

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Reporting Owners (1)

CIK 0000938549 Primary reporting owner

HOVNANIAN ARA K

Relationship: Chairman of the Board & CEO, Director, 10%+ Owner
Address: C/O HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES, INC., 90 MATAWAN ROAD, MATAWAN
Signature: Elizabeth D. Tice Attorney-in-Fact
Signature date: 29 May 2026

Reported derivative securities

Options, warrants, convertible securities, or similar derivative positions disclosed in the filing.

HOV transaction Derivative

Class B Common Stock

Options Exercise

Transaction value
Shares: +5,000
Change %: +1.5%
Price: $56.75^*
Shares after: 339,119
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 5,000
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2

HOV transaction Derivative

Class B Common Stock

Tax liability

Transaction value
Shares: -3,494
Change %: -1%
Price: $112.75^*
Shares after: 335,625
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 3,494
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2

HOV transaction Derivative

Option to purchase Class B Common Stock

Options Exercise

Transaction value
Shares: -5,000
Change %: -100%
Price: $0.000000^*
Shares after: 0
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Direct
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 5,000
Exercise price: $56.75
Footnotes: F3

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 5,328
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held as trustee for daughter Serena
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 5,328
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 5,328
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held as trustee for son Alexander
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 5,328
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 160
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held as trustee of the Alexander Hovnanian Trust
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 160
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 160
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held as trustee of the Alton Hovnanian Trust
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 160
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 157,435
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held as trustee of trust for Reporting Person's family
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 157,435
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2, F4

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 25,281
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held as trustee of trusts for Esther K. Barry's family
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 25,281
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2, F5, F6

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 25,281
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held as trustee of trusts for Lucy K. Kalian's family
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 25,281
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2, F5, F7

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 25,281
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held as trustee of trusts for Nadia K. Rodriguez's family
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 25,281
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2, F5, F8

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 25,281
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held as trustee of trusts for Sossie K. Najarian's family
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 25,281
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2, F5, F9

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 50,508
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held by Ara K. Hovnanian Family 1994 long-term trusts
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 50,508
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2, F10

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 5,125
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held by Reporting Person through partnership interests in the Limited Partnership.
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 5,125
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 38,737
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held by trusts for Esther K. Barry's family
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 38,737
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2, F5, F11

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 42,035
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held by trusts for Kevork S. Hovnanian's family
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 42,035
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2, F5, F12

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 38,778
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held by trusts for Lucy K. Kalian's family
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 38,778
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2, F5, F13

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 22,849
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held by trusts for Nadia K. Rodriguez's family
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 22,849
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2, F5, F14

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 33,256
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held by trusts for Sossie K. Najarian's family
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 33,256
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2, F5, F15

HOV holding Derivative

Class B Common Stock

No transaction description listed

Transaction value
Shares
Change %
Price
Shares after: 812
Date: 27 May 2026
Ownership: Held by wife
Underlying class: Class A Common Stock
Underlying amount: 812
Exercise price
Footnotes: F1, F2

^* marks a reported price that did not pass the local price check.

Additional SEC filing notes

Filing notes and footnotes

Explanation of responses 15 footnotes

Footnote F1

The Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, non-cumulative ("Class B Common Stock"), is immediately convertible into an equal number of shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, non-cumulative ("Class A Common Stock")

Footnote F2

No expiration date

Footnote F3

N/A

Footnote F4

Held by Ara K. Hovnanian 2012 Trust, of which the reporting person is trustee, including shares held through a limited liability company interest in the Hovnanian Family 2012 LLC (the "2012 LLC")

Footnote F5

The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his potential pecuniary interest therein, and the inclusion of these shares in this report shall not be deemed an admission of the beneficial ownership of all of the reported shares for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose

Footnote F6

Held by trusts for the benefit of the family of Esther K. Barry, of which the reporting person is a trustee and has a potential remainder interest, including shares held through a limited liability interest in the 2012 LLC

Footnote F7

Held by trusts for the benefit of the family of Lucy K. Kalian, of which the reporting person is a trustee and has a potential remainder interest, including shares held through a limited liability interest in the 2012 LLC

Footnote F8

Held by trusts for the benefit of the family of Nadia K. Rodriguez, of which the reporting person is a trustee and has a potential remainder interest, including shares held through a limited liability interest in the 2012 LLC

Footnote F9

Held by trust for the benefit of the family of Sossie K. Najarian, of which the reporting person is a trustee and has a potential remainder interest, through a limited liability company interest in the 2012 LLC

Footnote F10

Held by The Ara K. Hovnanian Family 1994 Long-Term Trust, of which the reporting person is trustee

Footnote F11

Held by The Esther K. Barry Family 1994 Long-Term Trust, of which the reporting person is a trustee and has a potential remainder interest

Footnote F12

Held by trusts for the benefit of the family of Kevork S. Hovnanian, of which the reporting person is a trustee and has a potential remainder interest

Footnote F13

Held by The Lucy K. Kalian Family 1994 Long-Term Trust, of which the reporting person is a trustee and has a potential remainder interest

Footnote F14

Held by The Nadia K. Rodriguez Family 1994 Long-Term Trust, of which the reporting person is a trustee and has a potential remainder interest

Footnote F15

Held by The Sossie K. Najarian Family 1994 Long-Term Trust, of which the reporting person is a trustee and has a potential remainder interest

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