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HOV Insider Trading & Form 4 Activity

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC
Last filing: Jul 17, 2026·8 days ago
NEUTRAL · LAST 90 DAYS
0%
buyers
$0
0 buys
$1.8M
2 sells
-$1.8M
net selling
2
insiders
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Net flow — last 12 months

Monthly net of insider buys minus sells. Green months indicate net buying; red months indicate net selling.

Most active insiders

Ranked by total transaction value over the last 90 days.

INSIDERBOUGHTSOLDNET
Hovnanian Ara K
Chairman of the Board & CEO
$1.6M
-$1.6M
Sorsby J Larry
Insider
$147K
-$147K
Sellers Robin Stone
Insider
$0
Coutts Robert B
Insider
$0
Hernandez-Kakol Miriam
Insider
$0
Marengi Joseph A
Insider
$0
Pagano Vincent JR
Insider
$0
O'Connor Brad G
CFO
$0

Recent transactions

Every Form 4 transaction for HOV, newest first.

OTHER
Hovnanian Ara K · Chairman of the Board & CEO
Tx Jul 15·Filed Jul 17·EDGAR ↗
12,595 sh
SELL
Sorsby J Larry · Insider
Tx Jun 25·Filed Jun 26·EDGAR ↗
1,032 sh @ $142.57
$147K
SELL
Hovnanian Ara K · Chairman of the Board & CEO
Tx Jun 22·Filed Jun 24·EDGAR ↗
12,880 sh @ $125.78
$1.6M
AWARD
Sellers Robin Stone · Insider
Tx Jun 12·Filed Jun 16·EDGAR ↗
1,078 sh
AWARD
Coutts Robert B · Insider
Tx Jun 12·Filed Jun 16·EDGAR ↗
1,078 sh
AWARD
Hernandez-Kakol Miriam · Insider
Tx Jun 12·Filed Jun 16·EDGAR ↗
1,078 sh
AWARD
Marengi Joseph A · Insider
Tx Jun 12·Filed Jun 16·EDGAR ↗
1,232 sh
AWARD
Sorsby J Larry · Insider
Tx Jun 12·Filed Jun 16·EDGAR ↗
924 sh
AWARD
Pagano Vincent JR · Insider
Tx Jun 12·Filed Jun 16·EDGAR ↗
1,078 sh
TAX
O'Connor Brad G · CFO
Tx Jun 11·Filed Jun 15·EDGAR ↗
2,020 sh @ $120.87
$244K
EXERCISE
Wyatt Michael P. · Chief Operating Officer
Tx Jun 11·Filed Jun 15·EDGAR ↗
4,136 sh
TAX
Wyatt Michael P. · Chief Operating Officer
Tx Jun 11·Filed Jun 15·EDGAR ↗
2,008 sh @ $120.87
$243K
EXERCISE
O'Connor Brad G · CFO
Tx Jun 11·Filed Jun 15·EDGAR ↗
4,136 sh
OTHER
Sellers Robin Stone · Insider
Tx Jun 9·Filed Jun 11·EDGAR ↗
534 sh @ $114.00
$61K
OTHER
Marengi Joseph A · Insider
Tx Jun 9·Filed Jun 11·EDGAR ↗
610 sh @ $114.00
$70K
OTHER
Pagano Vincent JR · Insider
Tx Jun 9·Filed Jun 11·EDGAR ↗
534 sh @ $114.00
$61K
OTHER
Coutts Robert B · Insider
Tx Jun 9·Filed Jun 11·EDGAR ↗
534 sh @ $114.00
$61K
OTHER
Hernandez-Kakol Miriam · Insider
Tx Jun 9·Filed Jun 11·EDGAR ↗
534 sh @ $114.00
$61K
EXERCISE
Sorsby J Larry · Insider
Tx Jun 1·Filed Jun 3·EDGAR ↗
5,000 sh @ $56.75
$284K
TAX
Sorsby J Larry · Insider
Tx Jun 1·Filed Jun 3·EDGAR ↗
3,068 sh @ $116.00
$356K

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About HOV insider trading data

Form 4 is the SEC filing required when an officer, director, or 10% owner of a public company buys or sells the company's stock. By law, these filings must be submitted within two business days of the trade. Tracenotes pulls every Form 4 filing for HOV from EDGAR, parses it, and surfaces the activity on this page.

What insider buying tells you. Open-market purchases by insiders are widely studied as a meaningful signal. Unlike stock awards (which are compensation, not conviction), an executive spending their own money to buy shares of the company they run is a vote of confidence. Studies have found insider-buying clusters — three or more insiders buying within a short window — outperform the broader market over the following year.

What insider selling tells you. Selling is noisier. Many sales are pre-scheduled under SEC Rule 10b5-1 plans, which let insiders sell on a fixed schedule regardless of company news. We label these "10b5-1" so you can see them. Discretionary sales — sales not tied to a plan — are more meaningful, especially when multiple insiders sell in quick succession.

Tracenotes methodology. We scan EDGAR daily for new Form 4 filings, parse them into individual transactions, and detect clusters when three or more distinct insiders buy or sell within a 14-day window. The data on this page covers the last 12 months. For deeper analysis, Tracenotes also runs language-change detection on 10-K and 10-Q filings — that's our core product.

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Frequently asked questions

What is a Form 4 filing?

Form 4 is the SEC disclosure required when a company insider — an officer, director, or 10% owner — buys or sells the company's stock. By law these filings must be submitted within two business days of the trade.

Is insider buying HOV always bullish?

Open-market purchases by insiders are widely viewed as a bullish signal because executives are spending their own money. Stock awards and option exercises are part of compensation and don't carry the same weight, which is why we treat them separately on this page.

What is a 10b5-1 trade?

A trade made under SEC Rule 10b5-1, which lets insiders pre-schedule sales weeks or months in advance. These sales execute on a fixed plan regardless of company news, so they're a weaker signal than discretionary sales. We label them with a "10b5-1" tag.

What is an insider cluster?

A cluster is when three or more distinct insiders buy or sell within a 14-day window. Clusters are studied as stronger signals than single trades because multiple people independently reach the same view. We surface active clusters on HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES INC (HOV) when they form.

Where does HOV insider trading data come from?

Every Form 4 filing for HOV is sourced directly from SEC EDGAR. Tracenotes scans EDGAR daily, parses each Form 4 into individual transactions, and updates this page within hours of new filings.

Nothing on this page constitutes investment advice. Form 4 data is sourced from SEC EDGAR and provided for research purposes only.

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