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Note 14 - Per Share Calculation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended October 31, |
(In thousands, except per share data) |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings (loss) attributable to Hovnanian |  | $307,144 |  |  | $31,295 |  |  | $(66,197 | )
Less: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares |  | (7,107 | ) |  | (58 | ) |  | - |
Numerator for basic earnings per share |  | $300,037 |  |  | $31,237 |  |  | $(66,197 | )
Plus: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares |  | 7,107 |  |  | 58 |  |  | - |
Less: undistributed earnings reallocated to nonvested shares |  | (7,127 | ) |  | (59 | ) |  | - |
Plus: interest on senior exchangeable notes |  | 3,487 |  |  | 3,720 |  |  | - |
Numerator for diluted earnings per share |  | $303,504 |  |  | $34,956 |  |  | $(66,197 | )
Denominator: Denominator for basic earnings per share |  | 146,271 |  |  | 145,087 |  |  | 126,350 |
Effect of dilutive securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share-based payments |  | 1,013 |  |  | 1,396 |  |  | - |
Senior exchangeable notes |  | 15,157 |  |  | 15,846 |  |  | - |
Denominator for diluted earnings per share – weighted-average shares outstanding |  | 162,441 |  |  | 162,329 |  |  | 126,350 |
Basic earnings (loss) per share |  | $2.05 |  |  | $0.22 |  |  | $(0.52 | )
Diluted earnings (loss) per share |  | $1.87 |  |  | $0.22 |  |  | $(0.52 | )

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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