Forestar Group (FOR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Forestar Group Inc. (NYSE:FOR) is a residential lot development company headquartered in Arlington, Texas. The company acquires and develops land into finished or partially finished residential lots, which it sells primarily to homebuilders for the construction of single-family homes.

Forestar’s activities generally include land acquisition, entitlement, planning, development and infrastructure installation, such as roads, utilities and other improvements needed to prepare communities for home construction. Its developments are located in multiple U.S. housing markets and are intended to serve demand from homebuilders and homebuyers across a range of residential communities.

Forestar was formed as a publicly traded company following its 2007 separation from Temple-Inland. In 2017, D.R. Horton acquired a controlling interest in Forestar, and Forestar continues to operate as a separate public company while maintaining a significant business relationship with the homebuilder. The company is led by a management team focused on expanding its residential lot development platform and supporting its land-sale and development operations.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $26.59 to $27.06
• 50-Day Range: $25.93 to $30.89
• 52-Week Range: $22.81 to $32.06
• Volume: 209,249 shs
• Average Volume: 148,486 shs
• Market Capitalization: $1.37 billion
• P/E Ratio: 8.04
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $32.67
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Forestar Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Forestar Group scored higher than 53% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 119th out of 187 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Forestar Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Forestar Group has a consensus price target of $32.67, representing about 22.0% upside from its current price of $26.78.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Forestar Group has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Forestar Group is 8.04, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.00.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Forestar Group is 8.04, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 27.70.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Forestar Group has a P/B Ratio of 0.77. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.26% of the float of Forestar Group has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Forestar Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.22.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Forestar Group has recently increased by 20.86%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Forestar Group does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Forestar Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.10

News Sentiment

Forestar Group has a news sentiment score of 0.10. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Forestar Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

3 people have searched for FOR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Forestar Group insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.51% of the stock of Forestar Group is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

35.50% of the stock of Forestar Group is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/21/2026
• Today: 9/24/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 9/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Real Estate Management & Development
• Sub-Industry: Real Estate Development
• Current Symbol: NYSE:FOR
• CIK: 1406587
• Web: www.forestar.com
• Phone: (817) 769-1860
• Fax: 302-636-5454
• Employees: 402
• Year Founded: 1955

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Forestar Group: $32.67
• High Price Target: $38.00
• Low Price Target: $25.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +22.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.33
• Research Coverage: 6 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.33
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.04
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $167.90 million
• Net Margins: 9.88%
• Pretax Margin: 13.13%
• Return on Equity: 9.42%
• Return on Assets: 5.36%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.43
• Current Ratio: 1.44
• Quick Ratio: 1.44

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.66 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.82
• Cash Flow: $3.34 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 8.01
• Book Value: $34.80 per share
• Price / Book: 0.77

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 51,020,000
• Free Float: 50,758,000
• Market Cap: $1.37 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.41