Forestar Group (FOR) Competitors

Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) and Curbline Properties (NYSE:CURB) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FOR or CURB?

Forestar Group received 214 more outperform votes than Curbline Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.54% of users gave Forestar Group an outperform vote while only 27.27% of users gave Curbline Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Forestar Group	Outperform Votes 217 62.54%	Underperform Votes 130 37.46%
Curbline Properties	Outperform Votes 3 27.27%	Underperform Votes 8 72.73%

Is FOR or CURB more profitable?

Forestar Group has a net margin of 12.50% compared to Curbline Properties' net margin of 0.00%. Forestar Group's return on equity of 11.74% beat Curbline Properties' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Forestar Group	12.50%	11.74%	6.57%
Curbline Properties	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FOR or CURB?

35.5% of Forestar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Forestar Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of Curbline Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer FOR or CURB?

Forestar Group presently has a consensus target price of $30.33, suggesting a potential upside of 48.40%. Curbline Properties has a consensus target price of $25.68, suggesting a potential upside of 12.67%. Given Forestar Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Forestar Group is more favorable than Curbline Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Forestar Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Curbline Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Does the media refer more to FOR or CURB?

In the previous week, Curbline Properties had 5 more articles in the media than Forestar Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Curbline Properties and 1 mentions for Forestar Group. Forestar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Curbline Properties' score of 0.70 indicating that Forestar Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Forestar Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Curbline Properties	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, FOR or CURB?

Forestar Group has higher revenue and earnings than Curbline Properties.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Forestar Group	$1.47B	0.71	$203.40M	$3.30	6.19
Curbline Properties	$131.54M	18.23	$10.26M	N/A	N/A

Summary

Forestar Group beats Curbline Properties on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.