Forestar Group (FOR) Competitors

Century Communities (NYSE:CCS) and Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) are related small-cap companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk and valuation.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CCS or FOR?

Century Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Forestar Group. Century Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forestar Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Century Communities	$4.40B	0.43	$333.82M	$8.19	7.76
Forestar Group	$1.54B	0.85	$203.40M	$3.19	8.09

Which has more volatility & risk, CCS or FOR?

Century Communities has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forestar Group has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CCS or FOR more profitable?

Forestar Group has a net margin of 10.54% compared to Century Communities' net margin of 6.03%. Century Communities' return on equity of 10.99% beat Forestar Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Communities	6.03%	10.99%	6.14%
Forestar Group	10.54%	10.02%	5.47%

Does the media prefer CCS or FOR?

In the previous week, Century Communities and Century Communities both had 2 articles in the media. Forestar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Century Communities' score of -0.29 indicating that Forestar Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Century Communities	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Forestar Group	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CCS or FOR?

99.5% of Century Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.5% of Forestar Group shares are held by institutional investors. 12.6% of Century Communities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Forestar Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate CCS or FOR?

Century Communities presently has a consensus target price of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 33.69%. Forestar Group has a consensus target price of $30.20, indicating a potential upside of 17.05%. Given Century Communities' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Century Communities is more favorable than Forestar Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Communities	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20
Forestar Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Summary

Century Communities beats Forestar Group on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.