Forestar Group (FOR) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend CCS or FOR?

Century Communities presently has a consensus target price of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.60%. Forestar Group has a consensus target price of $30.20, suggesting a potential upside of 14.37%. Given Century Communities' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Century Communities is more favorable than Forestar Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Forestar Group	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

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

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 favor CCS or FOR?

In the previous week, Century Communities had 6 more articles in the media than Forestar Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Century Communities and 2 mentions for Forestar Group. Century Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Forestar Group's score of 0.67 indicating that Century Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Century Communities	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, 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	7.71
Forestar Group	$1.51B	0.89	$203.40M	$3.19	8.28

Which has more volatility & risk, CCS or FOR?

Century Communities has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forestar Group has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Century Communities beats Forestar Group on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.