Forestar Group (FOR) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FOR or CWK?

Forestar Group received 19 more outperform votes than Cushman & Wakefield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.56% of users gave Cushman & Wakefield an outperform vote while only 62.54% of users gave Forestar Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Forestar Group	Outperform Votes 217 62.54%	Underperform Votes 130 37.46%
Cushman & Wakefield	Outperform Votes 198 65.56%	Underperform Votes 104 34.44%

Which has more volatility and risk, FOR or CWK?

Forestar Group has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cushman & Wakefield has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FOR or CWK?

In the previous week, Cushman & Wakefield had 5 more articles in the media than Forestar Group. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cushman & Wakefield and 2 mentions for Forestar Group. Forestar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Cushman & Wakefield's score of 1.23 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Cushman & Wakefield	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, FOR or CWK?

Forestar Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cushman & Wakefield. Forestar Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cushman & Wakefield, 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
Forestar Group	$1.47B	0.65	$203.40M	$3.30	5.73
Cushman & Wakefield	$9.55B	0.23	-$35.40M	$0.69	13.80

Do analysts prefer FOR or CWK?

Forestar Group currently has a consensus target price of $30.33, indicating a potential upside of 60.28%. Cushman & Wakefield has a consensus target price of $12.93, indicating a potential upside of 35.73%. Given Forestar Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Forestar Group is more favorable than Cushman & Wakefield.

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
Cushman & Wakefield	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.14

Is FOR or CWK more profitable?

Forestar Group has a net margin of 12.50% compared to Cushman & Wakefield's net margin of 1.39%. Cushman & Wakefield's return on equity of 12.62% beat Forestar Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Forestar Group	12.50%	11.74%	6.57%
Cushman & Wakefield	1.39%	12.62%	2.84%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FOR or CWK?

35.5% of Forestar Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Forestar Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Forestar Group beats Cushman & Wakefield on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.