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Forestar Group (FOR) Competitors

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$19.98 -0.17 (-0.84%)
As of 06/30/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

FOR vs. HHH, JOE, MMI, LGIH, IRS, FPH, LSEA, TCI, UHG, and AXR

Should you be buying Forestar Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forestar Group include Howard Hughes (HHH), St. Joe (JOE), Marcus & Millichap (MMI), LGI Homes (LGIH), IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones (IRS), Five Point (FPH), Landsea Homes (LSEA), Transcontinental Realty Investors (TCI), United Homes Group (UHG), and AMREP (AXR). These companies are all part of the "real estate dev" industry.

Forestar Group vs. Its Competitors

Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) and Howard Hughes (NYSE:HHH) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, risk, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.

Howard Hughes has a net margin of 14.27% compared to Forestar Group's net margin of 11.45%. Forestar Group's return on equity of 10.65% beat Howard Hughes' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Forestar Group11.45% 10.65% 5.89%
Howard Hughes 14.27%10.21%3.08%

Forestar Group has a beta of 1.41, meaning that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howard Hughes has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

35.5% of Forestar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.8% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Forestar Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.0% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Forestar Group$1.51B0.67$203.40M$3.306.05
Howard Hughes$1.75B1.94$200.55M$5.2112.93

In the previous week, Howard Hughes had 3 more articles in the media than Forestar Group. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Howard Hughes and 1 mentions for Forestar Group. Howard Hughes' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Forestar Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Howard Hughes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Forestar Group currently has a consensus price target of $30.33, suggesting a potential upside of 51.82%. Howard Hughes has a consensus price target of $80.33, suggesting a potential upside of 19.22%. Given Forestar Group's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Forestar Group is more favorable than Howard Hughes.

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
Howard Hughes
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Howard Hughes beats Forestar Group on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FOR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FOR vs. The Competition

MetricForestar GroupREAL ESTATE DEV IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.02B$2.51B$11.98B$20.29B
Dividend YieldN/A2.83%5.62%3.76%
P/E Ratio6.058.6019.7827.49
Price / Sales0.673.0225.5538.27
Price / Cash4.9526.1618.1517.85
Price / Book0.630.902.214.54
Net Income$203.40M-$113.76M$1.00B$985.09M
7 Day Performance-1.77%2.43%0.72%0.86%
1 Month Performance4.39%3.46%2.63%4.02%
1 Year Performance-36.53%4.27%540.65%13.26%

Forestar Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FOR
Forestar Group
4.1307 of 5 stars
$19.98
-0.8%
$30.33
+51.8%
-37.5%$1.02B$1.51B6.05290News Coverage
HHH
Howard Hughes
2.2033 of 5 stars
$66.78
-3.6%
$80.33
+20.3%
+3.9%$3.49B$1.75B11.88608High Trading Volume
JOE
St. Joe
1.4081 of 5 stars
$47.33
+1.1%
N/A-12.8%$2.73B$402.70M35.591,057Trending News
MMI
Marcus & Millichap
0.4068 of 5 stars
$31.22
+1.7%
$30.00
-3.9%
-2.9%$1.20B$696.06M-183.64890High Trading Volume
LGIH
LGI Homes
3.7611 of 5 stars
$49.49
+3.0%
$104.33
+110.8%
-42.4%$1.12B$2.20B6.391,170
IRS
IRSA Inversiones Y Representaciones
2.5865 of 5 stars
$13.96
+0.6%
$13.00
-6.9%
+55.0%$1.05B$658.73M8.851,401
FPH
Five Point
1.2609 of 5 stars
$5.53
+0.5%
N/A+86.3%$817.91M$237.93M4.42100
LSEA
Landsea Homes
3.2784 of 5 stars
$11.31
+0.2%
$13.83
+22.2%
N/A$411.06M$1.55B43.50380High Trading Volume
TCI
Transcontinental Realty Investors
0.943 of 5 stars
$42.45
+0.2%
N/A+55.4%$365.88M$47.07M46.65N/A
UHG
United Homes Group
2.7502 of 5 stars
$3.28
-0.9%
N/A-49.0%$193.97M$463.71M4.732Positive News
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AXR
AMREP
1.7052 of 5 stars
$21.72
+1.0%
N/A+10.8%$113.68M$51.37M9.0120

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