HHC vs. FOR, AGNCP, AGNCO, AGNCN, AGNCM, AGNCL, BPYPP, BPYPO, BPYPN, and ESBA
Should you be buying Howard Hughes stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Howard Hughes include Forestar Group (FOR), AGNC Investment (AGNCP), AGNC Investment (AGNCO), AGNC Investment (AGNCN), AGNC Investment (AGNCM), AGNC Investment (AGNCL), Brookfield Property Partners (BPYPP), Brookfield Property Partners (BPYPO), Brookfield Property Partners (BPYPN), and Empire State Realty OP (ESBA).
Howard Hughes vs. Its Competitors
Howard Hughes (NYSE:HHC) and Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) are both real estate development companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and risk.
95.3% of Howard Hughes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.5% of Forestar Group shares are held by institutional investors. 33.0% of Howard Hughes 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.
In the previous week, Forestar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Howard Hughes' score of 0.56 indicating that Forestar Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Forestar Group has a consensus price target of $30.33, indicating a potential upside of 34.25%. Given Forestar Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Forestar Group is more favorable than Howard Hughes.
Forestar Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Howard Hughes has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forestar Group has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Forestar Group has a net margin of 11.45% compared to Howard Hughes' net margin of 7.72%. Forestar Group's return on equity of 10.65% beat Howard Hughes' return on equity.
Summary
Forestar Group beats Howard Hughes on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:HHC) was last updated on 7/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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