Forestar Group (FOR) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FOR or FSV?

Forestar Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FirstService. Forestar Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstService, 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	$1.56B	1.10	$166.90M	$4.02	8.46
FirstService	$4.33B	1.53	$100.39M	$2.02	72.83

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FOR or FSV?

FirstService received 108 more outperform votes than Forestar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.10% of users gave Forestar Group an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Forestar Group	Outperform Votes 212 63.10%	Underperform Votes 124 36.90%
FirstService	Outperform Votes 320 60.26%	Underperform Votes 211 39.74%

Do analysts recommend FOR or FSV?

Forestar Group presently has a consensus price target of $37.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.28%. FirstService has a consensus price target of $186.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.43%. Given FirstService's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FirstService is more favorable than Forestar Group.

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
FirstService	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has more risk and volatility, FOR or FSV?

Forestar Group has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in FOR or FSV?

35.5% of Forestar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Forestar Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is FOR or FSV more profitable?

Forestar Group has a net margin of 12.99% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.02%. FirstService's return on equity of 16.42% beat Forestar Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Forestar Group	12.99%	14.59%	8.11%
FirstService	2.02%	16.42%	5.01%

Does the media refer more to FOR or FSV?

In the previous week, FirstService had 4 more articles in the media than Forestar Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FirstService and 2 mentions for Forestar Group. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Forestar Group's score of 0.87 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
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
FirstService	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

FirstService beats Forestar Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.