FOR vs. GTY, KW, UE, CMTG, AHH, EFC, CWK, HPP, FRPH, and FPH
Should you be buying Forestar Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forestar Group include Getty Realty (GTY), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Ellington Financial (EFC), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Hudson Pacific Properties (HPP), FRP (FRPH), and Five Point (FPH). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Getty Realty (NYSE:GTY) and Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
Getty Realty received 114 more outperform votes than Forestar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.10% of users gave Forestar Group an outperform vote while only 58.01% of users gave Getty Realty an outperform vote.
85.1% of Getty Realty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.5% of Forestar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.2% of Getty Realty shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Forestar Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Getty Realty presently has a consensus price target of $31.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.72%. Forestar Group has a consensus price target of $37.17, indicating a potential upside of 6.28%. Given Forestar Group's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Getty Realty is more favorable than Forestar Group.
Getty Realty has a net margin of 32.74% compared to Getty Realty's net margin of 12.99%. Getty Realty's return on equity of 14.59% beat Forestar Group's return on equity.
Forestar Group has higher revenue and earnings than Getty Realty. Forestar Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Getty Realty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Getty Realty has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forestar Group has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Forestar Group had 1 more articles in the media than Getty Realty. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Forestar Group and 2 mentions for Getty Realty. Forestar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Getty Realty's score of 0.77 indicating that Getty Realty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Forestar Group beats Getty Realty on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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