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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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	$1.51B	0.76	$203.40M	$3.57	6.38
Cushman & Wakefield	$9.37B	0.29	-$35.40M	$0.37	31.55

Do analysts rate FOR or CWK?

Forestar Group presently has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 44.83%. Cushman & Wakefield has a consensus target price of $15.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.48%. Given Forestar Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Which has more risk & volatility, FOR or CWK?

Forestar Group has a beta of 1.72, suggesting that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cushman & Wakefield has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FOR or CWK?

Forestar Group received 19 more outperform votes than Cushman & Wakefield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.33% of users gave Cushman & Wakefield an outperform vote while only 62.61% of users gave Forestar Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Forestar Group	Outperform Votes 216 62.61%	Underperform Votes 129 37.39%
Cushman & Wakefield	Outperform Votes 197 66.33%	Underperform Votes 100 33.67%

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

35.5% of Forestar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.6% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Forestar Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FOR or CWK more profitable?

Forestar Group has a net margin of 12.50% compared to Cushman & Wakefield's net margin of 0.94%. Cushman & Wakefield's return on equity of 12.10% 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	0.94%	12.10%	2.67%

Does the media prefer FOR or CWK?

In the previous week, Forestar Group and Forestar Group both had 9 articles in the media. Forestar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Cushman & Wakefield's score of 0.54 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cushman & Wakefield	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Forestar Group beats Cushman & Wakefield on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.