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Forestar Group (FOR) Competitors

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$25.96 +0.44 (+1.72%)
(As of 12/20/2024 04:33 PM ET)

FOR vs. CWK, IIPR, UE, GTY, KW, EFC, AHH, CMTG, CRESY, and FRPH

Should you be buying Forestar Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forestar Group include Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Getty Realty (GTY), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), Ellington Financial (EFC), Armada Hoffler Properties (AHH), Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG), Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria (CRESY), and FRP (FRPH). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.

Forestar Group vs.

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

In the previous week, Cushman & Wakefield had 7 more articles in the media than Forestar Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Cushman & Wakefield and 1 mentions for Forestar Group. Cushman & Wakefield's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Forestar Group's score of -0.30 indicating that Cushman & Wakefield is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cushman & Wakefield
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Forestar Group
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

95.6% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.5% of Forestar Group shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Cushman & Wakefield shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Forestar Group shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Forestar Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cushman & Wakefield$9.37B0.32-$35.40M$0.3735.38
Forestar Group$1.51B0.87$203.40M$4.016.47

Forestar Group has a net margin of 13.48% compared to Cushman & Wakefield's net margin of 0.94%. Forestar Group's return on equity of 13.59% beat Cushman & Wakefield's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cushman & Wakefield0.94% 12.10% 2.67%
Forestar Group 13.48%13.59%7.64%

Cushman & Wakefield has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forestar Group has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its stock price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Cushman & Wakefield presently has a consensus target price of $15.25, suggesting a potential upside of 16.50%. Forestar Group has a consensus target price of $38.67, suggesting a potential upside of 48.95%. Given Forestar Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Forestar Group is more favorable than Cushman & Wakefield.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cushman & Wakefield
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Forestar Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Forestar Group received 17 more outperform votes than Cushman & Wakefield when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.78% of users gave Cushman & Wakefield an outperform vote while only 63.13% of users gave Forestar Group an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cushman & WakefieldOutperform Votes
197
66.78%
Underperform Votes
98
33.22%
Forestar GroupOutperform Votes
214
63.13%
Underperform Votes
125
36.87%

Summary

Forestar Group beats Cushman & Wakefield on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FOR vs. The Competition

MetricForestar GroupReal estate IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.32B$3.23B$11.22B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A5.21%9.82%3.61%
P/E Ratio6.4710.2326.7141.30
Price / Sales0.8711.8736.4317.58
Price / Cash6.9817.5118.5921.28
Price / Book0.821.872.755.32
Net Income$203.40M-$154.25M$1.04B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-6.75%-3.54%-2.88%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-9.70%-3.80%-2.89%-3.68%
1 Year Performance-24.00%-13.21%11.55%12.14%

Forestar Group Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FOR
Forestar Group
4.349 of 5 stars
$25.96
+1.7%
$38.67
+48.9%
-23.8%$1.32B$1.51B6.47376
CWK
Cushman & Wakefield
3.6471 of 5 stars
$15.14
+1.8%
$15.25
+0.7%
+25.7%$3.47B$9.37B40.1952,000
IIPR
Innovative Industrial Properties
4.6494 of 5 stars
$102.98
-1.7%
$127.67
+24.0%
-25.0%$2.92B$310.93M18.5620Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Gap Down
UE
Urban Edge Properties
2.9736 of 5 stars
$22.80
+2.1%
$20.00
-12.3%
+18.2%$2.85B$416.92M10.01120
GTY
Getty Realty
2.943 of 5 stars
$32.16
+0.3%
$33.33
+3.6%
+3.7%$1.77B$185.85M27.4032Analyst Upgrade
KW
Kennedy-Wilson
4.6088 of 5 stars
$10.86
+0.1%
$13.00
+19.7%
-18.8%$1.49B$562.60M0.00230
EFC
Ellington Financial
3.4269 of 5 stars
$12.49
+1.1%
$13.58
+8.8%
-5.3%$1.13B$295.07M9.43400Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
AHH
Armada Hoffler Properties
3.8493 of 5 stars
$11.04
+1.1%
$11.88
+7.6%
-19.4%$1.12B$756.90M-52.00164Dividend Announcement
CMTG
Claros Mortgage Trust
3.6404 of 5 stars
$6.36
-0.5%
$7.44
+16.9%
-69.6%$886.33M$306.55M-10.14N/APositive News
CRESY
Cresud Sociedad Anónima, Comercial, Inmobiliaria, Financiera y Agropecuaria
1.6093 of 5 stars
$13.84
+1.5%
N/A+29.0%$828.46M$1.43B-10.332,867News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
FRPH
FRP
1.2007 of 5 stars
$31.72
+1.1%
N/A-3.8%$603.63M$41.51M78.4815Positive News

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This page (NYSE:FOR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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