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Howard Hughes (HHC) Competitors

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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.

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

Howard Hughes received 175 more outperform votes than Forestar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.54% of users gave Forestar Group an outperform vote while only 61.35% of users gave Howard Hughes an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Howard HughesOutperform Votes
392
61.35%
Underperform Votes
247
38.65%
Forestar GroupOutperform Votes
217
62.54%
Underperform Votes
130
37.46%

In the previous week, Forestar Group had 9 more articles in the media than Howard Hughes. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Forestar Group and 0 mentions for Howard Hughes. Howard Hughes' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Forestar Group's score of 0.08 indicating that Howard Hughes is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Howard Hughes Positive
Forestar Group Neutral

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Howard Hughes$1.61B2.12$184.53M$2.4128.20
Forestar Group$1.47B0.68$203.40M$3.305.97

Forestar Group has a consensus target price of $30.33, suggesting a potential upside of 53.98%. Given Forestar Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Forestar Group is more favorable than Howard Hughes.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Howard Hughes
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Forestar Group
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Forestar Group has a net margin of 12.50% compared to Howard Hughes' net margin of 7.72%. Forestar Group's return on equity of 11.74% beat Howard Hughes' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Howard Hughes7.72% 3.33% 1.24%
Forestar Group 12.50%11.74%6.57%

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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Howard Hughes has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forestar Group has a beta of 1.53, meaning that its share price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HHC vs. The Competition

MetricHoward HughesReal Estate IndustryReal Estate SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.40B$2.05B$1.54B$18.91B
Dividend YieldN/A3.31%6.66%4.13%
P/E Ratio28.205.499.3632.57
Price / Sales2.12182.051,313.8928.52
Price / Cash9.858.3766.5617.53
Price / Book0.940.681.194.45
Net Income$184.53M$81.76M-$119.27M$1.02B

Howard Hughes Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HHC
Howard Hughes
1.04 of 5 stars
$68.35
+0.6%
N/A+5.8%$3.42B$1.61B28.36565
FOR
Forestar Group
4.3413 of 5 stars
$19.61
+1.1%
$33.00
+68.3%
-37.1%$993.74M$1.45B5.49290
AGNCP
AGNC Investment
N/A$24.23
+2.7%
N/A+5.9%$0.00$973M0.0050News Coverage
Negative News
AGNCO
AGNC Investment
N/A$24.53
+2.4%
N/A+2.3%$0.00$973M0.0050Negative News
AGNCN
AGNC Investment
N/A$24.85
+2.3%
N/A-1.2%$0.00$973M0.0050High Trading Volume
AGNCM
AGNC Investment
N/A$23.87
+2.3%
N/A-0.9%$0.00$973M0.0050
AGNCL
AGNC Investment
N/A$24.15
+4.9%
N/A+6.0%$0.00$973M0.0050News Coverage
BPYPP
Brookfield Property Partners
N/A$13.86
-0.4%
N/A-1.0%$0.00$9.11B0.0029,500Positive News
BPYPO
Brookfield Property Partners
N/A$13.91
+0.6%
N/A+6.8%$0.00$9.11B0.0029,500
BPYPN
Brookfield Property Partners
N/A$12.64
+2.0%
N/A+2.4%$0.00$9.11B0.0029,500Positive News
ESBA
Empire State Realty OP
N/A$7.02
+0.1%
N/A-21.8%$0.00N/A0.00670

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This page (NYSE:HHC) was last updated on 4/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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