Howard Hughes (HHC) Competitors

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

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of FOR or HHC?

35.5% of Forestar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Forestar Group shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 33.0% of Howard Hughes shares are owned 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.

Do analysts prefer FOR or HHC?

Forestar Group presently has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential upside of 56.40%. Given Forestar Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Forestar Group is more favorable than Howard Hughes.

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
Howard Hughes	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in FOR or HHC?

Howard Hughes received 176 more outperform votes than Forestar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.43% of users gave Forestar Group an outperform vote while only 61.64% of users gave Howard Hughes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Forestar Group	Outperform Votes 216 62.43%	Underperform Votes 130 37.57%
Howard Hughes	Outperform Votes 392 61.64%	Underperform Votes 244 38.36%

Is FOR or HHC more profitable?

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
Forestar Group	12.50%	11.74%	6.57%
Howard Hughes	7.72%	3.33%	1.24%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, FOR or HHC?

Forestar Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Forestar Group	$1.45B	0.74	$203.40M	$3.57	5.91
Howard Hughes	$1.61B	2.32	$184.53M	$2.41	30.86

Which has more risk & volatility, FOR or HHC?

Forestar Group has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howard Hughes has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FOR or HHC?

In the previous week, Forestar Group had 3 more articles in the media than Howard Hughes. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Forestar Group and 0 mentions for Howard Hughes. Forestar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat Howard Hughes' score of 0.56 indicating that Forestar Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Forestar Group	Very Positive
Howard Hughes	Positive

Summary

Forestar Group beats Howard Hughes on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.