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

Which has more volatility & risk, FOR or HHC?

Forestar Group has a beta of 1.72, meaning that its share price is 72% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Howard Hughes has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 33.0% of Howard Hughes shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments 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 44.83%. Given Forestar Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, 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

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%

Does the media prefer FOR or HHC?

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. Forestar Group's average media sentiment score of 1.09 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	Positive
Howard Hughes	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & 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	$1.51B	0.76	$203.40M	$3.57	6.38
Howard Hughes	$1.61B	2.28	$184.53M	$2.41	30.37

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FOR or HHC?

Howard Hughes received 176 more outperform votes than Forestar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.61% of users gave Forestar Group an outperform vote while only 62.03% of users gave Howard Hughes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Forestar Group	Outperform Votes 216 62.61%	Underperform Votes 129 37.39%
Howard Hughes	Outperform Votes 392 62.03%	Underperform Votes 240 37.97%

Summary

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