FOR vs. FSV, CIGI, TRNO, LPA, IIPR, CWK, UE, GTY, KW, and CMTG
Should you be buying Forestar Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Forestar Group include FirstService (FSV), Colliers International Group (CIGI), Terreno Realty (TRNO), Latam Logistic Properties (LPA), Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), Cushman & Wakefield (CWK), Urban Edge Properties (UE), Getty Realty (GTY), Kennedy-Wilson (KW), and Claros Mortgage Trust (CMTG). These companies are all part of the "real estate" industry.
Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) and FirstService (NASDAQ:FSV) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.
Forestar Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than FirstService. Forestar Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstService, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
FirstService received 108 more outperform votes than Forestar Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.10% of users gave Forestar Group an outperform vote while only 60.26% of users gave FirstService an outperform vote.
Forestar Group presently has a consensus price target of $37.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.28%. FirstService has a consensus price target of $186.00, indicating a potential upside of 26.43%. Given FirstService's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe FirstService is more favorable than Forestar Group.
Forestar Group has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstService has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
35.5% of Forestar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of FirstService shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Forestar Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Forestar Group has a net margin of 12.99% compared to FirstService's net margin of 2.02%. FirstService's return on equity of 16.42% beat Forestar Group's return on equity.
In the previous week, FirstService had 4 more articles in the media than Forestar Group. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for FirstService and 2 mentions for Forestar Group. FirstService's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Forestar Group's score of 0.87 indicating that FirstService is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
FirstService beats Forestar Group on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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