Forestar vs Invitation Homes
FOR and INVH side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FOR and INVH compare
Invitation Homes is the larger company, worth 13 times as much as Forestar ($15.7B against $1.2B).
On earnings, Forestar is cheaper: it trades at 7.2× trailing earnings, against 24.4× for Invitation Homes.
Forestar grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.8% versus 6.7% for Invitation Homes).
Invitation Homes keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 23.1% compared with 9.9% at Forestar.
Invitation Homes pays a dividend yielding 4.5%; Forestar does not pay one.
Invitation Homes scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 14 for Forestar), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | FOR | INVH |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.2B | $15.7B |
| Share price | $23.94 | $26.56 |
| Change, 1 year | −11.6% | −3.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 11.9% | −34.9% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.89 | 0.70 |
| Employees | 78 | 1,725 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 | 4 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 7.2× (better) | 24.4× |
| P/S | 0.7× (better) | 5.5× |
| P/B | 0.7× (better) | 1.7× |
| EV/EBITDA | 3.6× | – |
| P/FCF | 4.3× | – |
| PEG | – | 1.62 |
| FCF yield | 23.2% | – |
| Fair value | $38.25 | $31.40 |
| Margin of safety | 37.4% (better) | 15.4% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.8% (better) | 6.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 12.3% (better) | 8.4% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 4.7% | 21.2% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 4.4% | 23.9% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 21.2% | 22.4% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 21.4% | – |
| Net margin | 9.9% | 23.1% (better) |
| FCF margin | 16.4% | – |
| Return on equity | 9.6% (better) | 7.1% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.56 (better) | 1.04 |
| Piotroski F-score | 2 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 4.5% |
| Payout ratio | – | 109% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 0 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 14.3% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 4.5% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 36.8% | 101% |
| Held by insiders | 62.2% | 0.41% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$157K | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.8% | 2.9% |
Go deeper
- FOR stock overview
- FOR income statement
- FOR valuation and score
- INVH stock overview
- INVH income statement
- INVH valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.