Forestar vs FirstService
FOR and FSV side by side, both in real estate. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How FOR and FSV compare
Forestar grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.8% versus 5.4% for FirstService).
Forestar scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 4 for FirstService), 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 | FSV |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.2B | – |
| Share price | $22.84 | $155.94 |
| Change, 1 year | −5.9% | 2.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 9.6% | −20.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.90 | 0.85 |
| Employees | 78 | – |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 14 (better) | 4 |
| Valuation score | 6 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 6.9× | – |
| P/S | 0.7× | – |
| P/B | 0.6× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 3.4× | – |
| P/FCF | 4.1× | – |
| FCF yield | 24.3% | – |
| Fair value | $37.94 | – |
| Margin of safety | 39.8% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.8% (better) | 5.4% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 12.3% | 14.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 4.7% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 4.4% | 6.7% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 21.2% (better) | 9.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 21.4% | 33.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | – | 6.1% |
| Net margin | 9.9% | – |
| FCF margin | 16.4% (better) | 5.8% |
| Return on equity | 9.6% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 1.77 |
| Current ratio | – | 1.70 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.54 | – |
| Piotroski F-score | 2 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | – |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 36.8% | 69.9% |
| Held by insiders | 0.33% | 0.00% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$232K | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.0% | 1.7% |
Go deeper
- FOR stock overview
- FOR income statement
- FOR valuation and score
- FSV stock overview
- FSV income statement
- FSV valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.