Forestar Group

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Real Estate - Development · Real Estate

Winston Score

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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Mixed

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Exceptional

Stability

Exceptional

Valuation

Good

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Winston Score History

The full picture

Forestar Group Inc. is a residential land development company based in the United States. It buys raw land, develops it into finished lots, and sells those lots to homebuilders. The company operates as a majority-owned subsidiary of D.R. Horton, the largest homebuilder in the United States by volume.

Forestar makes money by purchasing undeveloped land, installing roads and utilities, and then selling the prepared lots — primarily to D.R. Horton. This close relationship with D.R. Horton gives Forestar a reliable customer base but also makes it heavily dependent on one buyer. The company operates across many U.S. states, focusing on high-growth housing markets in the Sun Belt and Southeast. The main growth driver is continued demand for new housing, but rising interest rates and a slowdown in homebuilding activity are the key risks, since fewer homes being built means fewer lots being purchased.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+4.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+7.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

Insider Activity

62.2%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$395M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Forestar Group is growing revenue at 4% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

20.7%

Thin — 20.7% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

11.3%

Modest — 11.3% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

8.1%

Below par — 8.1% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+11.8%

Steady sales growth (+11.8% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+4.4%

Modest earnings growth (+4.4% YoY)

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

167%

Turns 167% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

16.4%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (16.4%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.43

Conservative — low debt load (0.43)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

100.00x

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Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

8.7x

no trend

Attractive valuation — P/E 8.7

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

-1.4

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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