Forestar Group Inc. (NYSE:FOR – Get Free Report) Director G.F. (Rick) Ringler III sold 2,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, June 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $31.38, for a total value of $62,760.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 7,951 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $249,502.38. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link.
Forestar Group Price Performance
Shares of NYSE:FOR opened at $31.99 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $32.75 and a 200 day moving average price of $33.89. Forestar Group Inc. has a twelve month low of $21.88 and a twelve month high of $40.92. The company has a market cap of $1.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.96 and a beta of 1.78. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48.
Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 18th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.84 by $0.05. Forestar Group had a return on equity of 14.59% and a net margin of 12.99%. The firm had revenue of $333.80 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $345.60 million. Research analysts predict that Forestar Group Inc. will post 3.87 earnings per share for the current year.
Analyst Ratings Changes
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Institutional Trading of Forestar Group
Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FOR. Woodson Capital Management LP bought a new stake in Forestar Group during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $13,367,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in Forestar Group by 11.0% in the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,026,590 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $67,021,000 after acquiring an additional 200,686 shares in the last quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. raised its holdings in Forestar Group by 110.9% in the 3rd quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 261,072 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $7,033,000 after acquiring an additional 137,270 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC raised its holdings in Forestar Group by 55.5% in the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 290,197 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $11,663,000 after acquiring an additional 103,562 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Forestar Group by 3.4% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,761,849 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $74,404,000 after acquiring an additional 90,291 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 35.50% of the company’s stock.
About Forestar Group
Forestar Group Inc operates as a residential lot development company in the United States. The company acquires land and develops infrastructure for single-family residential communities. It sells its residential single-family finished lots to local, regional, and national homebuilders. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Arlington, Texas.
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