Forestar Group Inc. FOR
Forestar Group Inc. is a national, well-capitalized residential lot development company focused primarily on making investments in land acquisition and development to sell finished single-family residential lots to homebuilders. Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NYSE Texas under the ticker symbol "FOR." The listing and trading of the Common Stock on the NYSE Texas commenced on July 1, 2025. The terms "Forestar," the "Company," "we" and "our" used herein refer to Forestar Group Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its predecessors and subsidiaries.
We conduct a wide range of project planning and management activities related to the entitlement, acquisition, community development and sale of residential lots. We generally secure entitlements while the land is under contract by creating plans that meet the needs of the markets where we operate, and we aim to have all entitlements secured before closing on the investment. Moving land through the entitlement and development process creates significant value. We primarily invest in entitled short-duration projects that can be developed in phases, enabling us to complete and sell lots at a pace that matches market demand, consistent with our focus on maximizing capital efficiency and returns. This strategy is a unique, lower-risk business model that we expect will produce more consistent returns than other public and private land developers. We also make short-term strategic investments in finished lots (lot banking) and undeveloped land (land banking) with the intent to sell these assets within a short time period to utilize available capital prior to its deployment into longer-term lot development projects. For the year ended September 30, 2025, we sold 14,240 lots with an average sales price of $108,400. At September 30, 2025, our lot position consisted of 99,800 residential lots, of which approximately 65,100 were owned and 34,700 were controlled through purchase contracts. Of our 65,100 owned lots, approximately 23,800 lots are under contract to be sold for an aggregate remaining sales price of approximately $2.1 billion.
Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close
Annual financial statements
Income statement
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.54B | $1.46B | $1.28B | $1.46B | $1.29B | $931.8M | $428.3M | — | $114.3M | $197.3M |
| Cost of revenue | $1.30B | $1.15B | $1.13B | $1.20B | $1.10B | $813.7M | $362.7M | — | $112.6M | — |
| Gross profit | $245.4M | $309.2M | $142.9M | $260.4M | $196.5M | $118.1M | $65.6M | — | $1.7M | — |
| SG&A | $154.4M | $118.5M | $97.7M | $93.6M | $68.4M | $45.7M | $28.9M | — | $75.3M | $21.6M |
| Total operating expenses | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $188.0M | $223.7M |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $39.8M | $140.4M |
| Interest expense | — | — | — | — | — | $0 | $0 | — | $8.5M | $20.0M |
| Pre-tax income | $219.3M | $270.1M | $221.6M | $235.8M | $146.6M | $78.1M | $45.7M | — | $52.1M | $92.3M |
| Income tax | $51.4M | $66.7M | $54.7M | $57.0M | $36.1M | $16.4M | $9.4M | — | $45.8M | $15.3M |
| Net income | $167.9M | $203.4M | $166.9M | $178.8M | $110.2M | $60.8M | $33.0M | — | $50.3M | $58.6M |
| EPS, basic | 3.30 | 4.03 | 3.34 | 3.59 | 2.25 | 1.26 | 0.79 | — | 1.19 | 1.40 |
| EPS, diluted | 3.29 | 4.00 | 3.33 | 3.59 | 2.25 | 1.26 | 0.79 | — | 1.19 | 1.38 |
| Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) | $51.1M | $50.8M | $50.1M | $49.8M | $49.0M | $48.1M | $42.0M | — | $42.4M | $42.3M |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $379.2M | $481.2M | $616.0M | $264.8M | $153.6M | $394.3M | $382.8M | $335.0M | $363.0M | $266.3M |
| Property, plant and equipment | $8.1M | $7.1M | $5.9M | $5.7M | $2.9M | $1.1M | $2.4M | $1.7M | $2.0M | $3.1M |
| Goodwill | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $0 | $37.9M |
| Other intangibles | — | — | — | — | — | — | $0 | $500.0K | $448.0K | $0 |
| Total assets | $3.14B | $2.84B | $2.47B | $2.34B | $2.10B | $1.74B | $1.46B | $893.1M | $761.9M | $733.2M |
| Long-term debt | $802.7M | $706.4M | $695.0M | $706.0M | $704.5M | $641.1M | $460.5M | $111.7M | $108.4M | $110.4M |
| Total liabilities | $1.37B | $1.25B | $1.10B | $1.14B | $1.09B | $868.1M | $646.8M | $218.6M | $156.3M | $171.1M |
| Retained earnings | $1.05B | $878.2M | $674.8M | $507.9M | $329.1M | $218.9M | $158.1M | $125.1M | $56.3M | $12.6M |
| Total equity | $1.77B | $1.59B | $1.37B | $1.20B | $1.02B | $871.8M | $808.9M | $674.5M | $605.6M | $562.1M |
Cash flow
| Fiscal year | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$197.7M | -$158.4M | $364.1M | $108.7M | -$303.1M | -$168.4M | -$391.2M | — | -$15.3M | $67.1M |
| Depreciation and amortisation | $3.5M | $3.0M | $3.0M | $2.7M | $2.7M | $4.9M | $6.7M | — | $5.5M | $11.4M |
| Stock-based compensation | $7.3M | $5.3M | $4.3M | $3.3M | $2.6M | $2.0M | $1.3M | — | $6.6M | $4.0M |
| Capital expenditure | $2.2M | $2.2M | $1.3M | $3.5M | $1.6M | $600.0K | $900.0K | — | $100.0K | $6.1M |
| Investing cash flow | $3.2M | $7.3M | $300.0K | $1.3M | $1.0M | $5.0M | -$800.0K | — | $134.5M | $420.7M |
| Financing cash flow | $92.5M | $16.3M | -$13.2M | $1.2M | $61.4M | $174.9M | $439.8M | — | -$22.5M | -$318.3M |
| Buybacks | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $0 | $3.5M |
Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001628280-25-053125.
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