Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) & Agile Property (OTCMKTS:AGPYY) Head to Head Comparison

Agile Property (OTCMKTS:AGPYY) and Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, profitability, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Agile Property and Forestar Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Agile Property	$6.03 billion	N/A	-$2.25 billion	N/A	N/A
Forestar Group	$1.54 billion	0.88	$203.40 million	$3.19	8.39

Forestar Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Agile Property.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

35.5% of Forestar Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Forestar Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Agile Property and Forestar Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Agile Property	0	0	0	0	0.00
Forestar Group	0	1	3	1	3.00

Forestar Group has a consensus target price of $30.20, suggesting a potential upside of 12.77%. Given Forestar Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Forestar Group is more favorable than Agile Property.

Profitability

This table compares Agile Property and Forestar Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Agile Property	N/A	N/A	N/A
Forestar Group	10.54%	10.02%	5.47%

Risk & Volatility

Agile Property has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Forestar Group has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Forestar Group beats Agile Property on 11 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Agile Property

Agile Group Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the property development, property management, and other businesses in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The company develops and sells properties; provides property construction, ecological landscaping, and home and decoration, environmental protection, and commercial management services. It also engages in city sanitation, and cleaning services, as well as hotel operation and property investment. In addition, the company operates ecological industrial park; offers hazardous industrial waste treatment, and waste water treatment. The company was formerly known as Agile Property Holdings Limited and changed its name to Agile Group Holdings Limited in July 2016. Agile Group Holdings Limited was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China. Agile Group Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of Top Coast Investment Limited.

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. Forestar Group Inc. operates as a subsidiary of D.R. Horton, Inc.