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Forestar Reports Fiscal 2022 First Quarter Results
Forestar Group Inc. (NYSE: FOR), a leading national residential lot developer, today reported financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2021.
Forestar reported Q1 EPS of 81c versus the consensus estimate of 67c. The company reported Q1 revenue of $407.6M versus the consensus estimate of $358.1M.
Daniel C. Bartok, CEO, said, “We continued our strong momentum in the first quarter of fiscal 2022, achieving record first quarter lot sales, revenue and earnings per diluted share. Our profitability continues to improve, primarily due to delivering more lots from Forestar sourced projects as compared to prior year periods, combined with the continued strong market demand for finished lots. These results reflect the strength of the teams that we have built out across our national footprint. As we head into our second fiscal quarter, Forestar is extremely well-positioned to continue capturing market share in the highly fragmented lot development industry.”
Fiscal 2022 First Quarter Highlights
All comparisons are year-over-year, unless otherwise noted
- Net income attributable to Forestar increased 84% to $40.5 million or $0.81 per diluted share
- Pre-tax income increased 83% to $53.5 million, while pre-tax profit margin increased 360 basis points to 13.1%
- Revenues increased 33% to $407.6 million
- Residential lots sold in the quarter increased 27% to 4,516 lots
- Owned and controlled lots increased 33% to 103,300 lots
- Achieved return on equity (“ROE”) of 13.2% for the trailing twelve months ended December 31, 2021, an improvement of 550 basis points; 7th consecutive quarter of ROE improvement
- Increasing fiscal 2022 guidance:
- Lots sold to 19,500 to 20,000 lots compared to prior guidance of 19,000 to 19,500 lots
- Revenue to approximately $1.7 billion compared to prior guidance of $1.65 billion
- Pre-tax profit margin to a range of 13.5% to 14.0% compared to prior guidance of approximately 13.0%
Donald J. Tomnitz, Chairman of the Board, said, “The Forestar team is off to a great start in fiscal 2022 with over 4,500 lot deliveries during our first fiscal quarter. We continue to capture market share in the fragmented and under-capitalized U.S. lot development industry, and as a result, we are increasing our guidance for fiscal 2022. We now expect to deliver between 19,500 and 20,000 lots generating approximately $1.7 billion of revenue, and expect our pre-tax profit margin to be between 13.5% and 14.0% for the full fiscal year. Forestar’s return-focused business model is centered on our high inventory turnover, lower risk lot manufacturing strategy. Our strategic and operational plan is underpinned by our low net leverage and strong liquidity, the engagement of our people and our strategic relationship with D.R. Horton, the nation’s largest homebuilder. With over 100,000 lots owned and controlled at December 31, 2021, we expect continued robust growth with increasing pre-tax profitability and returns in the coming years.”
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Both the long and short term trends are negative. It is better to avoid buying stocks with negative trends. FOR is part of the Real Estate Management & Development industry. There are 70 other stocks in this industry, FOR did better than 42% of them. FOR is currently making a new 52 week low. This is a very bad signal. FOR is lagging the S&P500 Index which is trading in the middle of its 52 week range.
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