The historical rank and industry rank for Forestar Group's Pretax Margin % or its related term are showing as below:
FOR'
s Pretax Margin % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.07 Med: 14.1 Max: 46.8
Current: 17.19
FOR's Pretax Margin % is ranked better than 63.42% of 1788
companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 9.03
vs FOR: 17.19
Forestar Group Pretax Margin % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Forestar Group's Pretax Margin % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Forestar Group's Pretax Margin %
For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, Forestar Group's Pretax Margin %, along with its competitors' market caps and Pretax Margin % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Forestar Group's Pretax Margin % Distribution in the Real Estate Industry
For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Forestar Group's Pretax Margin % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Forestar Group's Pretax Margin % falls into.
Forestar Group Pretax Margin % Calculation
Pretax margin - also known as pretax profit margin is the ratio of Pretax Income divided by net sales or Revenue, usually presented in percent.
Forestar Group's Pretax Margin for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Forestar Group (NYSE:FOR) Pretax Margin % Explanation
The pretax margin, as know as pretax profit margin, is widely used to measure the operating efficiency of a company before deducting taxes.
The pretax margin is sometimes preferred over the net margin as tax expenditures can make profitability comparisons between companies misleading.
It is a useful tool to compare companies operating in the same sector and less effective when comparing companies from other sectors as each industry generally has different operating expenses and sales patterns.
The long term trend of the pretax margin is a good indicator of the competitiveness and health of the business.
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Forestar Group (Forestar Group) Business Description
Forestar Group Inc is a residential lot development company with operations across the United States. The core business segment for the company is real estate which generates all of it's revenues. The firm fundamentally acquires entitled real estate and develops it into finished residential lots for sale to homebuilders with a strategic focus on asset turns and efficiency. Single-family residential communities account for the majority of their real estate projects. The company utilizes a lower-risk business model mainly by investing in short duration, phased development projects.
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