No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 19 May 2025.
Forestar Group Inc. is a Real Estate company based in Austin. Its directors and officers file their transactions with SEC (Form 4). The last twelve months, up to 18 October 2026, brought 43 filings signed by 11 insiders.
None of the filings is a plain purchase or sale on the open market; they cover grants, option exercises and other movements. Because grants and exercises are largely decided by remuneration plans, they are not counted as purchases here.
No insider has bought Forestar Group Inc. shares on the open market in the past twelve months. The median gap between a trade and its publication by SEC (Form 4) is 3 days. For comparison, the SEC allows two business days to file a Form 4.
Across the 5,816 companies tracked on its exchange, the median is 19 filings; at 43 filings, this issuer sits above that mark. Since 2016, the database holds 12 purchases and 22 sales by insiders of the company. In its latest annual report filed with the SEC (10-K, fiscal year ended 30 September 2025), the company reported revenue of 1.66 bn USD and net income of 167.9 m USD.
Other companies in the same sector with recent insider buying flagged by our signals: Agree Realty Corp and Simon Property Group Inc /DE/. This summary is built from SEC (Form 4) disclosures alone and does not predict where the share price will go.
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Forestar Group Inc. is a United States-based residential land developer listed on the NYSE under the ticker FOR, with an additional dual listing on NYSE Texas. Headquartered in Arlington, Texas, the company has operated as a public company since 2007 and today maintains a broad footprint across 64 markets in 24 states. Forestar’s business model is focused and relatively specialized: it acquires entitled land, develops it into finished residential lots, and sells those lots to homebuilders. In practice, this places Forestar in an important upstream position in the U.S. housing value chain, supplying the land inventory that builders need to start new home communities.
The company’s core activity is not homebuilding itself, but the development of lots that are ready to build on. That distinction matters for investors. Forestar is exposed to the residential real estate cycle, yet its economics are tied to lot demand, land development execution, and the timing of asset turns rather than to home construction margins. Management has consistently emphasized capital efficiency, disciplined land investment, and balancing the pace of lot sales with the timing of development spending. This is a capital-intensive business, but one that can produce attractive returns when managed carefully.
Forestar’s competitive position is supported by several factors. First, it has national scale in a fragmented sector, with a large and diversified market presence across the United States. Second, it benefits from a strategic relationship with D.R. Horton, its majority owner and the largest homebuilder by volume in the United States. That relationship provides commercial stability and a meaningful source of recurring demand, while also giving Forestar a strong platform to serve both national and regional builders. Third, the company’s focus on entitled land reduces some of the entitlement risk faced by broader land investors.
Recent results show a business that remains operationally solid despite affordability pressures and a cautious housing backdrop. For fiscal 2025, Forestar reported roughly 14,240 lots sold, about $1.7 billion in revenue, and nearly 99,800 owned and controlled lots at September 30, 2025. In its fiscal first quarter 2026 update, the company reported approximately 101,000 owned and controlled lots, with a significant portion already under contract, supporting future revenue visibility. For investors, Forestar represents a U.S. residential real estate name with a niche but essential role: it is not a diversified property company, but a focused lot developer with national reach, a strong builder relationship, and a business model tied to long-term housing supply needs.
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| Fiscal year end | Revenue | Net income | Diluted EPS | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | 1.66 bn USD | 167.9 m USD | 3.29 USD | 10-K |
| Sep 2024 | 1.51 bn USD | 203.4 m USD | 4.00 USD | 10-K |
| Sep 2023 | 1.44 bn USD | 166.9 m USD | 3.33 USD | 10-K |
| Sep 2022 | 1.52 bn USD | 178.8 m USD | 3.59 USD | 10-K |
| Sep 2021 | 1.33 bn USD | 110.2 m USD | 2.25 USD | 10-K |
Amounts in USD, as filed (forms 10-K, 20-F or 40-F). Source: SEC EDGAR.