The company maintains a conservative capital structure with a debt-to-equity ratio that has remained within a stable range of 0.44 to 0.54 over the last ten quarters.
| Metric | TTM | Sep'25 | Sep'24 | Sep'23 | Sep'22 | Sep'21 | Sep'20 | Sep'19 | Sep'18 | Dec'17 | Dec'16 | Dec'15 | Dec'14 | Dec'13 | Dec'12 | Dec'11 | Dec'10 | Dec'09 | Dec'08 | Dec'07 | Dec'06 | Dec'05 |
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| Total Assets | 3.17B | 3.14B | 2.84B | 2.47B | 2.34B | 2.1B | 1.74B | 1.46B | 893.1M | 761.91M | 733.21M | 980.51M | 1.26B | 1.17B | 918.43M | 794.86M | 789.32M | 784.73M | 815.02M | 748.73M | 620.17M | 543.94M |
| Asset Growth % | 38.67% | 10.45% | 14.95% | 5.45% | 11.48% | 20.79% | 19.52% | 62.99% | 17.22% | 3.91% | -25.22% | -22.07% | 7.34% | 27.63% | 15.55% | 0.7% | 0.58% | -3.72% | 8.85% | 20.73% | 14.01% | - |
| Real Estate & Other Assets | -2.71B | 2.66B | 2.27B | 1.79B | 2.02B | 1.91B | 1.32B | 1.03B | -389.65M | 133.59M | 296M | 592.32M | 594.78M | 537.57M | 532.25M | 583.77M | 17.04M | 9.79M | 17.24M | -81.68M | -598.91M | 0 |
| PP&E (Net) | 7.7M | 56.3M | 40.1M | 20.5M | 23.4M | 20.2M | 4.7M | 3.4M | 1.75M | 2M | 3.12M | 10.73M | 275.12M | 238.75M | 163.29M | 9.74M | 5.89M | 5.23M | 6.21M | 1.57M | 508.47M | 0 |
| Investment Securities | 1000K | 0 | 300K | 500K | 500K | 900K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 0 | 1000K | 1000K | 0 |
| Total Current Assets | 362.2M | 418.3M | 531.7M | 657.4M | 295.1M | 170.1M | 416.2M | 395.6M | 349.3M | 559.27M | 318.26M | 243.29M | 216.53M | 247.64M | 62.73M | 58.73M | 611.55M | 619.36M | 676.39M | 722.04M | 0 | 0 |
| Cash & Equivalents | 362.2M | 379.2M | 481.2M | 616M | 264.8M | 153.6M | 394.3M | 382.8M | 334.98M | 321.78M | 265.8M | 96.44M | 170.13M | 192.31M | 10.36M | 18.28M | 5.37M | 21.05M | 7.25M | 7.52M | 10.35M | 0 |
| Receivables | 0 | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 1000K | 0 |
| Other Current Assets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.7M | 221.62M | 30.67M | 104.97M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.12M | 31.23M | 0 | 101.69M | -18.82M | 0 |
| Intangible Assets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.01B | 500K | 448K | 0 | 1.96M | 2.71M | 2.15M | 2.19M | 1.58M | 2.88M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Liabilities | 1.35B | 1.37B | 1.25B | 1.1B | 1.14B | 1.09B | 868.1M | 646.8M | 41.94M | 156.28M | 171.09M | 476.4M | 548.46M | 456.75M | 384.89M | 283.64M | 275.05M | 266.4M | 368.59M | 306.9M | 194.38M | 162.65M |
| Total Debt | 793.5M | 817.1M | 716.6M | 703.1M | 714.1M | 711.8M | 644.9M | 460.5M | 9.17M | 108.43M | 110.36M | 381.51M | 432.74M | 357.41M | 294.06M | 221.59M | 221.59M | 216.63M | 337.4M | 266.01M | 50.61M | 121.95M |
| Net Debt | 431.3M | 437.9M | 235.4M | 87.1M | 449.3M | 558.2M | 250.6M | 77.7M | -325.81M | -214.57M | -155.44M | 285.07M | 262.62M | 165.1M | 283.7M | 203.3M | 216.22M | 195.57M | 329.27M | 258.5M | 40.26M | 121.95M |
| Long-Term Debt | 793.5M | 802.7M | 706.4M | 695M | 706M | 704.5M | 641.1M | 460.5M | 111.7M | 108.43M | 110.36M | 372.85M | 432.74M | 357.41M | 294.06M | 221.59M | 221.59M | 216.63M | 314.59M | 266.01M | 50.61M | 121.95M |
| Short-Term Borrowings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Capital Lease Obligations | 41.6M | 14.4M | 10.2M | 8.1M | 8.1M | 7.3M | 3.8M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total Current Liabilities | 474.9M | 442.7M | 455.2M | 343.3M | 391.7M | 348.3M | 216.1M | 183.5M | 43.9M | 33.92M | 41.03M | 60.92M | 83.91M | 74.97M | 52.62M | 28.75M | 13.22M | 16.58M | 18.83M | 32.53M | 0 | 0 |
| Accounts Payable | 73.3M | 71M | 85.9M | 68.4M | 72.2M | 47.4M | 29.2M | 16.8M | 7.9M | 2.38M | 4.8M | 11.62M | 20.4M | 21.41M | 18.32M | 5.04M | 4.21M | 4.57M | 7.44M | 8M | 4.84M | 0 |
| Deferred Revenue | 208.6M | 198.1M | 179.1M | 135.5M | 156.4M | 160.9M | 107.8M | 101.7M | -294.27M | 11.94M | 10.51M | 10.21M | 10.04M | 10.85M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Liabilities | 0 | 22.1M | 5.7M | 3.7M | 1M | 1.3M | 1.4M | 2.8M | 63M | 13.93M | 19.7M | 24.66M | 31.8M | 24.38M | 38.2M | 33.3M | 40.23M | 33.19M | 24.39M | 16.98M | -65.05M | -121.95M |
| Total Equity | 1.82B | 1.77B | 1.6B | 1.37B | 1.2B | 1.02B | 871.8M | 808.9M | 669.87M | 605.63M | 562.12M | 504.12M | 709.74M | 715.4M | 533.55M | 511.21M | 514.28M | 518.34M | 446.44M | 441.83M | 425.8M | 381.29M |
| Equity Growth % | 43.24% | 10.9% | 16.44% | 14.22% | 18.05% | 16.53% | 7.78% | 20.75% | 10.61% | 7.74% | 11.51% | -28.97% | -0.79% | 34.08% | 4.37% | -0.6% | -0.78% | 16.11% | 1.04% | 3.77% | 11.67% | - |
| Shareholders Equity | 1.82B | 1.77B | 1.59B | 1.37B | 1.2B | 1.01B | 870.9M | 808.3M | 893.15M | 604.21M | 560.65M | 501.6M | 707.2M | 709.85M | 529.49M | 509.53M | 509.56M | 512.46M | 446.44M | 433.2M | 425.8M | 381.29M |
| Minority Interest | 1.1M | 1M | 1M | 1M | 1M | 1M | 900K | 600K | -223.28M | 1.42M | 1.47M | 2.52M | 2.54M | 5.55M | 4.06M | 1.69M | 4.71M | 5.88M | 0 | 8.63M | 0 | 0 |
| Common Stock | 51M | 50.7M | 50.7M | 49.9M | 49.8M | 49.6M | 48.1M | 48M | 41.9M | 41.94M | 44.8M | 36.95M | 36.95M | 36.95M | 36.95M | 36.84M | 36.67M | 36.26M | 35.79M | 35.38M | 0 | 0 |
| Additional Paid-in Capital | 674.2M | 671M | 665.2M | 644.2M | 640.6M | 636.2M | 603.9M | 602.2M | 506.3M | 505.98M | 553M | 561.85M | 558.95M | 556.68M | 407.21M | 398.52M | 391.35M | 384.8M | 377.01M | 373.03M | 0 | 0 |
| Retained Earnings | 1.09B | 1.05B | 878.2M | 674.8M | 507.9M | 329.1M | 218.9M | 158.1M | 673.37M | 56.3M | 12.6M | -46.05M | 167M | 150.42M | 121.1M | 108.16M | 101M | 95.88M | 35.02M | 24.8M | 0 | 0 |
| Preferred Stock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125.11M | 0 | 12.6M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Return on Assets (ROA) | 5.31% | 5.62% | 7.66% | 6.93% | 8.05% | 5.74% | 3.81% | 2.81% | 7.2% | 6.72% | 6.84% | -19.03% | 1.36% | 2.81% | 1.51% | 0.9% | 0.65% | 7.39% | 1.53% | 3.62% | 8.91% | 6.42% |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 9.49% | 9.98% | 13.72% | 12.99% | 16.14% | 11.68% | 7.24% | 4.46% | 9.34% | 8.61% | 11% | -35.1% | 2.33% | 4.7% | 2.48% | 1.4% | 0.99% | 12.25% | 2.7% | 5.72% | 12.85% | 9.15% |
| Debt / Assets | 25.01% | 26.05% | 25.23% | 28.46% | 30.48% | 33.87% | 37.07% | 31.63% | 1.03% | 14.23% | 15.05% | 38.91% | 34.39% | 30.49% | 32.02% | 27.88% | 28.07% | 27.61% | 41.4% | 35.53% | 8.16% | 22.42% |
| Debt / Equity | 0.44x | 0.46x | 0.45x | 0.51x | 0.60x | 0.70x | 0.74x | 0.57x | 0.01x | 0.18x | 0.20x | 0.76x | 0.61x | 0.50x | 0.55x | 0.43x | 0.43x | 0.42x | 0.76x | 0.60x | 0.12x | 0.32x |
| Net Debt / EBITDA | 2.02x | 2.06x | 0.97x | 0.42x | 1.93x | 3.41x | 0.27x | 0.18x | -4.49x | -4.74x | -0.42x | - | 3.26x | 2.16x | 6.16x | 2.99x | 7.75x | 1.45x | 7.57x | 4.95x | 0.54x | 2.55x |
| Book Value per Share | 35.71 | 34.75 | 31.40 | 27.33 | 24.06 | 20.74 | 18.13 | 19.26 | 15.94 | 14.29 | 13.28 | 14.71 | 16.28 | 19.43 | 15.04 | 14.29 | 14.14 | 14.36 | 12.44 | 12.49 | 12.03 | 10.78 |
Inventory absorption and liquidity
According to the provided balance sheet data, Forestar Group has grown total assets from $2.5 billion in 2024Q1 to $3.2 billion by 2026Q2, reflecting a consistent strategy of land bank expansion that appears to be funded through a mix of equity and controlled debt growth.
The steady increase in total assets suggests that the company is aggressively deploying capital into new development projects to meet the demand of its primary homebuilder partner. While this expansion indicates a scaling business model, investors should monitor whether the pace of asset accumulation remains aligned with the actual absorption rates of finished lots.
Based on reported financial statements, the company maintains a debt-to-equity ratio that has fluctuated between 0.44 and 0.54 over the last ten quarters, a range that appears notably conservative for a land development entity operating in a capital-intensive sector.
This relatively low leverage profile may suggest that the company is utilizing its parent-subsidiary relationship to optimize its capital structure or that it is relying on off-balance-sheet financing mechanisms for land acquisition. Analysts should investigate whether this reported debt level fully captures the true financial obligations associated with the company's extensive development pipeline.
As reported in quarterly filings, cash reserves have exhibited significant volatility, swinging from a high of $481.2 million in 2024Q4 to a low of $132.0 million in 2025Q1, which highlights the lumpy nature of cash inflows from large-scale lot sales.
The wide variance in cash balances suggests that liquidity is highly dependent on the timing of project completions and subsequent sales to D.R. Horton. This reliance on periodic cash inflows warrants close monitoring, as any disruption in the development cycle could temporarily constrain the company's ability to fund ongoing infrastructure requirements.
Financial data indicates that while the balance sheet appears robust, the concentration of value in non-liquid land inventory poses a latent risk, as evidenced by the sensitivity of FFO to the timing of lot deliveries observed across the last ten quarters.
The company's reliance on a single primary customer for the majority of its lot absorption creates a structural risk where inventory could become non-productive if the parent builder's demand shifts. Investors should consider the potential for impairment if municipal entitlement delays or market-wide housing slowdowns force a revaluation of the long-term land bank.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying FOR stock.
As of 2025, Forestar Group Inc. (FOR) had total assets of $3.14B including $418.3M in current assets.
Forestar Group Inc. (FOR) carries total debt of $817.1M. Comparing total debt to cash helps evaluate the company's debt burden and net leverage.
Forestar Group Inc. (FOR) has total shareholders' equity (book value) of $1.77B ($34.75 book value per share). Book value represents the net worth of the company belonging to common stock holders.
Forestar Group Inc. (FOR) reported a current ratio of 0.94x. A current ratio above 1.0x indicates that the company has more current assets than current liabilities, suggesting sufficient short-term liquidity.