Forestar Group Inc vs Smith Douglas Homes Corp

Forestar Group Inc (FOR) is undervalued and Smith Douglas Homes Corp (SDHC) is undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, FOR trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +52%, against +40% for SDHC.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Forestar Group Inc (FOR)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.1% (average of 2 methods) values the shares at $57.21; the price of $27.21 is 52% below that value.

Leak Score 67/100 on 9 of 12 signals

Smith Douglas Homes Corp (SDHC)

Discounting its cash flows at 9.3% (average of 3 methods) values the shares at $17.38; the price of $10.35 is 40% below that value, and 76% of that value comes from beyond year five.

Leak Score 47/100 on 5 of 12 signals

MetricFORSDHC
VerdictUndervaluedUndervalued
Price$27.21$10.35
Intrinsic value$57.21$17.38
Margin of safety+52%+40%
Leak Score67/100 (9/12)47/100 (5/12)
Market cap$1.4B$526M
Revenue growth, 5 years12.3%17.0%
Operating margin14.7%4.5%
Net margin9.9%0.6%
Return on equity9.6%8.1%
Debt to equity0.440.86
P/E8.2x14.5x
Forward P/E9.5x26.6x
P/B0.8x1.1x

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