FOR vs TRC vs XEL Stock Comparison

Forestar, Tejon Ranch and Xcel Energy Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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FOR Forestar Group Inc.
$25.02 -3.9% 1M -7.6% 1Y
Market cap
$1.28B
P/E
9.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.64B
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Development Real Estate
4 wins
TRC Tejon Ranch Co
$16.78 +2.6% 1M +7.1% 1Y
Market cap
$453.14M
P/E
75.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$56.84M
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Development Real Estate
2 wins
XEL Xcel Energy Inc
$79.04 +11.8% 1M -0.8% 1Y
Market cap
$50.20B
P/E
18.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$14.87B
Div. yield
2.96%
Regulated Electric Utilities Utilities
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Xcel Energy leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Xcel Energy 5, Forestar 4, Tejon Ranch 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFORTRCXELLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $1.28B $453.14M $50.20B XEL
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 9.0x 75.1x 18.6x FOR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.2x 98.7x 18.4x FOR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -1.6% +25.4% +4.5% TRC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 10.6% 17.9% XEL
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 0.0% 5.0% XEL
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 12.9x 6.0x XEL
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 2.96% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -7.6% +7.1% -0.8% TRC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +5.0%/yr -1.6%/yr +4.1%/yr FOR
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.9% 21.3% 19.3% XEL
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 64/100 59/100 30/100 FOR

Percentile Scorecard

FORTRCXEL

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisFORTRCXEL
Valuation 90 #5 of 39 32 #27 of 39 18 #55 of 67
Growth 23 #25 of 32 71 #10 of 32 50 #33 of 65
Profitability 79 #7 of 29 54 #14 of 29 48 #33 of 63
Financial Health – 78 #9 of 37 31 #43 of 62
Shareholder Returns – – 0 #67 of 67
Overall 64 59 30
  • FOR ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers
  • TRC ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers
  • XEL ranked among 67 companies in Regulated Utilities

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodFORTRCXELSPY
1 month -3.9%+2.6%+11.8% +0.7%
3 months -12.9%-1.5%+1.0% +3.7%
6 months -11.5%-14.3%-4.7% +7.1%
Year to date +1.6%+6.4%+7.0% +12.8%
1 year -7.6%+7.1%-0.8% +11.9%
3 years +6.6%+8.6%+34.6% +85.2%
3 years, per year +2.2%+2.8%+10.4% +22.8%
5 years +27.8%-7.9%+22.4% +67.6%
5 years, per year +5.0%-1.6%+4.1% +10.9%
10 years +128.5%-23.1%+94.3% +262.0%
10 years, per year +8.6%-2.6%+6.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureFORTRCXELSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.9%21.3%19.3% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 31.9%20.8%19.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.820.23-0.03 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.230.33-0.04 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -54.7%-32.4%-37.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -21.8%-18.1%-5.8% -1.2%
52-week high $31.98$20.48$83.91 $779.14
52-week low $23.09$15.58$69.39 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleFORTRCXEL
P/E now vs peer median 9.0xmedian 8.7x 75.1xmedian 8.7x 18.6xmedian 20.5x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 4.7x 8.0xmedian 4.7x 3.4xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 12.5x 85.4xmedian 12.5x 13.9xmedian 13.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 6.2x -17.4xmedian 6.2x -6.6xmedian 40.5x
P/B now vs peer median 0.7xmedian 0.6x 0.9xmedian 0.6x 2.0xmedian 1.7x
PEG now vs peer median -1.54median 0.28 -2.99median 0.28 1.82median 2.14

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsFORTRCXEL
Revenue $1.64B $56.84M $14.87B
Operating income – -$515.00K $3.23B
Net income – $6.04M $2.67B
Free cash flow – -$26.03M -$7.62B
EPS (diluted) $2.78 $0.22 $4.22
Cash & equivalents $657.00M $3.87M $2.48B
Total debt – $377.27M $40.60B
Shares (diluted) 51.30M 27.07M 632.00M
Enterprise value $1.28B $388.12M $43.67B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricFORTRCXEL
P/E 9.0x 75.1x 18.6x
P/FCF 4.7x -17.4x -6.6x
P/Operating cash flow – 36.3x 9.9x
P/S 0.8x 8.0x 3.4x
P/B 0.7x 0.9x 2.0x
P/Tangible book 0.7x 0.9x 2.0x
EV/EBITDA – 85.4x 13.9x
EV/EBIT – -1,037x 27.3x
EV/Revenue 0.8x 9.4x 5.9x
EV/FCF – -20.5x -11.6x
EV/Operating cash flow – 42.8x 17.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.54 -2.99 1.82

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFORTRCXEL
Revenue growth (1Y) -1.6% 25.4% 4.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.4% – 0.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 94.8% 37.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -27.1% 9.9%
Net income growth (1Y) – 1,237% 39.4%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -24.8% 15.3%
EPS growth (1Y) -15.3% 1,233% 31.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -5.8% -25.1% 10.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – -8.4% 11.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 21.0% -0.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 55.6% -47.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -24.6% -159.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFORTRCXEL
Gross margin – – –
EBITDA margin – 11.0% 42.7%
Operating margin – -0.9% 21.7%
Pretax margin – 5.1% 16.8%
Net margin – 10.6% 17.9%
FCF margin – -45.8% -51.2%
Operating cash flow margin – 21.9% 34.1%
Return on equity 7.6% 1.2% 10.8%
Return on assets 4.4% 0.9% 3.0%
Return on invested capital – 0.0% 5.0%
Return on capital employed – -0.1% 4.1%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.1x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 2.1x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue – 2.0% 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFORTRCXEL
Debt / assets – 15.0% 44.8%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 1.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – 12.9x 6.0x
Debt / FCF – -3.7x -5.3x
Liabilities / assets 42.1% 22.9% 71.9%
Equity / assets 57.9% 77.1% 28.1%
Interest coverage – – 1.9x
Current ratio – 2.9x 0.7x
Quick ratio – 1.6x 0.4x
Cash ratio – 1.4x 0.3x
Altman Z-score – 2.23 0.86

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFORTRCXEL
Dividend yield – – 3.0%
Net buyback yield – – -6.0%
Shareholder yield – 0.0% -3.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusFORTRCXEL
Forward P/E 8.2xFY2026 98.7xFY2026 18.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.06FY2026 $0.17FY2026 $4.30FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -7.0%FY2026 +1,600.0%FY2026 +13.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -12.4% +147.1% +2.1%
Revenue, next fiscal year $1.77BFY2026 $57.93MFY2026 $16.60BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +6.9%FY2026 +16.8%FY2026 +13.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.0% +23.5% +8.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFORTRCXEL
Held by institutions 36.6% 78.6% 95.4%
Institutions holding 185 127 1,286
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.1% +0.9% +7.3%
Institutions buying 97 61 665
Institutions selling 49 30 386
Buyers to sellers 1.98 2.03 1.72

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

FORTRCXEL
FOR 1.00 0.33 0.17
TRC 0.33 1.00 0.19
XEL 0.17 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FOR, TRC and XEL?

Xcel Energy (XEL) is the largest by market capitalisation: Forestar (FOR) $1.28B, Tejon Ranch (TRC) $453.14M, Xcel Energy (XEL) $50.20B.

Which stock is cheaper, FOR, TRC and XEL?

Forestar (FOR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Forestar (FOR) 9.0x, Tejon Ranch (TRC) 75.1x, Xcel Energy (XEL) 18.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Forestar (FOR) is cheapest (Forestar (FOR) 8.2x, Tejon Ranch (TRC) 98.7x, Xcel Energy (XEL) 18.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Tejon Ranch (TRC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Forestar (FOR) -1.6%, Tejon Ranch (TRC) +25.4%, Xcel Energy (XEL) +4.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Xcel Energy (XEL) has the highest net margin (Tejon Ranch (TRC) 10.6%, Xcel Energy (XEL) 17.9%). On return on invested capital, Xcel Energy (XEL) leads (Tejon Ranch (TRC) 0.0%, Xcel Energy (XEL) 5.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Tejon Ranch (TRC) returned the most: Forestar (FOR) -7.6%, Tejon Ranch (TRC) +7.1%, Xcel Energy (XEL) -0.8%. Over five years, Forestar (FOR) compounded fastest (Forestar (FOR) +5.0%/yr, Tejon Ranch (TRC) -1.6%/yr, Xcel Energy (XEL) +4.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Tejon Ranch (TRC) 0.00%, Xcel Energy (XEL) 2.96%. Forestar (FOR) and Tejon Ranch (TRC) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Xcel Energy (XEL) has been the steadiest (Forestar (FOR) 32.9%, Tejon Ranch (TRC) 21.3%, Xcel Energy (XEL) 19.3%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FOR, TRC and XEL?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Xcel Energy (XEL) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.