MLP vs FOR vs JOE Stock Comparison

Maui Land & Pineapple, Forestar and St Joe Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FOR Forestar Group Inc.
$25.93 -1.6% 1M -7.3% 1Y
Market cap
$1.32B
P/E
7.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.72B
Div. yield
–
Real Estate Development Real Estate
3 wins
JOE ST JOE Co
$68.31 +3.5% 1M +34.7% 1Y
Market cap
$3.86B
P/E
32.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$542.95M
Div. yield
0.94%
Real Estate Development Real Estate
6 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

St Joe leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (St Joe 6, Forestar 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionMLPFORJOELeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $284.63M $1.32B $3.86B JOE
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -61.6x 7.8x 32.0x FOR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 8.5x 88.7x FOR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -4.1% +11.8% +11.1% FOR
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -28.6% 9.9% 22.3% JOE
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 6.1% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 1.8x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% — 0.94% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -8.3% -7.3% +34.7% JOE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.3%/yr +5.8%/yr +7.8%/yr JOE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 35.4% 32.9% 29.9% JOE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 32/100 60/100 68/100 JOE

Percentile Scorecard

MLPFORJOE

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

AxisMLPFORJOE
Valuation 8 #36 of 39 92 #4 of 39 55 #18 of 39
Growth 48 #17 of 32 55 #15 of 32 77 #8 of 32
Profitability 25 #22 of 29 71 #9 of 29 93 #3 of 29
Financial Health 49 #20 of 38 57 #17 of 38 62 #15 of 38
Shareholder Returns – 23 #11 of 14 54 #7 of 14
Overall 32 60 68
  • MLP ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers
  • FOR ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers
  • JOE ranked among 42 companies in Property Developers

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodMLPFORJOESPY
1 month -11.4%-1.6%+3.5% +0.9%
3 months -20.0%-10.4%+10.2% +5.9%
6 months -5.9%-5.9%-1.0% +8.5%
Year to date -15.5%+5.3%+15.1% +13.3%
1 year -8.3%-7.3%+34.7% +12.4%
3 years -3.4%+10.9%+48.0% +88.1%
3 years, per year -1.2%+3.5%+14.0% +23.5%
5 years +36.0%+32.5%+45.3% +68.2%
5 years, per year +6.3%+5.8%+7.8% +11.0%
10 years +114.4%+136.8%+285.9% +263.4%
10 years, per year +7.9%+9.0%+14.5% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureMLPFORJOESPY
Volatility, 1Y 35.4%32.9%29.9% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.2%31.8%26.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.300.810.48 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.23-0.221.16 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.3%-54.7%-48.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -28.1%-18.9%-6.2% -0.9%
52-week high $19.92$31.98$72.79 $779.14
52-week low $13.96$23.09$49.03 $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.

MultipleMLPFORJOE
P/E now vs peer median -61.6xmedian 7.8x 7.8xmedian 7.8x 32.0xmedian 7.8x
P/S now vs peer median 17.6xmedian 4.9x 0.8xmedian 4.9x 7.1xmedian 4.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 11.2x 7.9xmedian 11.2x 17.0xmedian 11.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -34.8xmedian 6.2x 4.7xmedian 6.2x 24.6xmedian 6.2x
P/B now vs peer median 9.2xmedian 0.6x 0.7xmedian 0.6x 5.0xmedian 0.6x
PEG now vs peer median -2.49median 0.32 1.66median 0.32 3.08median 0.32

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 monthsMLPFORJOE
Revenue $16.15M $1.72B $542.95M
Gross profit $9.37M $368.90M $250.51M
Operating income -$5.87M $213.60M $173.94M
Net income -$5.87M $170.50M $120.57M
Free cash flow -$8.19M $282.90M $157.37M
EPS (diluted) $-0.23 $3.32 $2.14
Cash & equivalents $3.28M $394.90M $117.86M
Total debt $8.50M $793.80M –
Shares (diluted) 20.40M 51.30M 56.76M
Enterprise value $267.17M -$24.14M $3.37B

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
MetricMLPFORJOE
P/E -61.6x 7.8x 32.0x
P/FCF -34.8x 4.7x 24.6x
P/Operating cash flow 799.5x 4.7x 20.5x
P/S 17.6x 0.8x 7.1x
P/B 9.2x 0.7x 5.0x
P/Tangible book 9.2x 0.7x 5.0x
EV/EBITDA – 7.9x 17.0x
EV/EBIT -49.4x 8.1x 21.5x
EV/Revenue 17.9x 1.0x 6.9x
EV/FCF -35.4x 6.1x 23.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 814.2x 6.1x 19.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -2.49 1.66 3.08

Growth

14 metrics
MetricMLPFORJOE
Revenue growth (1Y) -4.1% 11.8% 11.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 19.4% 10.8% 14.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 17.6% 6.7% 21.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 9.0% 9.9% –
Operating income growth (1Y) 10.5% 5.7% 31.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -21.8% 5.4% 27.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 10.5% 4.9% 15.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 18.5% 5.5% 10.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 67.6% 4.1% 18.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 24.8% 4.7% 10.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 78.9% 184.8% 6.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 27.2% 3.6% 19.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -94.9% 183.9% 6.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -9.2% 3.7% 52.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricMLPFORJOE
Gross margin 58.0% 21.4% 46.1%
EBITDA margin – 12.6% 40.6%
Operating margin -36.3% 12.4% 32.0%
Pretax margin -36.3% 13.1% 29.8%
Net margin -28.6% 9.9% 22.3%
FCF margin -50.7% 16.4% 29.0%
Operating cash flow margin 2.2% 16.5% 34.7%
Return on equity -18.6% 9.3% 15.6%
Return on assets -12.0% 5.3% 8.0%
Return on invested capital – 6.1% –
Return on capital employed -13.9% – –
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.5x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.1x 1.7x 1.6x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.5% 0.2%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricMLPFORJOE
Debt / assets 17.1% 24.6% –
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 1.8x –
Debt / FCF -1.0x 2.8x –
Liabilities / assets 37.4% 42.3% 48.4%
Equity / assets 62.6% 57.7% 51.6%
Interest coverage – – 6.2x
Current ratio 1.2x – –
Quick ratio 0.8x – –
Cash ratio 0.5x – –
Altman Z-score 7.04 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricMLPFORJOE
Dividend yield – – 0.9%
Net buyback yield – 0.0% 2.1%
Shareholder yield 0.0% 0.0% 3.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – 30.4%
Payout ratio (FCF) – – 23.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) – – 12.6%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – 14.5%

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.

ConsensusMLPFORJOE
Forward P/E – 8.5xFY2026 88.7xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $3.06FY2026 $0.77FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -7.0%FY2026 -42.1%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -12.4% –
Revenue, next fiscal year – $1.77BFY2026 $273.72MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +6.9%FY2026 -29.7%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +1.0% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersMLPFORJOE
Held by institutions 23.5% 36.6% 87.6%
Institutions holding 66 185 320
Change in shares held, QoQ +28.9% +0.1% -0.2%
Institutions buying 23 97 160
Institutions selling 26 49 97
Buyers to sellers 0.88 1.98 1.65

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.

MLPFORJOE
MLP 1.00 0.22 0.19
FOR 0.22 1.00 0.32
JOE 0.19 0.32 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, MLP, FOR and JOE?

St Joe (JOE) is the largest by market capitalisation: Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) $284.63M, Forestar (FOR) $1.32B, St Joe (JOE) $3.86B.

Which stock is cheaper, MLP, FOR and JOE?

Forestar (FOR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) -61.6x, Forestar (FOR) 7.8x, St Joe (JOE) 32.0x). On next year's consensus earnings, Forestar (FOR) is cheapest (Forestar (FOR) 8.5x, St Joe (JOE) 88.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Forestar (FOR) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) -4.1%, Forestar (FOR) +11.8%, St Joe (JOE) +11.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

St Joe (JOE) has the highest net margin (Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) -28.6%, Forestar (FOR) 9.9%, St Joe (JOE) 22.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year St Joe (JOE) returned the most: Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) -8.3%, Forestar (FOR) -7.3%, St Joe (JOE) +34.7%. Over five years, St Joe (JOE) compounded fastest (Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) +6.3%/yr, Forestar (FOR) +5.8%/yr, St Joe (JOE) +7.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) 0.00%, St Joe (JOE) 0.94%. Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) and Forestar (FOR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, St Joe (JOE) has been the steadiest (Maui Land & Pineapple (MLP) 35.4%, Forestar (FOR) 32.9%, St Joe (JOE) 29.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, MLP, FOR and JOE?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, St Joe (JOE) leads on 6. 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.