Growth Metrics

Forestar (FOR) Gross Margin (2016 - 2026)

Forestar filings provide 17 years of Gross Margin readings, the most recent being 21.43% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Gross Margin fell 114.0% to 21.43% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 21.34%, a 161.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 21.87%, down 194.0% from a year prior.
  • Gross Margin hit 21.43% in Q1 2026 for Forestar, up from 20.15% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 24.9% in Q1 2024 to a low of 18.54% in Q1 2023.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 22.31% (2025), compared with a mean of 22.15%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: crashed -234bps in 2023 and later soared 635bps in 2024.
  • Forestar's Gross Margin stood at 21.92% in 2022, then increased by 9bps to 23.83% in 2023, then fell by -8bps to 21.96% in 2024, then dropped by -8bps to 20.15% in 2025, then grew by 6bps to 21.43% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 21.43% (Q1 2026), 20.15% (Q4 2025), and 22.31% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.