Growth Metrics

Forestar (FOR) Operating Margin (2016 - 2026)

Forestar filings provide 17 years of Operating Margin readings, the most recent being 11.3% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Margin fell 32.0% to 11.3% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was 12.3%, a 142.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 12.58%, down 338.0% from a year prior.
  • Operating Margin hit 11.3% in Q1 2026 for Forestar, up from 6.78% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 18.12% in Q3 2024 to a low of 6.78% in Q4 2025.
  • Median Operating Margin over the past 5 years was 14.68% (2023), compared with a mean of 13.49%.
  • The widest YoY moves for Operating Margin: up 490bps in 2024, down -709bps in 2024.
  • Forestar's Operating Margin stood at 11.35% in 2022, then increased by 29bps to 14.68% in 2023, then tumbled by -48bps to 7.59% in 2024, then dropped by -11bps to 6.78% in 2025, then soared by 67bps to 11.3% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Margin were 11.3% (Q1 2026), 6.78% (Q4 2025), and 15.96% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.