Forestar Group Inc is a residential lot development company engaged in land acquisition and development for the sale of finished single-family residential lots to local, regional, and national homebuilders. The company operates through a single real estate segment, which acquires land, installs infrastructure for residential communities, and generates all revenue from lot sales. Its communities mainly support entry-level, first-time move-up, and active-adult homes, with certain communities also marketed to build-to-rent operators. the company generally invests in entitled, short-duration projects that can be developed in phases to align lot production with market demand and support efficient capital deployment.
How many years of EBITDA are required to pay off the company's net debt, according to the official accounting standard IFRS16. As a market consensus, a value of up to 3 years of leverage is accepted for most companies.
How much the company's debt represents in % in relation to its equity. As a market consensus, a value less than or equal to 1 is accepted, above that leverage can end up hurting the final result at some point.
The current ratio helps investors understand more about a company's ability to cover its short-term debt with its current assets and make apples-to-apples comparisons with its competitors and peers.
The quick ratio measures a company's capacity to pay its current liabilities without needing to sell its inventory or obtain additional financing and is considered a more conservative measure than the current ratio, which includes all current assets as coverage for current liabilities.
The interest coverage ratio is used to measure how well a firm can pay the interest due on outstanding debt and is is calculated by dividing a company's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) by its interest expense during a given period. Generally, a higher coverage ratio is better, although the ideal ratio may vary by industry.
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