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Forestar Group Executive Compensation (FY25)
FOR · Arlington, TX · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025
Data as of September 7, 2026Latest filing (8-K): January 20, 2026
218 figures on this page: 208 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints. See the citations
Anthony Oxley was paid $4,188,576 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025, and compared with the $2,752,806 reported for fiscal 2024, Oxley's total was 52.2% higher. The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 25:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $166,267. For fiscal 2025, the say-on-pay proposal drew 97.8% support at the meeting held January 19, 2026. Companies named in the disclosed peer group include American Woodmark Corporation, Beazer Homes USA, Inc., Century Communities, Inc., Five Point Holdings, LLC and Howard Hughes Holdings Inc., among others.
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — Anthony Oxley: $2,752,806 → $4,188,576 (52.2% higher)
CEO pay ratio: 19:1 → 25:1 (31.6% higher)
Frequently asked questions
Answers drawn from the data on this page.
Who is Forestar Group's chief executive and what were they paid?
Anthony Oxley was paid $4,188,576 in total compensation as President and Chief Executive Officer for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $2,752,806 reported for fiscal 2024, Oxley's total was 52.2% higher.
What was Forestar Group's say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, the say-on-pay proposal drew 97.8% support at the meeting held January 19, 2026.
Which companies are in Forestar Group's peer group?
Companies named in the disclosed peer group include American Woodmark Corporation, Beazer Homes USA, Inc., Century Communities, Inc., Five Point Holdings, LLC and Howard Hughes Holdings Inc., among others.
What is Forestar Group's chief executive pay ratio?
The company reported a chief executive pay ratio of 25:1 for fiscal 2025, against median employee compensation of $166,267.
Executive compensation
Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donald Tomnitz Executive Chairman | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | ◇ | ◇ |
James Allen Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Mark Walker Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2024
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anthony Oxley President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
James Allen Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Treasurer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Mark Walker Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Salary | Bonus | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anthony Oxley President and Chief Executive Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Mark Walker Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
Donald Tomnitz Executive Chairman | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
James Allen Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ | ◇ |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.
Equity awards granted
Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
| Officer | Award | Grant date | Threshold units | Target units | Units granted | Maximum units | Exercise price | Grant date fair value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Oxley | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Anthony Oxley | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Donald Tomnitz | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Donald Tomnitz | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| James Allen | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| James Allen | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Mark Walker | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Mark Walker | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Mr. Allen | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Mr. Allen | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Mr. Oxley | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Mr. Oxley | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Mr. Tomnitz | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
| Mr. Tomnitz | PSU | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | — | ◇ | — | ◇ |
| Mr. Walker | RSU | ◇ | — | — | ◇ | — | — | ◇ |
Fiscal 2022, 2023 are included in the PDF.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.
Outstanding awards
Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
| Officer | Award | Unvested units | Market value of unvested units | Exercise price | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Tomnitz | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
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| Anthony Oxley | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| Mr. Allen | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
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| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| Mark Walker | RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | |
| RSU | ◇ | ◇ | — | — |
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director compensation
What each non-employee director was paid.
Fiscal 2025
| Director | Fees earned in cash | Stock awards | Option awards | Non-equity incentive | Pension and deferred earnings | All other compensation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George W. Seagraves, II | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Kellie L. Fischer | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Lisa H. Jamieson | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Samuel R. Fuller | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Elizabeth (Betsy) Parmer | ◇ | ◇ | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
G.F. (Rick) Ringler, III | ◇ | — | — | — | — | — | ◇ |
Donald J. Tomnitz and Anthony W. Oxley served on the board in fiscal 2025 and received no compensation for board service. Executive directors are typically paid through their executive roles, shown above.
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.
Director fee schedule
The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
| Board cash retainer | ◇ |
Disclosed peer group
The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.
Fiscal 2025
- American Woodmark Corporation AMWD
- Beazer Homes USA, Inc. BZH
- Century Communities, Inc. CCS
- Five Point Holdings, LLC FPH
- Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. HHH
- JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. JELD
- LGI Homes, Inc. LGIH
- M/I Homes, Inc. MHO
- MasterBrand, Inc. MBC
Say-on-pay history
Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
| Year | Meeting | Support | Votes for | Votes against | Abstentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | January 19, 2026 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2024 | January 20, 2025 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2023 | January 16, 2024 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2022 | January 17, 2023 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2021 | January 24, 2022 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2020 | January 19, 2021 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2019 | January 23, 2020 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2018 | January 24, 2019 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2017 | May 8, 2018 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
| 2015 | May 10, 2016 | = | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Chief executive pay ratio
As calculated and reported by the company.
Ratio
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Median employee compensation
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Chief executive total compensation
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What this page does not include
Everything above is a fact Forestar Group disclosed, and it is free. Everything below is our analysis of those facts, and it is not.
Peer benchmarking
Where Forestar Group sits against its disclosed peers — percentile position by role and by pay element, and the ranking behind it. The disclosed peer group is free; comparisons across it are part of the Velarion platform.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Written compensation analysis
A read of the pay program as designed and as paid: incentive structure, goal rigor, the alignment between the committee's stated philosophy and what the numbers show.
Executive Compensation Report — $1,500Board and governance analysis
Committee composition, independence, director pay positioning, and the governance provisions read together rather than listed.
Board Governance Report — $1,200Realizable pay
What the awards above are actually worth today against what they were valued at on grant, and what the gap says about the pay-for-performance link.
Velarion IntelligenceAdviser switching and vote outcomes
Two datasets covering compensation-adviser changes and what followed a contested vote. Both are part of the Velarion platform.
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218 figures on this page: 208 cited to the filing that reported them, 10 calculated from figures it prints.
208 cited to the filing
10 calculated from the filing
Documents cited
- 0001628280-26-002568Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001406587-24-000153Fiscal 2024 Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Summary Compensation Table
- 0001628280-25-057287CEO Pay Ratio · Director Compensation · Fiscal 2024 Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Fiscal 2025 Director Compensation · and 3 more sections
- 0001406587-25-000006Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001406587-24-000004Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001406587-23-000137Summary Compensation Table
- 0001406587-23-000003
- 0001406587-22-000003
- 0001406587-21-000003
- 0001193125-20-014201
- 0001193125-19-018907Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001406587-18-000006Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 0001406587-16-000086
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
BibTeX
@misc{velarionData2026,
author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
year = {2026},
version = {2026Q3},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}