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Forrester Research, Inc. (FORR)

Industrials | Consulting Services | Cambridge, United States | NasdaqGS
10.31 USD +0.12 (1.178%) ⇧ (July 14, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 5:05 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Forrester is currently broken by a severe deterioration in both earnings and stock price. The company is reporting negative profit margins and a crushing return on equity of nearly -43%, signaling that the business model is struggling to generate capital efficiently. This fundamental rot is reflected in the price action, which has suffered a catastrophic 74% decline over the last nine years, with the last three years showing consecutive double-digit annual losses. Despite the recent 3.2% price jump mentioned in headlines, the underlying reality remains bleak: revenue is shrinking by nearly 5% annually, and analysts have slashed their estimates, targeting a price of $6.00—well below current levels. The lack of any dividend payout removes a floor for investors, leaving them entirely exposed to the company's operational failures. While the options market shows some speculative buying for a short-term bounce, the overwhelming weight of evidence points to a value trap where the market has correctly identified a deteriorating franchise.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.191544
AutoTheta0.194171
MSTL0.198532
AutoARIMA0.229398

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 27%
H-stat 15.34
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.005
Excess Kurtosis -0.10
Attribute Value
Sector Industrials
Ex Dividend Date 2018-12-10
Last Dividend Date 2018-12-10
Debt to Equity Ratio 58.781
Revenue per Share 20.589
Market Cap 200,137,728
Forward P/E 11.39
Beta 0.98
Profit Margins -13.74%
Website https://www.forrester.com

As of July 11, 2026, 5:05 a.m. EDT: Speculator positioning is extremely thin and fragmented, offering little clarity on direction. In the near term (July expiration), there is a distinct imbalance favoring calls, with significant volume at strikes below the current price (5.0 and 7.5) while ATM call interest is negligible. This suggests a speculative bet on a bounce or recovery. However, looking further out (September and December), the landscape flips dramatically: put open interest dominates significantly at the ATM strike for September, while December sees heavy put open interest at lower strikes. This divergence indicates that while some traders are betting on a short-term relief rally, the broader options market is pricing in continued downside risk over the coming months.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2018-12-11 0.20 0.459876
2018-09-11 0.20 0.425080
2018-06-12 0.20 0.460299
2018-03-06 0.20 0.481928
2017-12-05 0.19 0.417124
2017-09-01 0.19 0.467980
2017-06-05 0.19 0.489061
2017-02-27 0.19 0.505992
2016-12-05 0.18 0.454545
2016-09-02 0.18 0.434363
2016-06-06 0.18 0.482057
2016-02-29 0.18 0.578406
2015-11-30 0.17 0.520833
2015-08-31 0.17 0.537804
2015-06-08 0.17 0.482680
2015-03-02 0.17 0.445960
2014-12-01 0.16 0.409312
2014-08-29 0.16 0.411734
2014-06-02 0.16 0.435611
2014-03-03 0.16 0.445186
2013-12-02 0.15 0.395674
2013-08-30 0.15 0.454821
2013-06-03 0.15 0.414594
2013-03-04 0.15 0.536865
2012-12-03 0.14 0.501972
2012-08-31 0.14 0.478142
2012-06-04 0.14 0.440113
2012-03-05 0.14 0.433168
2010-12-06 3.00 9.328358
Additional Data
exDividendDate 2018-12-11
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 0.2
lastDividendDate 2018-12-11
dividendDate 2018-12-26

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.07172561
Address1 60 Acorn Park Drive
All Time High 81.5
All Time Low 4.88
Ask 10.33
Ask Size 1
Audit Risk 4
Average Daily Volume10 Day 147,010
Average Daily Volume3 Month 120,893
Average Volume 120,893
Average Volume10Days 147,010
Beta 0.976
Bid 7.4
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 5
Book Value 5.531
City Cambridge
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 6
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 10.31
Current Ratio 0.918
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 10.44
Day Low 9.94
Debt To Equity 58.781
Display Name Forrester Research
Dividend Date 1,545,782,400
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,099,400
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,099,400
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,097,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,441,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,441,600
Ebitda 17,156,000
Ebitda Margins 0.043709997
Enterprise To Ebitda 6.785
Enterprise To Revenue 0.297
Enterprise Value 116,405,720
Eps Current Year 0.765
Eps Forward 0.905
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -2.8
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,544,486,400
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 7.4104
Fifty Day Average Change 2.8996005
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.39128798
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 7.1725607
Fifty Two Week High 11.57
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.2599993
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.108902276
Fifty Two Week Low 4.88
Fifty Two Week Low Change 5.4300003
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 1.112705
Fifty Two Week Range 4.88 - 11.57
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 849,105,000,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.72
Float Shares 10,096,375
Forward Eps 0.905
Forward P E 11.392266
Free Cashflow 59,107,248
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 1,395
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.56749
Gross Profits 222,720,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.39801
Held Percent Institutions 0.62369
Implied Shares Outstanding 19,412,000
Industry Consulting Services
Industry Disp Consulting Services
Industry Key consulting-services
Ir Website http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=60569&p=irol-irhome
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,544,486,400
Last Dividend Value 0.2
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 949,968,000
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Forrester Research, Inc. operates as an independent research and advisory company in the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, Canada, Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Research, Consulting, and Events. The Research segment primary subscription research services include Forrester Decisions which are designed to provide business and technology leaders with a proven path to growth through customer obsession. This segment delivers content, such as future trends, predictions, and market forecasts; deep consumer and business buyer data and insights; curated best practice models and tools to run business functions; operational and performance benchmarking data; and technology and service market landscapes and vendor evaluations. Its Consulting segment provides consulting projects, content marketing, and advisory services. The Events segment hosts events related to business-to-business marketing, sales and product leadership, customer experience, security and risk, and new technology and innovation. It sells its products and services through direct sales force. Forrester Research, Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Long Name Forrester Research, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 200,137,728
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_356418
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common -53,913,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 197,808,280
Number Of Analyst Opinions 1
Open 10.052
Operating Cashflow 19,936,000
Operating Margins -0.06652
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.0
Peg Ratio 1.13
Phone 617-613-6000
Previous Close 10.190001
Price Eps Current Year 13.477125
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.8640391
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.5099492
Profit Margins -0.13737
Quick Ratio 0.786
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.12
Regular Market Change Percent 1.17762
Regular Market Day High 10.44
Regular Market Day Low 9.94
Regular Market Day Range 9.94 - 10.44
Regular Market Open 10.052
Regular Market Previous Close 10.190001
Regular Market Price 10.31
Regular Market Time 1,784,059,201
Regular Market Volume 153,555
Return On Assets 0.00849
Return On Equity -0.42536998
Revenue Growth -0.049
Revenue Per Share 20.589
Sand P52 Week Change 0.2043345
Sector Industrials
Sector Disp Industrials
Sector Key industrials
Share Holder Rights Risk 6
Shares Outstanding 19,412,000
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.035099998
Shares Short 680,770
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 1,169,266
Short Name Forrester Research, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.155
Short Ratio 3.95
Source Interval 15
State MA
Symbol FORR
Target High Price 6.0
Target Low Price 6.0
Target Mean Price 6.0
Target Median Price 6.0
Total Cash 146,072,000
Total Cash Per Share 7.525
Total Debt 62,340,000
Total Revenue 392,465,984
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -2.8
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.1553
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 7.2691
Two Hundred Day Average Change 3.0409002
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.41833243
Type Disp Equity
Volume 153,555
Website https://www.forrester.com
Zip 2,140