AMH vs. WPC, DOC, UDR, HST, KIM, GLPI, LAMR, ELS, SUI, and CPT
Should you be buying American Homes 4 Rent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Homes 4 Rent include W. P. Carey (WPC), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), UDR (UDR), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Kimco Realty (KIM), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Sun Communities (SUI), and Camden Property Trust (CPT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) and W. P. Carey (NYSE:WPC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.
American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 106.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. W. P. Carey pays out 131.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of W. P. Carey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
W. P. Carey has a net margin of 33.65% compared to American Homes 4 Rent's net margin of 22.55%. W. P. Carey's return on equity of 6.41% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.
W. P. Carey has higher revenue and earnings than American Homes 4 Rent. W. P. Carey is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Homes 4 Rent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Homes 4 Rent currently has a consensus target price of $39.71, suggesting a potential upside of 9.62%. W. P. Carey has a consensus target price of $63.18, suggesting a potential upside of 11.91%. Given W. P. Carey's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe W. P. Carey is more favorable than American Homes 4 Rent.
American Homes 4 Rent received 253 more outperform votes than W. P. Carey when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.56% of users gave American Homes 4 Rent an outperform vote while only 58.30% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote.
In the previous week, W. P. Carey had 3 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for W. P. Carey and 5 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat W. P. Carey's score of 1.24 indicating that American Homes 4 Rent is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
American Homes 4 Rent and W. P. Carey tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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