Invitation Home (NYSE:INVH) Given New $28.00 Price Target at Wells Fargo & Company

Key Points

• Wells Fargo cut its price target on Invitation Homes from $31.00 to $28.00 and left an "equal weight" rating, implying roughly a 5% upside from the stock's then-current price.
• Q-quarterly results missed on EPS — Invitation Homes reported $0.27 EPS vs. $0.48 expected (a $0.21 shortfall) while revenue of $685.3M slightly beat estimates, and the company set FY2026 guidance of 1.900–1.980 EPS versus analysts' average forecast of 1.83.
• The stock traded around $26.66, below the average analyst target of $33.12, with mixed sentiment (nine Buy, nine Hold) and high institutional ownership (~96.8%).

Invitation Home (NYSE:INVH - Get Free Report) had its price target reduced by research analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $31.00 to $28.00 in a research note issued on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage presently has an "equal weight" rating on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company's target price suggests a potential upside of 5.03% from the stock's current price.

INVH has been the topic of several other research reports. UBS Group set a $40.00 price target on Invitation Home in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Citizens Jmp cut their target price on Invitation Home from $40.00 to $35.00 and set a "market outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, February 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on shares of Invitation Home from $38.00 to $37.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, November 18th. Weiss Ratings reissued a "hold (c-)" rating on shares of Invitation Home in a report on Monday, December 29th. Finally, Bank of America dropped their target price on shares of Invitation Home from $37.00 to $36.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and nine have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $33.12.

Invitation Home Stock Down 0.6%

Invitation Home stock traded down $0.17 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $26.66. 2,473,201 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,184,710. The company has a market cap of $16.25 billion, a PE ratio of 27.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 0.83. Invitation Home has a fifty-two week low of $25.21 and a fifty-two week high of $35.80. The company's fifty day moving average price is $26.80 and its 200-day moving average price is $28.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a current ratio of 0.03 and a quick ratio of 0.03.

Invitation Home (NYSE:INVH - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 18th. The company reported $0.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.48 by ($0.21). The firm had revenue of $685.25 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $683.00 million. Invitation Home had a net margin of 21.53% and a return on equity of 6.24%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.47 EPS. Invitation Home has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.900-1.980 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Invitation Home will post 1.83 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Invitation Home

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of INVH. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Invitation Home by 0.8% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 95,026,266 shares of the company's stock valued at $3,116,862,000 after acquiring an additional 719,365 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Invitation Home during the fourth quarter valued at $1,438,952,000. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of Invitation Home by 1.3% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 36,621,403 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,084,514,000 after purchasing an additional 462,379 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Invitation Home by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 16,934,620 shares of the company's stock worth $468,997,000 after purchasing an additional 203,474 shares during the period. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. grew its position in Invitation Home by 8.8% in the 3rd quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 14,487,603 shares of the company's stock valued at $424,922,000 after buying an additional 1,168,113 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 96.79% of the company's stock.

Invitation Home Company Profile

Invitation Homes NYSE: INVH is a real estate investment trust that specializes in the ownership, operation and leasing of single-family rental homes across the United States. The company focuses on acquiring suburban and urban-adjacent single-family residences and managing them as rental properties for households seeking professionally managed, long-term housing alternatives to traditional homeownership or multifamily rentals.

Operationally, Invitation Homes is involved in the full lifecycle of the single-family rental business: sourcing and acquiring homes, performing renovations and ongoing maintenance, marketing and leasing properties, and providing property management and resident services.

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