Invitation Home (NYSE:INVH) Receives Average Recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

Key Points

• Analysts give Invitation Homes a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from 18 firms (nine hold, nine buy) with an average 1‑year target of $32.88.
• The company reported quarterly EPS of $0.27, missing estimates of $0.48 while revenue of $685.3M slightly beat expectations, and it set FY2026 guidance of 1.90–1.98 EPS versus analysts' ~1.83 forecast.
• Invitation Homes declared a quarterly dividend of $0.30 (annualized $1.20; ~4.6% yield) but has a high dividend payout ratio of 125%, and institutional investors own about 96.8% of the stock.

Shares of Invitation Home (NYSE:INVH - Get Free Report) have received a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the eighteen ratings firms that are covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and nine have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $32.8824.

Several brokerages have recently commented on INVH. Citizens Jmp decreased their target price on Invitation Home from $40.00 to $35.00 and set a "market outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 20th. Wall Street Zen cut Invitation Home from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Saturday, February 21st. Mizuho decreased their target price on Invitation Home from $27.00 to $26.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, March 13th. UBS Group set a $40.00 target price on Invitation Home in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Finally, Oppenheimer decreased their target price on Invitation Home from $38.00 to $31.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 24th.

Invitation Home Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of INVH opened at $26.03 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $25.80 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $27.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.44, a quick ratio of 0.03 and a current ratio of 0.03. Invitation Home has a 52-week low of $24.25 and a 52-week high of $35.80. The company has a market cap of $15.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.11, a PEG ratio of 3.73 and a beta of 0.82.

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

Invitation Home Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 26th will be given a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.6%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 26th. Invitation Home's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 125.00%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Invitation Home

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in INVH. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Invitation Home by 67.4% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 74,426 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,589,000 after buying an additional 29,962 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC increased its stake in shares of Invitation Home by 10.7% in the 1st quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 13,324 shares of the company's stock valued at $464,000 after buying an additional 1,290 shares during the period. Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Invitation Home in the 2nd quarter valued at $287,000. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its stake in shares of Invitation Home by 8.5% in the 2nd quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 19,412 shares of the company's stock valued at $637,000 after buying an additional 1,528 shares during the period. Finally, Cresset Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Invitation Home by 5.5% in the 2nd quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 15,646 shares of the company's stock valued at $515,000 after buying an additional 809 shares during the period. 96.79% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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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