American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) is a real estate investment trust focused on owning, developing and operating single-family rental homes. The company leases homes to residents and manages the properties through a combination of in-house operations and technology-enabled services.

AMH’s activities include acquiring and developing homes, renovating properties, providing leasing and resident services, and maintaining its rental portfolio. Its homes are generally located in planned communities and other suburban markets designed to appeal to households seeking single-family living without homeownership.

Founded in 2012, American Homes 4 Rent serves communities across several U.S. regions, including the Southeast, Southwest, Midwest and Mountain West. The company is headquartered in Calabasas, California, and is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Bryan Smith.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $30.33 to $30.74
• 50-Day Range: $30.65 to $34.83
• 52-Week Range: $27.22 to $35.07
• Volume: 5.21 million shs
• Average Volume: 2.81 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $11.05 billion
• P/E Ratio: 24.33
• Dividend Yield: 4.31%
• Price Target: $36.78
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

American Homes 4 Rent Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

American Homes 4 Rent scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 7th out of 187 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

American Homes 4 Rent has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.74, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 12 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

American Homes 4 Rent has a consensus price target of $36.78, representing about 20.0% upside from its current price of $30.66.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

American Homes 4 Rent has been the subject of 12 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 4.19%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for American Homes 4 Rent are expected to grow by 4.19% in the coming year, from $1.91 to $1.99 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of American Homes 4 Rent is 24.33, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.64.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of American Homes 4 Rent is 24.33, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 27.73.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

American Homes 4 Rent has a PEG Ratio of 5.47. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

American Homes 4 Rent has a P/B Ratio of 1.46. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.41% of the float of American Homes 4 Rent has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

American Homes 4 Rent has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.86.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in American Homes 4 Rent has recently increased by 7.24%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

American Homes 4 Rent is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.31%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

American Homes 4 Rent has been increasing its dividend for 5 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of American Homes 4 Rent is 104.76%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, American Homes 4 Rent will have a dividend payout ratio of 66.33% next year. This indicates that American Homes 4 Rent will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.86

News Sentiment

American Homes 4 Rent has a news sentiment score of 0.86. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.64 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 7 news articles for American Homes 4 Rent this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added American Homes 4 Rent to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $328,040.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0030% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, American Homes 4 Rent insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $328,040.00 in company stock and sold $0.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

5.70% of the stock of American Homes 4 Rent is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

91.87% of the stock of American Homes 4 Rent is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/30 Dividend: 6/15/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/30/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Record date for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/15/2026
• Today: 9/27/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Residential REITs
• Sub-Industry: Single-Family Residential REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:AMH
• CIK: 1562401
• Web: www.amh.com
• Phone: (805) 413-5300
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,598
• Year Founded: 2012

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for American Homes 4 Rent: $36.78
• High Price Target: $39.00
• Low Price Target: $31.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +20.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.74
• Research Coverage: 19 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.26
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 24.33
• Forward P/E Ratio: 16.05
• P/E Growth: 5.47
• Net Income: $452.97 million
• Net Margins: 25.53%
• Pretax Margin: 28.94%
• Return on Equity: 6.25%
• Return on Assets: 3.63%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.69
• Current Ratio: 0.59
• Quick Ratio: 0.59

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.85 billion
• Price / Sales: 5.97
• Cash Flow: $2.64 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.61
• Book Value: $21.03 per share
• Price / Book: 1.46

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 360,600,000
• Free Float: 340,042,000
• Market Cap: $11.05 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.79