American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) Competitors

American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) and Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Is AMH or HOOD more profitable?

Robinhood Markets has a net margin of 47.81% compared to American Homes 4 Rent's net margin of 23.86%. Robinhood Markets' return on equity of 13.53% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Homes 4 Rent	23.86%	5.33%	3.15%
Robinhood Markets	47.81%	13.53%	2.52%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMH or HOOD?

American Homes 4 Rent received 513 more outperform votes than Robinhood Markets when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.48% of users gave American Homes 4 Rent an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave Robinhood Markets an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Homes 4 Rent	Outperform Votes 608 64.48%	Underperform Votes 335 35.52%
Robinhood Markets	Outperform Votes 95 38.46%	Underperform Votes 152 61.54%

Does the media prefer AMH or HOOD?

In the previous week, Robinhood Markets had 50 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for Robinhood Markets and 17 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Robinhood Markets' score of 1.07 indicating that American Homes 4 Rent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Homes 4 Rent	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Robinhood Markets	43 Very Positive mention(s)	15 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend AMH or HOOD?

American Homes 4 Rent presently has a consensus target price of $40.89, indicating a potential upside of 8.52%. Robinhood Markets has a consensus target price of $55.41, indicating a potential downside of 15.36%. Given American Homes 4 Rent's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than Robinhood Markets.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Homes 4 Rent	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Robinhood Markets	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AMH or HOOD?

Robinhood Markets has higher revenue and earnings than American Homes 4 Rent. American Homes 4 Rent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Robinhood Markets, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Homes 4 Rent	$1.76B	7.91	$412.43M	$1.08	34.89
Robinhood Markets	$3.26B	17.78	$1.41B	$1.76	37.20

Which has more risk & volatility, AMH or HOOD?

American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Robinhood Markets has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AMH or HOOD?

91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.3% of Robinhood Markets shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of Robinhood Markets shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Robinhood Markets beats American Homes 4 Rent on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.