American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) Competitors

AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer AVB or AMH?

AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus price target of $234.43, indicating a potential upside of 27.16%. American Homes 4 Rent has a consensus price target of $40.90, indicating a potential upside of 16.33%. Given AvalonBay Communities' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than American Homes 4 Rent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AvalonBay Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47
American Homes 4 Rent	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Which has more risk & volatility, AVB or AMH?

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AVB or AMH?

AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than American Homes 4 Rent. AvalonBay Communities 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AvalonBay Communities	$2.91B	9.01	$1.08B	$8.12	22.70
American Homes 4 Rent	$1.73B	7.53	$412.43M	$1.08	32.56

Is AVB or AMH a better dividend stock?

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 86.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AvalonBay Communities has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and American Homes 4 Rent has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. AvalonBay Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is AVB or AMH more profitable?

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 38.91% compared to American Homes 4 Rent's net margin of 23.72%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.70% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AvalonBay Communities	38.91%	9.70%	5.45%
American Homes 4 Rent	23.72%	5.61%	3.32%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of AVB or AMH?

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to AVB or AMH?

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 17 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 20 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 0.58 indicating that American Homes 4 Rent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AvalonBay Communities	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Homes 4 Rent	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats American Homes 4 Rent on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.