AMH vs. DOC, HST, KIM, WPC, UDR, GLPI, ELS, LAMR, MAA, and SUI
Should you be buying American Homes 4 Rent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Homes 4 Rent include Healthpeak Properties (DOC), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Kimco Realty (KIM), W. P. Carey (WPC), UDR (UDR), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), and Sun Communities (SUI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) and Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 23.42% compared to Healthpeak Properties' net margin of 13.97%. American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity of 5.14% beat Healthpeak Properties' return on equity.
In the previous week, Healthpeak Properties had 1 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Healthpeak Properties and 6 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Healthpeak Properties' score of 0.48 indicating that American Homes 4 Rent is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Homes 4 Rent presently has a consensus target price of $39.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.53%. Healthpeak Properties has a consensus target price of $18.10, suggesting a potential downside of 2.87%. Given American Homes 4 Rent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than Healthpeak Properties.
American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Homes 4 Rent received 96 more outperform votes than Healthpeak Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.59% of users gave American Homes 4 Rent an outperform vote while only 62.88% of users gave Healthpeak Properties an outperform vote.
American Homes 4 Rent has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Healthpeak Properties. Healthpeak Properties 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.
American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 104.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Healthpeak Properties pays out 214.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Healthpeak Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
American Homes 4 Rent beats Healthpeak Properties on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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