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$35.77 +0.04 (+0.11%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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AMH vs. AVB, CPT, ELS, EQR, ESS, INVH, IRT, MAA, UDR, and VICI

Should you be buying American Homes 4 Rent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Homes 4 Rent include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Invitation Home (INVH), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR), and VICI Properties (VICI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

American Homes 4 Rent vs. Its Competitors

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

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by company 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.

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 38.86% compared to American Homes 4 Rent's net margin of 23.41%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.65% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AvalonBay Communities38.86% 9.65% 5.42%
American Homes 4 Rent 23.41%5.45%3.21%

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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 87.2% 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.

AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus target price of $235.86, suggesting a potential upside of 16.87%. American Homes 4 Rent has a consensus target price of $40.90, suggesting a potential upside of 14.34%. Given AvalonBay Communities' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 10 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 2 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 1.64 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.33 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Homes 4 Rent
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AvalonBay Communities$2.91B9.86$1.08B$8.0325.13
American Homes 4 Rent$1.73B7.66$412.43M$1.0833.12

Summary

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

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AMH vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican Homes 4 RentREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.23B$7.16B$12.07B$20.79B
Dividend Yield3.36%4.92%5.53%3.71%
P/E Ratio33.1263.9420.0427.89
Price / Sales7.665.6225.5142.50
Price / Cash14.6623.2521.6422.63
Price / Book1.681.972.284.57
Net Income$412.43M$193.23M$992.82M$988.81M
7 Day Performance-0.31%-0.40%-0.23%0.20%
1 Month Performance-2.32%-0.76%2.76%3.93%
1 Year Performance-0.72%-9.16%536.06%10.27%

American Homes 4 Rent Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMH
American Homes 4 Rent
4.6961 of 5 stars
$35.77
+0.1%
$40.90
+14.3%
-2.2%$13.23B$1.73B33.121,730Positive News
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.5518 of 5 stars
$202.38
-0.1%
$235.86
+16.5%
-0.5%$28.81B$2.91B25.202,988News Coverage
Positive News
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.295 of 5 stars
$113.35
-0.6%
$129.39
+14.1%
+4.2%$12.11B$1.54B103.991,660Positive News
ELS
Equity Lifestyle Properties
4.3479 of 5 stars
$62.02
-0.2%
$73.90
+19.2%
-7.1%$11.86B$1.53B32.133,800News Coverage
EQR
Equity Residential
4.544 of 5 stars
$66.67
-0.3%
$79.19
+18.8%
-1.5%$25.33B$2.98B25.452,500
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.1028 of 5 stars
$283.59
-0.2%
$310.28
+9.4%
+2.9%$18.26B$1.77B27.141,715Positive News
INVH
Invitation Home
4.6612 of 5 stars
$32.29
-1.0%
$37.97
+17.6%
-8.8%$19.79B$2.62B41.941,750
IRT
Independence Realty Trust
4.1863 of 5 stars
$17.61
-1.0%
$22.70
+28.9%
-6.5%$4.12B$640.03M125.79920Positive News
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.7016 of 5 stars
$150.09
-0.3%
$169.76
+13.1%
+6.9%$17.57B$2.19B31.272,532News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.7771 of 5 stars
$40.91
+0.3%
$46.44
+13.5%
-0.6%$13.55B$1.67B116.891,432Positive News
VICI
VICI Properties
4.4753 of 5 stars
$32.86
-1.7%
$35.42
+7.8%
+13.7%$34.72B$3.85B13.1420Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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