Centerspace (CSR) Competitors

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

Is CSR or AMH a better dividend stock?

Centerspace pays an annual dividend of $3.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Centerspace pays out -275.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Centerspace has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and American Homes 4 Rent has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Centerspace is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is CSR or AMH more profitable?

American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 23.72% compared to Centerspace's net margin of -4.23%. American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity of 5.61% beat Centerspace's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centerspace	-4.23%	-1.30%	-0.59%
American Homes 4 Rent	23.72%	5.61%	3.32%

Do analysts prefer CSR or AMH?

Centerspace currently has a consensus price target of $70.78, suggesting a potential upside of 30.58%. American Homes 4 Rent has a consensus price target of $40.90, suggesting a potential upside of 16.33%. Given Centerspace's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Centerspace is more favorable than American Homes 4 Rent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centerspace	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
American Homes 4 Rent	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

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

79.0% of Centerspace shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Centerspace 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CSR or AMH?

American Homes 4 Rent has higher revenue and earnings than Centerspace. Centerspace 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
Centerspace	$260.98M	3.48	-$10.69M	-$1.12	-48.40
American Homes 4 Rent	$1.73B	7.53	$412.43M	$1.08	32.56

Which has more volatility and risk, CSR or AMH?

Centerspace has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to CSR or AMH?

In the previous week, American Homes 4 Rent had 14 more articles in the media than Centerspace. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent and 6 mentions for Centerspace. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Centerspace's score of 0.39 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
Centerspace	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

American Homes 4 Rent beats Centerspace on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.