Invitation Home (INVH) Competitors

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

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, INVH or AMH?

Invitation Home has higher revenue and earnings than American Homes 4 Rent. American Homes 4 Rent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invitation Home, 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
Invitation Home	$2.68B	7.09	$453.92M	$0.88	35.17
American Homes 4 Rent	$1.80B	7.30	$412.43M	$1.11	31.87

Which has more risk and volatility, INVH or AMH?

Invitation Home has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor INVH or AMH?

In the previous week, Invitation Home had 2 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Invitation Home and 12 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Invitation Home's score of 1.19 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
Invitation Home	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Homes 4 Rent	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer INVH or AMH?

Invitation Home presently has a consensus target price of $36.85, suggesting a potential upside of 19.09%. American Homes 4 Rent has a consensus target price of $41.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.89%. Given Invitation Home's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Invitation Home is more favorable than American Homes 4 Rent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Invitation Home	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47
American Homes 4 Rent	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.54

Is INVH or AMH more profitable?

American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 23.72% compared to Invitation Home's net margin of 20.36%. American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity of 5.60% beat Invitation Home's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invitation Home	20.36%	5.56%	2.88%
American Homes 4 Rent	23.72%	5.60%	3.29%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in INVH or AMH?

96.8% of Invitation Home shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Invitation Home 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is INVH or AMH a better dividend stock?

Invitation Home pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Invitation Home pays out 131.8% 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 108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Invitation Home has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and American Homes 4 Rent has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Summary

American Homes 4 Rent beats Invitation Home on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.