Invitation Homes (INVH) Competitors

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta (NYSE:VTMX) and Invitation Homes (NYSE:INVH) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is VTMX or INVH a better dividend stock?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Invitation Homes pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Invitation Homes pays out 150.6% 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 Homes has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Invitation Homes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of VTMX or INVH?

6.6% of Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.8% of Invitation Homes shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Invitation Homes shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate VTMX or INVH?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta presently has a consensus price target of $27.50, indicating a potential downside of 2.39%. Invitation Homes has a consensus price target of $37.97, indicating a potential upside of 14.08%. Given Invitation Homes' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Invitation Homes is more favorable than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	1 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Invitation Homes	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media refer more to VTMX or INVH?

In the previous week, Invitation Homes had 3 more articles in the media than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Invitation Homes and 3 mentions for Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. Invitation Homes' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's score of 0.08 indicating that Invitation Homes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Invitation Homes	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is VTMX or INVH more profitable?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a net margin of 88.52% compared to Invitation Homes' net margin of 17.02%. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta's return on equity of 8.52% beat Invitation Homes' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	88.52%	8.52%	5.67%
Invitation Homes	17.02%	4.36%	2.28%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, VTMX or INVH?

Invitation Homes has higher revenue and earnings than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta. Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Invitation Homes, 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
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	$258.80M	94.04	$316.64M	$1.10	25.61
Invitation Homes	$2.65B	7.71	$519.47M	$0.77	43.23

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VTMX or INVH?

Invitation Homes received 393 more outperform votes than Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.03% of users gave Invitation Homes an outperform vote while only 63.64% of users gave Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta	Outperform Votes 7 63.64%	Underperform Votes 4 36.36%
Invitation Homes	Outperform Votes 400 68.03%	Underperform Votes 188 31.97%

Which has more volatility and risk, VTMX or INVH?

Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invitation Homes has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Invitation Homes beats Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.