AMH vs. HST, WPC, UDR, KIM, DOC, LAMR, GLPI, SUI, ELS, and CPT
Should you be buying American Homes 4 Rent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Homes 4 Rent include Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), W. P. Carey (WPC), UDR (UDR), Kimco Realty (KIM), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Sun Communities (SUI), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), and Camden Property Trust (CPT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) and Host Hotels & Resorts (NASDAQ:HST) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and community ranking.
American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 22.55% compared to Host Hotels & Resorts' net margin of 13.35%. Host Hotels & Resorts' return on equity of 10.59% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.
American Homes 4 Rent received 552 more outperform votes than Host Hotels & Resorts when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.56% of users gave American Homes 4 Rent an outperform vote while only 46.34% of users gave Host Hotels & Resorts an outperform vote.
Host Hotels & Resorts has higher revenue and earnings than American Homes 4 Rent. Host Hotels & Resorts 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%. Host Hotels & Resorts pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 106.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Host Hotels & Resorts pays out 78.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Host Hotels & Resorts is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, American Homes 4 Rent had 1 more articles in the media than Host Hotels & Resorts. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent and 15 mentions for Host Hotels & Resorts. Host Hotels & Resorts' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat American Homes 4 Rent's score of 0.93 indicating that Host Hotels & Resorts is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Homes 4 Rent presently has a consensus target price of $39.71, indicating a potential upside of 8.99%. Host Hotels & Resorts has a consensus target price of $21.29, indicating a potential upside of 13.52%. Given Host Hotels & Resorts' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Host Hotels & Resorts is more favorable than American Homes 4 Rent.
91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.5% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Host Hotels & Resorts shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Host Hotels & Resorts has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Host Hotels & Resorts beats American Homes 4 Rent on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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