AMH vs. DOC, KIM, HST, WPC, UDR, GLPI, LAMR, ELS, REG, 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 Healthpeak Properties (DOC), Kimco Realty (KIM), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), W. P. Carey (WPC), UDR (UDR), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Regency Centers (REG), and Camden Property Trust (CPT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) and Healthpeak Properties (NYSE:DOC) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.
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, Healthpeak Properties has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Healthpeak Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
American Homes 4 Rent currently has a consensus price target of $39.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.94%. Healthpeak Properties has a consensus price target of $18.36, indicating a potential downside of 2.32%. Given American Homes 4 Rent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than Healthpeak Properties.
American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 23.42% compared to Healthpeak Properties' net margin of 8.56%. American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity of 5.14% beat Healthpeak Properties' return on equity.
American Homes 4 Rent received 95 more outperform votes than Healthpeak Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.59% of users gave American Homes 4 Rent an outperform vote while only 62.85% of users gave Healthpeak Properties an outperform vote.
American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Healthpeak Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 104.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Healthpeak Properties pays out 342.9% 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 has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Healthpeak Properties. American Homes 4 Rent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Healthpeak Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Healthpeak Properties had 16 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Healthpeak Properties and 8 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. Healthpeak Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat American Homes 4 Rent's score of 0.59 indicating that Healthpeak Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
American Homes 4 Rent beats Healthpeak Properties on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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