American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) Receives $40.47 Consensus PT from Analysts

Shares of American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMHGet Free Report) have been given an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” by the fifteen analysts that are covering the firm, MarketBeat reports. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and nine have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokerages that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $40.33.

A number of research firms have commented on AMH. Morgan Stanley upgraded American Homes 4 Rent from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price target for the company from $39.00 to $40.00 in a research note on Friday, January 24th. StockNews.com lowered shares of American Homes 4 Rent from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Mizuho dropped their target price on shares of American Homes 4 Rent from $41.00 to $37.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. JMP Securities reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and issued a $41.00 price target on shares of American Homes 4 Rent in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered American Homes 4 Rent from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $40.00 to $37.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st.

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Institutional Investors Weigh In On American Homes 4 Rent

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Atria Investments Inc boosted its stake in American Homes 4 Rent by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 84,843 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $3,175,000 after buying an additional 316 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. boosted its position in shares of American Homes 4 Rent by 37.1% during the 4th quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,385 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $52,000 after acquiring an additional 375 shares during the last quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of American Homes 4 Rent by 11.9% in the fourth quarter. Quadrant Capital Group LLC now owns 3,532 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $132,000 after purchasing an additional 376 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its position in American Homes 4 Rent by 56.6% during the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 1,084 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 392 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State of Michigan Retirement System increased its position in American Homes 4 Rent by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. State of Michigan Retirement System now owns 75,100 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $2,810,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.87% of the company’s stock.

American Homes 4 Rent Price Performance

American Homes 4 Rent stock opened at $35.41 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 0.76 and a quick ratio of 0.58. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $35.44 and a two-hundred day moving average of $37.13. The stock has a market cap of $13.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.56 and a beta of 0.77. American Homes 4 Rent has a 1 year low of $34.01 and a 1 year high of $41.41.

American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMHGet Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.45 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.15 by $0.30. The business had revenue of $436.59 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $442.02 million. American Homes 4 Rent had a net margin of 23.86% and a return on equity of 5.33%. On average, research analysts forecast that American Homes 4 Rent will post 1.85 earnings per share for the current year.

American Homes 4 Rent Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.39%. This is a positive change from American Homes 4 Rent’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 14th. American Homes 4 Rent’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 111.11%.

American Homes 4 Rent Company Profile

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American Homes 4 Rent operates as a real estate investment trust. It engages in the acquisition, renovation, leasing, and operating of single-family homes as rental properties. The company was founded by Bradley Wayne Hughes, Sr. on October 19, 2012 and is headquartered in Las Vegas, NV.

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