AMH vs. SPG, PSA, O, DLR, CCI, EXR, VICI, AVB, EQR, and IRM
Should you be buying American Homes 4 Rent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Homes 4 Rent include Simon Property Group (SPG), Public Storage (PSA), Realty Income (O), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Crown Castle (CCI), Extra Space Storage (EXR), VICI Properties (VICI), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), and Iron Mountain (IRM). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) and American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.
In the previous week, Simon Property Group had 12 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Simon Property Group and 10 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Simon Property Group's score of 0.63 indicating that Simon Property Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Simon Property Group has a beta of 1.68, meaning that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Simon Property Group currently has a consensus price target of $145.33, indicating a potential downside of 3.95%. American Homes 4 Rent has a consensus price target of $39.64, indicating a potential upside of 10.00%. Given Simon Property Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than Simon Property Group.
Simon Property Group has higher revenue and earnings than American Homes 4 Rent. Simon Property Group 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.
Simon Property Group pays an annual dividend of $7.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Simon Property Group pays out 99.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Simon Property Group has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and American Homes 4 Rent has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Simon Property Group is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Simon Property Group received 280 more outperform votes than American Homes 4 Rent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.32% of users gave Simon Property Group an outperform vote while only 65.59% of users gave American Homes 4 Rent an outperform vote.
93.0% of Simon Property Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Simon Property Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Simon Property Group has a net margin of 46.49% compared to Simon Property Group's net margin of 22.55%. American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity of 78.50% beat Simon Property Group's return on equity.
Summary
Simon Property Group beats American Homes 4 Rent on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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