Schroder Investment Management Group Has $55.88 Million Position in American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH)

Schroder Investment Management Group raised its holdings in American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH - Free Report) by 25.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,508,704 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock after acquiring an additional 310,725 shares during the quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group owned about 0.41% of American Homes 4 Rent worth $55,882,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of American Homes 4 Rent in the 4th quarter worth $822,019,000. Janus Henderson Group PLC boosted its holdings in American Homes 4 Rent by 2,150.3% during the third quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC now owns 1,935,007 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $74,276,000 after buying an additional 1,849,020 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. grew its position in shares of American Homes 4 Rent by 6.8% during the 4th quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 15,987,142 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock worth $598,232,000 after buying an additional 1,015,351 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of American Homes 4 Rent by 5.3% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 13,805,224 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $516,591,000 after acquiring an additional 689,741 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. raised its position in shares of American Homes 4 Rent by 17.3% in the 4th quarter. Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. now owns 4,166,956 shares of the real estate investment trust's stock valued at $155,927,000 after acquiring an additional 614,655 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.87% of the company's stock.

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Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

AMH has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Mizuho decreased their price objective on shares of American Homes 4 Rent from $41.00 to $37.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 13th. Barclays boosted their price target on shares of American Homes 4 Rent from $37.00 to $38.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price objective on American Homes 4 Rent from $40.00 to $39.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, February 24th. JMP Securities reissued a "market outperform" rating and issued a $41.00 target price on shares of American Homes 4 Rent in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft downgraded American Homes 4 Rent from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $40.00 to $37.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $40.23.

American Homes 4 Rent Stock Down 4.6 %

Shares of AMH traded down $1.71 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $35.47. 3,075,638 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,193,638. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.64, a current ratio of 0.76 and a quick ratio of 0.58. American Homes 4 Rent has a 52 week low of $34.01 and a 52 week high of $41.41. The company has a market cap of $13.13 billion, a PE ratio of 32.84, a P/E/G ratio of 3.56 and a beta of 0.77. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $35.89 and a 200 day simple moving average of $36.78.

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

American Homes 4 Rent Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Friday, March 14th were given a dividend of $0.30 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 14th. This is a boost from American Homes 4 Rent's previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.38%. American Homes 4 Rent's dividend payout ratio is 111.11%.

American Homes 4 Rent Profile

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.