Regency Centers (REG) Competitors

American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) and Regency Centers (NASDAQ:REG) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is AMH or REG a better dividend stock?

American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 108.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Regency Centers pays out 125.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to AMH or REG?

In the previous week, American Homes 4 Rent and American Homes 4 Rent both had 8 articles in the media. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Regency Centers' score of 0.79 indicating that American Homes 4 Rent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Homes 4 Rent	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Regency Centers	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AMH or REG more profitable?

Regency Centers has a net margin of 27.78% compared to American Homes 4 Rent's net margin of 21.51%. Regency Centers' return on equity of 5.85% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Homes 4 Rent	21.51%	4.76%	2.84%
Regency Centers	27.78%	5.85%	3.21%

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AMH or REG?

American Homes 4 Rent has higher revenue and earnings than Regency Centers. Regency Centers 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Homes 4 Rent	$1.70B	8.16	$380.17M	$0.96	39.12
Regency Centers	$1.32B	10.23	$364.56M	$2.13	34.99

Which has more volatility & risk, AMH or REG?

American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate AMH or REG?

American Homes 4 Rent currently has a consensus price target of $41.60, indicating a potential upside of 10.77%. Regency Centers has a consensus price target of $76.92, indicating a potential upside of 3.20%. Given American Homes 4 Rent's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than Regency Centers.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Homes 4 Rent	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AMH or REG?

91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AMH or REG?

American Homes 4 Rent received 556 more outperform votes than Regency Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.79% of users gave American Homes 4 Rent an outperform vote while only 45.65% of users gave Regency Centers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Homes 4 Rent	Outperform Votes 598 64.79%	Underperform Votes 325 35.21%
Regency Centers	Outperform Votes 42 45.65%	Underperform Votes 50 54.35%

Summary

American Homes 4 Rent and Regency Centers tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.