American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) Competitors

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

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AMH or ARES?

Ares Management has higher revenue and earnings than American Homes 4 Rent. American Homes 4 Rent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ares Management, 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	$1.73B	7.81	$412.43M	$1.08	33.77
Ares Management	$3.88B	11.38	$440.96M	$2.03	69.05

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AMH or ARES?

Ares Management received 5 more outperform votes than American Homes 4 Rent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.97% of users gave Ares Management an outperform vote while only 64.53% of users gave American Homes 4 Rent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Homes 4 Rent	Outperform Votes 604 64.53%	Underperform Votes 332 35.47%
Ares Management	Outperform Votes 609 68.97%	Underperform Votes 274 31.03%

Which has more volatility and risk, AMH or ARES?

American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ares Management has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend AMH or ARES?

American Homes 4 Rent presently has a consensus target price of $40.14, indicating a potential upside of 10.07%. Ares Management has a consensus target price of $165.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.71%. Given Ares Management's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ares Management is more favorable than American Homes 4 Rent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Homes 4 Rent	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Ares Management	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is AMH or ARES more profitable?

American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 23.86% compared to Ares Management's net margin of 11.35%. Ares Management's return on equity of 16.64% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Homes 4 Rent	23.86%	5.33%	3.15%
Ares Management	11.35%	16.64%	3.41%

Does the media favor AMH or ARES?

In the previous week, Ares Management had 17 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Ares Management and 17 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. Ares Management's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat American Homes 4 Rent's score of 0.76 indicating that Ares Management is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Homes 4 Rent	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ares Management	17 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AMH or ARES a better dividend stock?

American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Ares Management pays an annual dividend of $3.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ares Management pays out 183.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Homes 4 Rent is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in AMH or ARES?

91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 50.0% of Ares Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Ares Management shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Ares Management beats American Homes 4 Rent on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.