Sun Communities (SUI) Competitors

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

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

91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of Sun Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.0% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Sun Communities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer AMH or SUI?

American Homes 4 Rent currently has a consensus target price of $40.90, indicating a potential upside of 15.15%. Sun Communities has a consensus target price of $137.86, indicating a potential upside of 10.72%. Given American Homes 4 Rent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than Sun Communities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Homes 4 Rent	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
Sun Communities	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is AMH or SUI a better dividend stock?

American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Sun Communities pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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. Sun Communities pays out 671.0% 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 has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Sun Communities has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. American Homes 4 Rent is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more volatility & risk, AMH or SUI?

American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Communities has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AMH or SUI?

In the previous week, Sun Communities had 6 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Sun Communities and 7 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Sun Communities' score of 1.04 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Sun Communities	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AMH or SUI?

American Homes 4 Rent has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sun Communities. American Homes 4 Rent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Communities, 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	7.61	$412.43M	$1.08	32.89
Sun Communities	$3.22B	4.93	$101.80M	$0.62	200.82

Is AMH or SUI more profitable?

American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 23.41% compared to Sun Communities' net margin of 2.85%. American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity of 5.45% beat Sun Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Homes 4 Rent	23.41%	5.45%	3.21%
Sun Communities	2.85%	1.41%	0.62%

Summary

American Homes 4 Rent beats Sun Communities on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.