American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.800-1.860 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 1.850. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

American Homes 4 Rent Stock Performance

Shares of AMH stock opened at $35.65 on Friday. American Homes 4 Rent has a 12 month low of $34.01 and a 12 month high of $41.41. The stock has a market cap of $13.17 billion, a PE ratio of 37.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.47 and a beta of 0.78. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $35.77 and its 200-day moving average price is $37.39. The company has a current ratio of 0.58, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59.

American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 20th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.15 by $0.30. American Homes 4 Rent had a return on equity of 4.76% and a net margin of 21.51%. On average, equities analysts expect that American Homes 4 Rent will post 1.77 EPS for the current fiscal year.

American Homes 4 Rent Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be given a $0.30 dividend. This is a positive change from American Homes 4 Rent’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.37%. American Homes 4 Rent’s payout ratio is 108.33%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have commented on AMH. StockNews.com downgraded shares of American Homes 4 Rent from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Scotiabank cut American Homes 4 Rent from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and set a $38.00 price objective for the company. in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Evercore ISI raised American Homes 4 Rent from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $41.00 to $42.00 in a research report on Monday, November 11th. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods lowered their price objective on shares of American Homes 4 Rent from $39.00 to $38.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Finally, Barclays cut their target price on shares of American Homes 4 Rent from $39.00 to $37.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and nine have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $40.67.

Insider Transactions at American Homes 4 Rent

In other American Homes 4 Rent news, COO Bryan Smith sold 40,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $37.80, for a total value of $1,512,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief operating officer now directly owns 125,580 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,746,924. This trade represents a 24.16 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Douglas N. Benham purchased 3,286 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 5th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $24.49 per share, for a total transaction of $80,474.14. Following the purchase, the director now directly owns 41,946 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,027,257.54. The trade was a 8.50 % increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Corporate insiders own 6.32% of the company’s stock.

About American Homes 4 Rent

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.