American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) Releases 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 earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.800-1.860 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 1.850. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently commented on AMH. StockNews.com cut shares of American Homes 4 Rent from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods cut their price target on American Homes 4 Rent from $39.00 to $38.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, November 6th. Scotiabank downgraded American Homes 4 Rent from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and set a $38.00 price target on the stock. in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Morgan Stanley upgraded American Homes 4 Rent from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $39.00 to $40.00 in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut shares of American Homes 4 Rent from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and dropped their price target for the company from $40.00 to $37.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and nine have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $40.67.

American Homes 4 Rent Price Performance

Shares of NYSE AMH opened at $35.65 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $13.17 billion, a PE ratio of 37.14, a P/E/G ratio of 3.47 and a beta of 0.78. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $35.77 and a 200 day moving average price of $37.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.59, a current ratio of 0.58 and a quick ratio of 0.58. American Homes 4 Rent has a 1-year low of $34.01 and a 1-year high of $41.41.

American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.45 EPS 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%. Sell-side analysts forecast that American Homes 4 Rent will post 1.77 EPS for the current year.

American Homes 4 Rent Increases Dividend

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

Insider Transactions at American Homes 4 Rent

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