Financial Analysis: American Homes 4 Rent (AMH)’s Ratios Unveil Key Insights

Seeking to outpace the market, investors engage in the art of selecting individual stocks. The right picks can play a pivotal role in boosting your wealth.

As of close of business last night, American Homes 4 Rent’s stock clocked out at $37.48, up 0.64% from its previous closing price of $37.24. In other words, the price has increased by $0.64 from its previous closing price. On the day, 2.75 million shares were traded. AMH stock price reached its highest trading level at $37.87 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $37.21.

Ratios:

To gain a deeper understanding of AMH’s stock, we examine its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 39.61 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 17.97. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.70 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.70.

Upgrades & Downgrades

In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Morgan Stanley on January 24, 2025, Upgraded its rating to Overweight and sets its target price to $40 from $39 previously.

On January 23, 2025, Scotiabank Downgraded its rating to Sector Perform which previously was Sector Outperform but kept the price unchanged to $38.

Deutsche Bank Downgraded its Buy to Hold on January 21, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $40 to $37.

Insider Transactions:

Investing in insider trades can also provide an investor with insight into how management views future stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 03 ’25 when CORRIGAN JACK E bought 4,700 shares for $23.30 per share. The transaction valued at 109,518 led to the insider holds 11,000 shares of the business.

CORRIGAN JACK E bought 2,300 shares of AMH for $53,498 on Mar 04 ’25. The Director now owns 8,300 shares after completing the transaction at $23.26 per share. On Feb 27 ’25, another insider, CORRIGAN JACK E, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 10,000 shares for $36.07 each. As a result, the insider received 360,681 and left with 97,928 shares of the company.

Valuation Measures:

Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, AMH now has a Market Capitalization of 15697111040 and an Enterprise Value of 19389011968. As of this moment, American’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 34.74, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 53.21. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 7.94 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.93. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 11.216 whereas that against EBITDA is 22.176.

Stock Price History:

The Beta on a monthly basis for AMH is 0.76, which has changed by 0.0313704 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08572841 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AMH has reached a high of $41.29, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $34.01. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 5.31%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 1.48%.

Shares Statistics:

It appears that AMH traded 2.41M shares on average per day over the past three months and 2369860 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 368.99M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 340.20M. Insiders hold about 8.09% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 88.95% stake in the company. Shares short for AMH as of 1741910400 were 12560754 with a Short Ratio of 5.21, compared to 1739491200 on 11056681. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 12560754 and a Short% of Float of 4.1500002.

Dividends & Splits

With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 1.04, AMH has a forward annual dividend rate of 1.08. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.027926957The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 1.66.

Most Popular