American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) vs Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (MAA)

American Homes 4 Rent and Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. are both Reit Residential companies. Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $14.5B against $11.9B — 1.2× the size. American Homes 4 Rent trades at the lower P/E: 27.0× against 36.5×. American Homes 4 Rent grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 3.46% against 0.96%. American Homes 4 Rent has the higher net margin (23.6% vs 17.3%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 3.27%). Both pay a dividend; Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. yields more (5.05% vs 3.92%). Across the 23 metrics below, American Homes 4 Rent leads on 16 and Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. on 7.

Valuation

Metric AMH MAA Reit Residential median
P/E 27.01 36.49 28.23
P/S 6.25 6.31 5.57
P/B 1.61 2.59 1.88
Price to free cash flow 7.85 22.84 20.32
EV/EBITDA 17.02 15.92 15.93
EV/Sales 8.85 8.90 8.07
Earnings yield 3.70% 2.74% 2.74%
Free cash flow yield 12.74% 4.38% 4.10%

Profitability

Metric AMH MAA Reit Residential median
Gross margin 0.00% 58.22% 58.68%
Operating margin 0.00% 26.30% 20.58%
Net margin 23.61% 17.26% 17.85%
Free cash flow margin 46.43% 27.64% 27.64%
Return on equity 5.89% 6.72% 6.17%
Return on assets 3.40% 3.20% 3.20%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 3.27% 2.03%

Growth

Metric AMH MAA Reit Residential median
Revenue growth (TTM) 3.46% 0.96% 3.11%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 9.26% (15.81%) 9.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 9.55% 5.65% 8.41%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 38.79% 12.02% 4.20%

Health

Metric AMH MAA Reit Residential median
Debt to equity 0.70 1.08 0.77
Current ratio 0.55 0.11 0.54
Net debt to EBITDA 5.04 4.27 4.26

Dividend

Metric AMH MAA Reit Residential median
Dividend yield 3.92% 5.05% 4.48%
Payout ratio 1.06 1.84 1.06

Size

Metric AMH MAA Reit Residential median
Market cap 11.91b 14.47b 6.71b

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