The short version

From the latest prices and each company's SEC filings. Who's ahead on each measure, not which to buy.

  • Invitation Homes is the larger company, worth $16.0B, about 1.2 times American Homes 4 Rent.
  • On earnings, American Homes 4 Rent is the cheaper stock (25.3x vs 28.3x).
  • American Homes 4 Rent's price assumes faster free cash flow growth: about 2% a year, against -0% for Invitation Homes (reverse DCF).

Side by side

The stronger figure is shaded where higher (or, for valuation multiples, lower) reads as better. How the implied growth works.

MeasureAMHINVH
Market cap$12.8B$16.0B
Share price$30.85$26.79
Revenue (last fiscal year)—$2.7B
Free cash flow (last fiscal year)$824M$1.2B
Revenue growth, last year+5.4%—
Revenue growth per year, last 5 fiscal years—+8.1%
Operating margin—-70.4%
Net margin—45.0%
Return on equity6.8%7.3%
P/E (trailing)25.3x28.3x
Price / free cash flow17.1x16.6x
EV / EBITDA13.4x15.1x
FCF growth the price implies1.7%-0.12%
Dividend yield3.9%4.4%
Debt / equity0.83x1.03x
Fundamental gradeCC
Superinvestors holding it54
Insider purchases, last 12 months108

Results from SEC filings

Revenue and free cash flow by fiscal year, from each company's 10-K filings.

American Homes 4 Rent

YearRevenueFree cash flowOp. margin
2021—$548M—
2022—$567M—
2023—$699M—
2024—$777M—
2025—$824M—

Invitation Homes

YearRevenueFree cash flowOp. margin
2021$2.0B$830M11.0%
2022$2.2B$901M14.2%
2023$2.4B$1.1B14.7%
2024$2.6B$1.1B11.2%
2025$2.7B$1.2B14.2%

Where the revenue comes from

American Homes 4 Rent · by products, 2018

Rents from single-family properties$909M85%
Tenant charge-backs$147M14%
Fees from single-family properties$11M1%
Other$6M1%

Invitation Homes

No segment breakdown reported.

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Questions

Which is bigger, American Homes 4 Rent or Invitation Homes?

Invitation Homes (INVH), at $16.0B against $12.8B.

Is AMH or INVH cheaper?

By trailing P/E, American Homes 4 Rent (25.3x) is cheaper than Invitation Homes (28.3x). A lower multiple can also mean the market expects less growth.

Prices and ratios as of the last daily update; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice.