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American Homes 4 Rent

AMH
52
REIT - Residential · Real Estate
Price
$34.07
-0.27 (-0.79%)
Market Cap
$12.24B
Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Winston Score
52
Winston is curious
Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count rising — dilution

+13.9% over 4y

The company has issued more shares over this period, which dilutes each existing shareholder’s stake.

Diluted shares outstanding: 325.5M (2021) → 370.9M (2025)

American Homes 4 Rent owns and rents out single-family houses across the United States. Its customers are everyday renters who want to live in a house instead of an apartment but either cannot afford to buy or prefer not to. The company is one of the largest single-family rental landlords in the country, with a portfolio of roughly 60,000 homes spread across Sun Belt states and other growing metro areas.

The company makes money by collecting monthly rent from tenants, which is a straightforward landlord model. It also develops some homes from the ground up rather than only buying existing ones, which helps control costs and property quality. Its large scale gives it an advantage in managing properties efficiently, but rising interest rates are a meaningful risk because they increase borrowing costs and can slow the pace at which the company can acquire or build new homes to grow its portfolio.

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+2.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+16.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (1%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

8.4%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$214M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

American Homes 4 Rent is growing revenue at 3% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin
3.5%
Thin — 3.5% gross margin
Operating Margin
25.1%
Excellent — 25.1% operating margin
ROCE
1.0%
Weak — 1.0% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+5.8%
Slow sales growth (5.8% YoY)
EPS YoY
+13.9%
Earnings growing (13.9% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency
6/8 quarters
Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
179%
Turns 179% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
32.9%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (32.9%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.74
Moderate — manageable debt (0.74)
Interest Cover
2.32x
Tight — interest eats into profit (2.3x)

Interest coverage between 1 and 3. Profits cover interest, but with little room to spare.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
27.7x
Growth-priced — P/E 27.7

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
-8.7
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
3.70%
Moderate income — 3.70% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth
+12.5%
Dividend growing fast (12.5% YoY)

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