Contrasting Invitation Home (INVH) & The Competition

Invitation Home (NYSE:INVH) is one of 30 public companies in the “REIT – EQTY TRUST – RESID” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Invitation Home to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Invitation Home and its rivals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Invitation Home	0	9	9	0	2.50
Invitation Home Competitors	396	2264	2134	39	2.38

Invitation Home presently has a consensus target price of $37.97, indicating a potential upside of 15.47%. As a group, “REIT – EQTY TRUST – RESID” companies have a potential upside of 14.96%. Given Invitation Home’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Invitation Home is more favorable than its rivals.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Invitation Home and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Invitation Home	$2.62 billion	$453.92 million	42.71
Invitation Home Competitors	$983.03 million	$190.00 million	22.45

Invitation Home has higher revenue and earnings than its rivals. Invitation Home is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Invitation Home and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Invitation Home	18.01%	4.82%	2.51%
Invitation Home Competitors	4.78%	0.70%	1.01%

Insider & Institutional Ownership

96.8% of Invitation Home shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of shares of all “REIT – EQTY TRUST – RESID” companies are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Invitation Home shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of shares of all “REIT – EQTY TRUST – RESID” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Invitation Home has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Invitation Home’s rivals have a beta of 0.65, indicating that their average stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Invitation Home pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Invitation Home pays out 150.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “REIT – EQTY TRUST – RESID” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.9% and pay out 201.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Invitation Home has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Summary

Invitation Home beats its rivals on 12 of the 15 factors compared.

About Invitation Home

Invitation Homes, an S&P 500 company, is the nation's premier single-family home leasing and management company, meeting changing lifestyle demands by providing access to high-quality, updated homes with valued features such as close proximity to jobs and access to good schools. The company's mission, Together with you, we make a house a home, reflects its commitment to providing homes where individuals and families can thrive and high-touch service that continuously enhances residents' living experiences.