How to buy American Homes 4 Rent stock

American Homes 4 Rent is a reit-residential business based in the US. American Homes 4 Rent shares (AMH) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. American Homes 4 Rent employs 1,324 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$1.2 billion.

How to buy shares in American Homes 4 Rent

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for American Homes 4 Rent. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: AMH. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until American Homes 4 Rent reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of American Homes 4 Rent, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of American Homes 4 Rent. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

American Homes 4 Rent share price

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American Homes 4 Rent shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-24.

52-week range	USD$17.4073 - USD$32.54
50-day moving average	USD$30.7488
200-day moving average	USD$29.4633
Wall St. target price	USD$33.43
PE ratio	117.6208
Dividend yield	USD$0.2 (0.63%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$0.269

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American Homes 4 Rent financials

Revenue TTM	USD$1.2 billion
Operating margin TTM	20.51%
Gross profit TTM	USD$619.4 million
Return on assets TTM	1.6%
Return on equity TTM	2.42%
Profit margin	11.72%
Book value	$18.24
Market capitalisation	USD$10 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting American Homes 4 Rent shares

There are currently 5.3 million American Homes 4 Rent shares held short by investors – that's known as American Homes 4 Rent's "short interest". This figure is 4.8% up from 5.1 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting American Homes 4 Rent shares can be evaluated.

American Homes 4 Rent's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

American Homes 4 Rent's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of American Homes 4 Rent shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of American Homes 4 Rent shares traded daily (recently around 1.5 million). American Homes 4 Rent's SIR currently stands at 3.45. In other words for every 100,000 American Homes 4 Rent shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3450 shares are currently held short.

However American Homes 4 Rent's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of American Homes 4 Rent shares, or, against the total number of tradable American Homes 4 Rent shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case American Homes 4 Rent's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 American Homes 4 Rent shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0211% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable American Homes 4 Rent shares, roughly 21 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against American Homes 4 Rent.

Find out more about how you can short American Homes 4 Rent stock.

Have American Homes 4 Rent's shares ever split?

American Homes 4 Rent's shares were split on a 7:1 basis on 24 August 2012. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 7 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your American Homes 4 Rent shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 85.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for American Homes 4 Rent shares which in turn could have impacted American Homes 4 Rent's share price.

American Homes 4 Rent share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, American Homes 4 Rent's shares have ranged in value from as little as $17.4073 up to $32.54. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while American Homes 4 Rent's is 0.5107. This would suggest that American Homes 4 Rent's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

American Homes 4 Rent overview

American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE: AMH) is a leader in the single-family home rental industry and American Homes 4 Rent is fast becoming a nationally recognized brand for rental homes, known for high-quality, good value and tenant satisfaction. We are an internally managed Maryland real estate investment trust, or REIT, focused on acquiring, developing, renovating, leasing, and operating attractive, single-family homes as rental properties. As of September 30, 2020, we owned 53,229 single-family properties in selected submarkets in 22 states.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of American Homes 4 Rent is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 14.21% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by insiders and 88.539% by institutions.

• How many people work for American Homes 4 Rent?

  Latest data suggests 1,324 work at American Homes 4 Rent.

• When does the fiscal year end for American Homes 4 Rent?

  American Homes 4 Rent's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is American Homes 4 Rent based?

  American Homes 4 Rent's address is: 23975 Park Sorrento, Calabasas, CA, United States, 91302

• What is American Homes 4 Rent's ISIN number?

  American Homes 4 Rent's international securities identification number is: US02665T3068

• What is American Homes 4 Rent's CUSIP number?

  American Homes 4 Rent's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 02665T306