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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricAMHAmerican Homes 4 RentINVHInvitation Homes Inc.SUISUN COMMUNITIES INCELSEQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INCMedian of the restexcluding AMH
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$31.90▲ 0.96 (3.10%)
$27.53▲ 0.72 (2.69%)
$119.86▲ 3.40 (2.92%)
$61.17▲ 2.01 (3.40%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.8.0/106.0/107.3/107.3/107.3/10
Market value$11.82B$16.82B$14.80B$11.86B
Revenue—$2.73B$2.31B$1.53B
Profit$513.4M$587.9M$1.41B$402.1M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.—4.2%2.0%0.3%2.0%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—————
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.———25.6%25.6%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.—21.5%61.3%26.3%26.3%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.—43.2%17.7%21.8%21.8%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.7.3%6.2%20.3%22.9%20.3%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.———6.1%6.1%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.23.02x28.60x10.47x29.49x28.60x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.———25.28x25.28x
Price to book1.68x1.76x2.13x6.75x2.13x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.79x0.96x0.75x2.24x0.96x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.5/66/75/65/75.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.n/a for banksnot reportedn/a for banksn/a for banks

How AMH compares with the others

  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 23.0x against 28.6x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.8x against 1.0x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.