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Assessing American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) Valuation After a Year-to-Date Share Price Decline

Simply Wall St · 1d ago

Recent performance and why investors are watching

American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) has been quietly lagging the broader market this year, with the stock down about 15% year to date, even as revenue continues to grow in the mid single digits.

See our latest analysis for American Homes 4 Rent.

That said, momentum has started to stabilize, with a 7 day share price return of 3.2% tempering the year to date slide. A 5 year total shareholder return of just over 20% reflects modest but positive long term compounding.

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With fundamentals holding steady but returns underwhelming, the debate now shifts to valuation: is American Homes 4 Rent trading at a meaningful discount, or has the market already priced in its next phase of growth?

Most Popular Narrative: 17.1% Undervalued

With American Homes 4 Rent last closing at $31.41 against a narrative fair value of $37.90, the story leans toward upside potential if the assumptions hold.

The analysts have a consensus price target of $40.45 for American Homes 4 Rent based on their expectations of its future earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors. However, there is a degree of disagreement amongst analysts, with the most bullish reporting a price target of $45.0, and the most bearish reporting a price target of just $36.0.

Read the complete narrative.

Curious how a shrinking profit margin, slower top line growth and a rich future earnings multiple can still justify a higher price? The narrative stitches these together into one bold forecast, but the crucial assumptions driving that call are anything but obvious at first glance.

Result: Fair Value of $37.90 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, a faster than expected recovery in leasing demand, or stronger than modeled resident retention, could quickly undermine the cautious assumptions embedded in this narrative.

Find out about the key risks to this American Homes 4 Rent narrative.

Another View: What the Market Multiple Is Saying

While the narrative fair value points to upside, the current price already implies a punchy earnings multiple. AMH trades on a P/E of 26.7x versus 24.9x for the Residential REITs industry, a premium that shrinks against peers on 45.8x and a fair ratio of 27.7x. Is this a cautious opportunity or just limited mispricing?

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

NYSE:AMH PE Ratio as at Dec 2025
NYSE:AMH PE Ratio as at Dec 2025

Build Your Own American Homes 4 Rent Narrative

If this perspective does not quite align with your own view, or you would rather dig into the numbers yourself, you can quickly craft a custom narrative in just a few minutes: Do it your way.

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This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.