American Homes 4 Rent Valuation

Is A4XA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of A4XA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: A4XA (€36) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€56.5)

Significantly Below Fair Value: A4XA is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for A4XA?

Key metric: As A4XA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for A4XA. This is calculated by dividing A4XA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is A4XA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio39.7x
EarningsUS$350.68m
Market CapUS$15.85b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does A4XA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for A4XA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average54.4x
SUI Sun Communities
70.2x5.7%US$16.6b
ELS Equity LifeStyle Properties
37.3x5.2%US$14.2b
INVH Invitation Homes
47.2x5.6%US$20.8b
HABA Hamborner REIT
63x11.0%€515.7m
A4XA American Homes 4 Rent
39.7x-6.2%€15.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: A4XA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (39.7x) compared to the peer average (54.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does A4XA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Residential REITs Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
A4XA 39.7xIndustry Avg. 26.3xNo. of Companies5PE020406080100+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: A4XA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (39.7x) compared to the Global Residential REITs industry average (26.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is A4XA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

A4XA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio39.7x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate A4XA's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst A4XA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€36.00
€39.47
+9.6%
4.7%€41.98€36.25n/a19
Nov ’25€31.80
€38.33
+20.5%
4.1%€40.52€35.91n/a19
Oct ’25€33.60
€37.69
+12.2%
5.3%€43.13€35.05n/a19
Sep ’25€36.00
€37.10
+3.0%
4.1%€39.81€34.38n/a18
Aug ’25€34.00
€36.91
+8.6%
4.4%€39.68€33.22n/a18
Jul ’25€33.80
€37.22
+10.1%
4.3%€39.14€33.54n/a19
Jun ’25€32.20
€36.94
+14.7%
4.5%€38.89€33.33n/a19
May ’25€33.60
€37.01
+10.2%
4.8%€40.02€33.51n/a19
Apr ’25€34.00
€36.68
+7.9%
4.9%€39.72€33.25n/a19
Mar ’25€33.80
€36.09
+6.8%
5.3%€39.68€33.22n/a19
Feb ’25€32.60
€36.27
+11.2%
5.6%€40.63€33.24n/a18
Jan ’25€32.00
€34.88
+9.0%
6.2%€39.83€31.69n/a17
Dec ’24€32.60
€34.41
+5.6%
5.4%€39.24€31.03n/a17
Nov ’24€31.00
€35.59
+14.8%
5.2%€40.71€33.14€31.8017
Oct ’24€31.80
€36.28
+14.1%
5.7%€40.67€33.11€33.6017
Sep ’24€33.20
€35.73
+7.6%
5.6%€39.63€33.18€36.0017
Aug ’24€33.80
€34.24
+1.3%
6.1%€39.10€31.37€34.0016
Jul ’24€32.20
€33.96
+5.5%
6.8%€39.43€30.26€33.8016
Jun ’24€32.20
€34.23
+6.3%
9.6%€40.24€28.07€32.2018
May ’24€30.00
€31.69
+5.6%
7.3%€35.55€27.35€33.6019
Apr ’24€28.60
€31.85
+11.4%
7.0%€35.03€27.66€34.0019
Mar ’24€28.40
€32.96
+16.0%
6.7%€35.92€28.36€33.8019
Feb ’24€31.40
€32.51
+3.5%
8.7%€38.49€27.49€32.6020
Jan ’24€28.20
€33.91
+20.3%
7.8%€39.48€29.14€32.0019
Dec ’23€31.20
€35.96
+15.2%
11.8%€50.35€31.35€32.6020
Nov ’23€31.80
€41.14
+29.4%
11.1%€53.74€35.49€31.0019

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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