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American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) is an internally managed Maryland real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on acquiring, developing, renovating, leasing and managing homes as rental properties.

It is set to report its Q4 2024 earnings on Feb. 20, 2025. Wall Street analysts expect the company to post an EPS of $0.45, up from $0.43 in the year-ago period. According to Benzinga Pro, quarterly revenue is expected to reach $438.16 million, up from $408.66 million in the previous year.

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If You Bought American Homes 4 Rent Stock 10 Years Ago

The company's stock traded at approximately $17.03 per share 10 years ago. If you had invested $10,000, you could have bought roughly 587 shares. Currently, shares trade at $37.26, meaning your investment's value could have grown to $21,879 from stock price appreciation alone. However, American Homes 4 Rent also paid dividends during these 10 years. 

American Homes 4 Rent's dividend yield is currently 2.79%. Over the last 10 years, it has paid about $4.24 in dividends per share, which means you could have made $2,490 from dividends alone. 

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Summing up $21,879 and $2,490, we end up with the final value of your investment, which is $24,369. This is how much you could have made if you had invested $10,000 in American Homes 4 Rent stock 10 years ago. This means a total return of 143.69%. However, this figure is significantly less than the S&P 500 total return for the same period, which was 239.77%.

What Could The Next 10 Years Bring? 

American Homes 4 Rent has a consensus rating of "Outperform" and a price target of $40.75 based on the ratings of 26 analysts. The price target implies more than a 9% potential upside from the current stock price.

On Oct. 29, the company announced its Q3 2024 earnings, posting an FFO of $0.44, compared to the consensus estimate of $0.43 and revenues of $445.055 million, compared to the consensus estimate of $436.292 million, as reported by Benzinga.

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“AMH is at the forefront of the increasingly important single-family rental industry because of the quality of our rental homes, diversified footprint, the strength of our operating platform and seamless execution from our teams. Long-term business fundamentals remain strong and AMH’s history of delivering consistent and predictable operating results and growing responsibly will continue to drive shareholder returns for years to come,” stated David Singelyn, Chief Executive Officer of AMH.

Given the expected upside potential of over 9%, growth-focused investors may find American Homes 4 Rent stock attractive. Furthermore, they can benefit from the company's solid dividend yield of 2.79%.

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