What is American Homes 4 Rent 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio?
Shares Outstanding (EOP) are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them.
5-Year Share Buyback Ratio measures the average annual proportion of a company's outstanding shares repurchased over the past five years. It is calculated as the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from five years ago to the current year. A positive ratio may indicate share buybacks over the period, while a zero or negative ratio may reflect no repurchases or potential share issuance. American Homes 4 Rent's current 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio was -4.40%.
AMH's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio is ranked worse than 55.65% of 620
companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: -3.45
vs AMH: -4.40
Competitive Comparison of American Homes 4 Rent's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio
For the REIT - Residential subindustry, American Homes 4 Rent's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
American Homes 4 Rent's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Distribution in the REITs Industry
For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, American Homes 4 Rent's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where American Homes 4 Rent's 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio falls into.
American Homes 4 Rent 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Calculation
This is the annualized percentage change in shares outstanding from five years ago to the current year. The annualized percentage change is calculated with least-square regression based on the latest six years of annual data on Shares Outstanding (EOP).
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American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Explanation
A negative number means the company might be issuing new shares. A positive number indicates that the company is buying back shares.
Be Aware
Investors usually like share buybacks. But as pointed by Warren Buffett, only if a company buys back shares at the prices below the stock's intrinsic value, it rewards remaining shareholders. If a company buys its overvalued stocks back, it destroys shareholder value.
American Homes 4 Rent 5-Year Share Buyback Ratio Related Terms
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American Homes 4 Rent is a real estate investment trust focused on acquiring, operating, and leasing single-family homes as rental properties throughout the United States. The company's real estate portfolio is largely comprised of single-family properties in urban markets in the Southern and Midwestern regions of the U.S. American Homes 4 Rent's land holdings also represent a sizable percentage of its total assets in terms of value. The company derives the vast majority of its income in the form of rental revenue from single-family properties through short-term or annual leases. The firm's geographical markets include Dallas, Texas; Indianapolis, Indiana; Atlanta, Georgia; and Charlotte, North Carolina in terms of the number of properties in each.
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