Invitation Home (NYSE:INVH) Upgraded at Jefferies Financial Group

Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of Invitation Home (NYSE:INVH) to a hold rating in a research report released on Wednesday,Zacks.com reports.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on INVH. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods raised their price target on Invitation Home from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on shares of Invitation Home from $28.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Cfra cut shares of Invitation Home from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating and cut their target price for the company from $29.00 to $27.00 in a report on Wednesday, May 27th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Invitation Home from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Finally, Compass Point upgraded shares of Invitation Home to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 9th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $32.47.

Invitation Home Stock Up 1.1%

Shares of NYSE:INVH opened at $29.77 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $29.55 and a 200-day simple moving average of $27.58. Invitation Home has a twelve month low of $24.25 and a twelve month high of $32.27. The company has a current ratio of 0.02, a quick ratio of 0.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50. The company has a market capitalization of $17.68 billion, a PE ratio of 31.33, a P/E/G ratio of 3.45 and a beta of 0.84.

Invitation Home (NYSE:INVH) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The company reported $0.26 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.18 by $0.08. Invitation Home had a net margin of 20.88% and a return on equity of 6.29%. The firm had revenue of $579.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $689.91 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.48 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 8.8% on a year-over-year basis. Invitation Home has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.900-1.980 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Invitation Home will post 1.89 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Invitation Home Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 25th were paid a $0.30 dividend. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.0%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 25th. Invitation Home’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 126.32%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Invitation Home

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of INVH. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL lifted its position in Invitation Home by 570.5% in the third quarter. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL now owns 130,998 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,842,000 after purchasing an additional 111,461 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. grew its holdings in Invitation Home by 3.2% during the fourth quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 2,413,502 shares of the company’s stock worth $67,071,000 after acquiring an additional 74,029 shares during the period. Oak Thistle LLC raised its position in Invitation Home by 1,538.3% in the fourth quarter. Oak Thistle LLC now owns 130,210 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,619,000 after acquiring an additional 122,262 shares in the last quarter. M&T Bank Corp purchased a new position in Invitation Home in the fourth quarter worth $1,756,000. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its holdings in Invitation Home by 535.7% in the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 1,204,463 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,472,000 after acquiring an additional 1,014,984 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 96.79% of the company’s stock.

About Invitation Home

Invitation Homes (NYSE: INVH) is a real estate investment trust that specializes in the ownership, operation and leasing of single-family rental homes across the United States. The company focuses on acquiring suburban and urban-adjacent single-family residences and managing them as rental properties for households seeking professionally managed, long-term housing alternatives to traditional homeownership or multifamily rentals.

Operationally, Invitation Homes is involved in the full lifecycle of the single-family rental business: sourcing and acquiring homes, performing renovations and ongoing maintenance, marketing and leasing properties, and providing property management and resident services.