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

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

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on Invitation Home from $28.00 to $30.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Friday, May 1st. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $32.00 price target on shares of Invitation Home in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Mizuho boosted their price target on Invitation Home from $26.00 to $31.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 17th. UBS Group lowered their price objective on Invitation Home from $35.00 to $32.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on shares of Invitation Home from $34.00 to $33.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 9th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $32.11.

Invitation Home Stock Performance

NYSE INVH opened at $30.38 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $28.71 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $27.18. The stock has a market cap of $18.05 billion, a PE ratio of 31.98, a PEG ratio of 3.51 and a beta of 0.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.50, a quick ratio of 0.02 and a current ratio of 0.02. Invitation Home has a fifty-two week low of $24.25 and a fifty-two week high of $33.21.

Invitation Home (NYSE:INVH) last announced its quarterly 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 return on equity of 6.29% and a net margin of 20.88%.The company had revenue of $579.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $689.91 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.48 EPS. Invitation Home’s revenue was up 8.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Invitation Home has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.900-1.980 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Invitation Home will post 1.89 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Invitation Home Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 17th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 25th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 25th. Invitation Home’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 126.32%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Invitation Home

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Essential Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Invitation Home by 353.7% in the first quarter. Essential Partners LLC now owns 1,883 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,000 after buying an additional 1,468 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in shares of Invitation Home by 4.6% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,956,870 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,478,000 after acquiring an additional 129,202 shares during the period. Bull Harbor Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of Invitation Home in the first quarter worth approximately $290,000. Rush Island Management LP bought a new stake in Invitation Home in the first quarter valued at approximately $105,292,000. Finally, Empowered Funds LLC boosted its holdings in Invitation Home by 42.1% in the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 20,090 shares of the company’s stock valued at $499,000 after acquiring an additional 5,949 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 96.79% of the company’s stock.

Invitation Home Company Profile

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.