AMH vs ELS vs LEGH Stock Comparison

American Homes 4 Rent, Equity Lifestyle Properties and Legacy Housing Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AMH American Homes 4 Rent
$31.84 +3.9% 1M -4.7% 1Y
Market cap
$11.26B
P/E
24.2x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
0.04%
Residential REITs Real Estate
3 wins
LEGH Legacy Housing Corp
$28.54 -2.6% 1M +19.0% 1Y
Market cap
$671.26M
P/E
13.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$179.45M
Div. yield
–
Manufactured Housing Consumer Discretionary
6 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Legacy Housing leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Legacy Housing 6, American Homes 4 Rent 3, Equity Lifestyle Properties 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAMHELSLEGHLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.26B $11.24B $671.26M AMH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 24.2x 28.7x 13.1x LEGH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 30.0x 28.2x 11.3x LEGH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +3.2% -2.6% ELS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 24.8% 28.6% LEGH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 7.8% 9.0% LEGH
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 5.2x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.04% 0.04% 0.00% AMH
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -4.7% -3.9% +19.0% LEGH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -4.8%/yr -6.9%/yr +9.9%/yr LEGH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 20.3% 18.6% 33.8% ELS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 63/100 50/100 61/100 AMH

Percentile Scorecard

AMHELSLEGH

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAMHELSLEGH
Valuation 50 #73 of 145 10 #130 of 145 35 #14 of 21
Growth 69 #45 of 141 51 #69 of 141 95 #2 of 20
Profitability 67 #45 of 134 94 #9 of 134 100 #1 of 18
Financial Health 61 #54 of 138 39 #84 of 138 –
Shareholder Returns 68 #43 of 131 55 #60 of 131 13 #15 of 17
Overall 63 50 61
  • AMH ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • ELS ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • LEGH ranked among 24 companies in Homebuilding

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAMHELSLEGHSPY
1 month +3.9%+0.4%-2.6% -0.2%
3 months -5.7%-9.9%+6.2% +3.9%
6 months +1.1%-5.0%+30.8% +8.2%
Year to date -0.8%-1.8%+46.2% +12.9%
1 year -4.7%-3.9%+19.0% +12.3%
3 years +1.1%-7.5%+56.6% +87.4%
3 years, per year +0.4%-2.6%+16.1% +23.3%
5 years -21.7%-30.2%+60.6% +67.9%
5 years, per year -4.8%-6.9%+9.9% +10.9%
10 years +54.6%+63.3%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +4.5%+5.0%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAMHELSLEGHSPY
Volatility, 1Y 20.3%18.6%33.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 19.5%18.1%32.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.01-0.220.80 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.23-0.210.56 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -37.2%-34.2%-54.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -8.5%-13.0%-2.8% -1.2%
52-week high $34.81$68.37$29.35 $779.14
52-week low $27.38$57.64$18.79 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAMHELSLEGH
P/E now vs peer median 24.7xmedian 26.3x 29.5xmedian 26.3x 13.2xmedian 12.7x
P/S now vs peer median —median 4.0x 7.3xmedian 4.0x 3.8xmedian 0.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.4x 23.3xmedian 14.4x 10.9xmedian 9.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 1,102xmedian 23.3x 31.1xmedian 23.3x 17.6xmedian 15.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.5xmedian 1.3x 6.4xmedian 1.3x 1.2xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median 2.55median 1.91 3.30median 1.91 -2.09median 1.06

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAMHELSLEGH
Revenue – $1.58B $179.45M
Gross profit – $1.44B $89.30M
Operating income – $412.54M $58.85M
Net income $542.82M $404.07M $51.25M
Free cash flow $10.37M $370.75M $38.58M
EPS (diluted) $1.29 $1.95 $2.15
Cash & equivalents $83.67M $24.33M $28.97M
Total debt $5.13B $3.31B $2.24M
Shares (diluted) 360.81M 200.25M 23.81M
Enterprise value $10.96B $11.11B $606.15M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAMHELSLEGH
P/E 24.7x 29.5x 13.2x
P/FCF 1,102x 31.1x 17.6x
P/Operating cash flow 13.2x 19.5x 13.4x
P/S – 7.3x 3.8x
P/B 1.5x 6.4x 1.2x
P/Tangible book 1.5x 6.4x 1.2x
EV/EBITDA – 23.3x 10.9x
EV/EBIT – 35.9x 11.0x
EV/Revenue – 9.4x 3.6x
EV/FCF 1,589x 40.0x 16.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 19.1x 25.0x 12.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.55 3.30 -2.09

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAMHELSLEGH
Revenue growth (1Y) – 3.2% -2.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 2.4% -9.0%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 3.4% -4.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 3.9% -3.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 4.9% -0.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 16.4% -7.8%
Net income growth (1Y) 12.2% 1.3% -7.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 9.1% 9.2% -8.0%
EPS growth (1Y) 15.9% 2.3% -4.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 9.7% 8.9% -6.3%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 4.1% 2.8% 54.7%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.2% 6.6% 127.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 101.6% 11.0% 71.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.4% 22.6% 84.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAMHELSLEGH
Gross margin – 91.0% 49.8%
EBITDA margin – 40.3% 33.3%
Operating margin – 26.1% 32.8%
Pretax margin – 18.3% 33.7%
Net margin – 24.8% 28.6%
FCF margin – 23.5% 21.5%
Operating cash flow margin – 37.6% 28.2%
Return on equity 7.2% 22.3% 9.3%
Return on assets 4.1% 7.0% 8.5%
Return on invested capital – 7.8% 9.0%
Return on capital employed – – 10.6%
Asset turnover – 0.3x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.5x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.4% 0.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAMHELSLEGH
Debt / assets 39.1% 57.4% –
Debt / equity 0.7x 1.8x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 5.2x –
Debt / FCF 494.5x 8.9x –
Liabilities / assets 43.0% 68.7% 8.7%
Equity / assets 57.0% 31.3% 91.3%
Interest coverage – 3.0x 1,549x
Current ratio – – 3.6x
Quick ratio – – 1.2x
Cash ratio – – 0.6x
Altman Z-score – – 9.39

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAMHELSLEGH
Dividend yield 4.1% 3.6% –
Net buyback yield 2.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Shareholder yield 6.1% 3.6% 0.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 85.3% 101.5% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 4,462% 110.6% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 11.3% 8.7% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 17.4% 8.7% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAMHELSLEGH
Forward P/E 30.0xFY2026 28.2xFY2026 11.3xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $1.06FY2026 $2.11FY2026 $2.53FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -10.2%FY2026 +5.0%FY2026 +45.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -18.9% +9.0% -5.9%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.04BFY2026 $1.52BFY2026 $224.28MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +10.0%FY2026 -0.6%FY2026 +36.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.6% +14.4% -7.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAMHELSLEGH
Held by institutions 90.7% 100.0% 40.8%
Institutions holding 480 476 123
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.2% +2.6% +1.3%
Institutions buying 253 220 67
Institutions selling 160 190 33
Buyers to sellers 1.58 1.16 2.03

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AMHELSLEGH
AMH 1.00 0.55 0.30
ELS 0.55 1.00 0.21
LEGH 0.30 0.21 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AMH, ELS and LEGH?

American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) is the largest by market capitalisation: American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) $11.26B, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) $11.24B, Legacy Housing (LEGH) $671.26M.

Which stock is cheaper, AMH, ELS and LEGH?

Legacy Housing (LEGH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) 24.2x, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 28.7x, Legacy Housing (LEGH) 13.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Legacy Housing (LEGH) is cheapest (American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) 30.0x, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 28.2x, Legacy Housing (LEGH) 11.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) +3.2%, Legacy Housing (LEGH) -2.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Legacy Housing (LEGH) has the highest net margin (Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 24.8%, Legacy Housing (LEGH) 28.6%). On return on invested capital, Legacy Housing (LEGH) leads (Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 7.8%, Legacy Housing (LEGH) 9.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Legacy Housing (LEGH) returned the most: American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) -4.7%, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) -3.9%, Legacy Housing (LEGH) +19.0%. Over five years, Legacy Housing (LEGH) compounded fastest (American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) -4.8%/yr, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) -6.9%/yr, Legacy Housing (LEGH) +9.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) has the highest dividend yield: American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) 0.04%, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 0.04%, Legacy Housing (LEGH) 0.00%. Legacy Housing (LEGH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) has been the steadiest (American Homes 4 Rent (AMH) 20.3%, Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) 18.6%, Legacy Housing (LEGH) 33.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AMH, ELS and LEGH?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Legacy Housing (LEGH) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.