IRT vs INVH vs SUI Stock Comparison

Independence Realty Trust, Invitation Homes and Sun Communities Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
INVH Invitation Homes Inc.
$27.18 +2.1% 1M -5.9% 1Y
Market cap
$15.80B
P/E
24.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.86B
Div. yield
–
Residential REITs Real Estate
7 wins
SUI Sun Communities Inc
$114.94 +2.4% 1M -7.7% 1Y
Market cap
$13.33B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$2.41B
Div. yield
0.04%
Residential REITs Real Estate
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Invitation Homes leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Invitation Homes 7, Sun Communities 2, Independence Realty Trust 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionIRTINVHSUILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.41B $15.80B $13.33B INVH
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 78.4x 24.0x -17.6x INVH
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 106.2x 28.3x — INVH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +3.5% +6.7% +18.4% SUI
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 6.5% 23.1% -31.4% INVH
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 3.5% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 1.4x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.05% 0.00% 0.04% IRT
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -8.0% -5.9% -7.7% INVH
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -9.0%/yr -8.1%/yr -10.2%/yr INVH
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 21.9% 21.4% 20.6% SUI
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 69/100 49/100 INVH

Percentile Scorecard

IRTINVHSUI

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

AxisIRTINVHSUI
Valuation 49 #74 of 145 54 #67 of 145 37 #92 of 145
Growth 54 #66 of 141 72 #40 of 141 34 #94 of 141
Profitability 50 #67 of 134 80 #28 of 134 35 #87 of 134
Financial Health 74 #37 of 138 54 #64 of 138 90 #15 of 138
Shareholder Returns 26 #97 of 131 83 #23 of 131 49 #68 of 131
Overall 51 69 49
  • IRT ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • INVH ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs
  • SUI ranked among 149 companies in Property REITs

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodIRTINVHSUISPY
1 month +1.5%+2.1%+2.4% -0.2%
3 months -10.9%-9.6%-7.5% +3.9%
6 months -8.9%-3.4%-10.4% +8.2%
Year to date -14.9%-2.2%-7.2% +12.9%
1 year -8.0%-5.9%-7.7% +12.3%
3 years +21.9%-5.6%+6.4% +87.4%
3 years, per year +6.8%-1.9%+2.1% +23.3%
5 years -37.6%-34.3%-41.4% +67.9%
5 years, per year -9.0%-8.1%-10.2% +10.9%
10 years +73.5%—+51.5% +261.1%
10 years, per year +5.7%—+4.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureIRTINVHSUISPY
Volatility, 1Y 21.9%21.4%20.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 23.6%21.3%20.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.160.07-0.07 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.37-0.27-0.37 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -57.1%-46.2%-51.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.3%-11.1%-16.2% -1.2%
52-week high $17.77$30.59$137.18 $779.14
52-week low $14.46$24.39$110.01 $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.

MultipleIRTINVHSUI
P/E now vs peer median 80.5xmedian 26.3x 24.4xmedian 26.3x -18.4xmedian 26.3x
P/S now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 4.0x 5.6xmedian 4.0x 5.7xmedian 4.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.4x —median 14.4x 18.6xmedian 14.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median -959.9xmedian 23.3x 30.7xmedian 23.3x 34.9xmedian 23.3x
P/B now vs peer median 1.0xmedian 1.3x 1.8xmedian 1.3x 2.6xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median -5.13median 1.91 1.53median 1.91 0.23median 1.91

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 monthsIRTINVHSUI
Revenue $666.83M $2.86B $2.41B
Gross profit – – $2.13B
Operating income – – $256.50M
Net income $44.30M $662.98M -$772.80M
Free cash flow -$3.65M $523.34M $395.00M
EPS (diluted) $0.18 $1.11 $-6.13
Cash & equivalents $46.70M $75.79M $699.30M
Total debt $2.44B $8.53B $1.79B
Shares (diluted) 236.04M 592.50M 123.20M
Enterprise value $3.22B $15.32B $11.36B

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
MetricIRTINVHSUI
P/E 80.5x 24.4x -18.4x
P/FCF -959.9x 30.7x 34.9x
P/Operating cash flow 12.7x 13.4x 16.1x
P/S 5.3x 5.6x 5.7x
P/B 1.0x 1.8x 2.6x
P/Tangible book 1.0x 1.8x 2.6x
EV/EBITDA – – 18.6x
EV/EBIT – – 58.0x
EV/Revenue 8.9x 8.6x 6.2x
EV/FCF -1,616x 46.8x 37.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 21.4x 20.4x 17.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -5.13 1.53 0.23

Growth

14 metrics
MetricIRTINVHSUI
Revenue growth (1Y) 3.5% 6.7% 18.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.9% 6.9% -8.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 15.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – -5.7%
Operating income growth (1Y) – – 311.6%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – 8.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 57.0% 21.2% -172.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -14.6% 14.7% -85.6%
EPS growth (1Y) 55.3% 25.3% -175.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -15.7% 16.0% -81.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 0.2% 6.2% 5.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 1.3% 3.9% 6.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 98.0% 506.6% -6.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 71.2% -0.1% 46.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricIRTINVHSUI
Gross margin – – 88.3%
EBITDA margin – – 33.2%
Operating margin – – 10.6%
Pretax margin – – 3.9%
Net margin 6.5% 23.1% -31.4%
FCF margin -0.5% 18.3% 16.4%
Operating cash flow margin 41.4% 42.0% 35.5%
Return on equity 1.3% 7.3% -14.2%
Return on assets 0.7% 3.6% -7.5%
Return on invested capital – – 3.5%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.2x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 6.2x 1.8x -1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 1.2% 1.0% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricIRTINVHSUI
Debt / assets 40.1% 46.2% 18.2%
Debt / equity 0.7x 0.9x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 1.4x
Debt / FCF -669.1x 16.3x 4.5x
Liabilities / assets 42.8% 50.7% 46.1%
Equity / assets 57.2% 49.3% 53.9%
Interest coverage – – 1.6x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricIRTINVHSUI
Dividend yield 4.7% 4.4% 3.8%
Net buyback yield -2.4% 3.4% 4.0%
Shareholder yield 2.4% 7.8% 7.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 363.2% – -71.7%
Payout ratio (FCF) -4,405% – 140.3%
Dividend growth (1Y) 10.2% – -46.4%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 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.

ConsensusIRTINVHSUI
Forward P/E 106.2xFY2026 28.3xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $0.14FY2026 $0.96FY2026 $-5.88FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -41.7%FY2026 0.0%FY2026 -154.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +50.0% -20.8% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $637.39MFY2026 $3.11BFY2026 $2.04BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -2.9%FY2026 +13.7%FY2026 -11.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +20.7% -4.5% -4.9%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersIRTINVHSUI
Held by institutions 98.8% 100.0% 100.0%
Institutions holding 395 622 530
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.0% +9.1% +6.1%
Institutions buying 189 338 258
Institutions selling 140 215 197
Buyers to sellers 1.35 1.57 1.31

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.

IRTINVHSUI
IRT 1.00 0.62 0.55
INVH 0.62 1.00 0.52
SUI 0.55 0.52 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, IRT, INVH and SUI?

Invitation Homes (INVH) is the largest by market capitalisation: Independence Realty Trust (IRT) $3.41B, Invitation Homes (INVH) $15.80B, Sun Communities (SUI) $13.33B.

Which stock is cheaper, IRT, INVH and SUI?

Invitation Homes (INVH) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Independence Realty Trust (IRT) 78.4x, Invitation Homes (INVH) 24.0x, Sun Communities (SUI) -17.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Invitation Homes (INVH) is cheapest (Independence Realty Trust (IRT) 106.2x, Invitation Homes (INVH) 28.3x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Sun Communities (SUI) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Independence Realty Trust (IRT) +3.5%, Invitation Homes (INVH) +6.7%, Sun Communities (SUI) +18.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Invitation Homes (INVH) has the highest net margin (Independence Realty Trust (IRT) 6.5%, Invitation Homes (INVH) 23.1%, Sun Communities (SUI) -31.4%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Invitation Homes (INVH) returned the most: Independence Realty Trust (IRT) -8.0%, Invitation Homes (INVH) -5.9%, Sun Communities (SUI) -7.7%. Over five years, Invitation Homes (INVH) compounded fastest (Independence Realty Trust (IRT) -9.0%/yr, Invitation Homes (INVH) -8.1%/yr, Sun Communities (SUI) -10.2%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Independence Realty Trust (IRT) has the highest dividend yield: Independence Realty Trust (IRT) 0.05%, Invitation Homes (INVH) 0.00%, Sun Communities (SUI) 0.04%. Invitation Homes (INVH) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sun Communities (SUI) has been the steadiest (Independence Realty Trust (IRT) 21.9%, Invitation Homes (INVH) 21.4%, Sun Communities (SUI) 20.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, IRT, INVH and SUI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Invitation Homes (INVH) leads on 7. 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.