EQR vs. AVB, ESS, MAA, SUI, UDR, ELS, CPT, AIV, UMH, and AMT
Should you be buying Equity Residential stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity Residential include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), UDR (UDR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), UMH Properties (UMH), and American Tower (AMT). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
AvalonBay Communities received 174 more outperform votes than Equity Residential when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.21% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 47.77% of users gave Equity Residential an outperform vote.
AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus price target of $204.89, suggesting a potential upside of 3.89%. Equity Residential has a consensus price target of $68.41, suggesting a potential upside of 5.13%. Given AvalonBay Communities' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Equity Residential is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.
AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Residential has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AvalonBay Communities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Equity Residential. Equity Residential is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AvalonBay Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 34.05% compared to AvalonBay Communities' net margin of 31.70%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 8.18% beat Equity Residential's return on equity.
In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 13 more articles in the media than Equity Residential. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 6 mentions for Equity Residential. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Equity Residential's score of 1.18 indicating that Equity Residential is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Equity Residential pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 101.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equity Residential pays out 112.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AvalonBay Communities has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Equity Residential has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Equity Residential is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Equity Residential shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Equity Residential shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
AvalonBay Communities beats Equity Residential on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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