EQR vs. AVB, ESS, SUI, MAA, UDR, ELS, CPT, IRM, SBAC, and ARE
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), Sun Communities (SUI), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), UDR (UDR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Iron Mountain (IRM), SBA Communications (SBAC), and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) and AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 34.05% compared to Equity Residential's net margin of 31.70%. Equity Residential's return on equity of 8.18% beat AvalonBay Communities' return on equity.
Equity Residential pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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 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 currently has a consensus price target of $66.04, indicating a potential upside of 1.38%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus price target of $196.78, indicating a potential upside of 2.78%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Equity Residential.
92.7% of Equity Residential shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Equity Residential shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 1 more articles in the media than Equity Residential. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 32 mentions for Equity Residential. Equity Residential's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 0.40 indicating that Equity Residential is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AvalonBay Communities has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Equity Residential has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.92, indicating that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AvalonBay Communities received 171 more outperform votes than Equity Residential when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.37% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 47.95% of users gave Equity Residential an outperform vote.
Summary
AvalonBay Communities beats Equity Residential on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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