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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties	$60.66 +0.6%	$61.54	$58.15 ▼ $76.60	$11.68B	0.7	1.97 million shs	1.22 million shs
ESS Essex Property Trust	$259.56 +1.3%	$278.38	$243.85 ▼ $317.73	$16.50B	0.8	634,091 shs	378,401 shs
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$140.88 +0.6%	$147.69	$137.32 ▼ $173.38	$16.39B	0.75	899,827 shs	927,467 shs
SUI Sun Communities	$127.71 +0.4%	$125.46	$109.22 ▼ $147.83	$15.92B	0.83	1.17 million shs	638,738 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties	+0.48%	+0.81%	-1.80%	-6.51%	-15.14%
ESS Essex Property Trust	+1.26%	+2.00%	-9.29%	-10.06%	-9.30%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	+0.56%	+0.25%	-6.31%	-13.87%	-8.12%
SUI Sun Communities	+0.53%	+1.81%	+1.68%	+3.47%	-3.18%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties	4.7554 of 5 stars	3.5	4.0	3.3	3.0	4.2	1.7	0.6
ESS Essex Property Trust	4.5672 of 5 stars	3.2	2.0	4.2	2.5	3.4	1.7	1.3
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	4.7336 of 5 stars	3.2	5.0	4.2	2.9	3.2	1.7	0.6
SUI Sun Communities	4.8194 of 5 stars	2.2	5.0	3.3	2.8	4.0	3.3	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties	2.92	Moderate Buy	$71.50	17.87% Upside
ESS Essex Property Trust	2.32	Hold	$302.86	16.68% Upside
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	2.37	Hold	$163.21	15.85% Upside
SUI Sun Communities	2.33	Hold	$138.43	8.39% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ESS, MAA, SUI, and ELS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/14/2025	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Sector Outperform ➝ Sector Outperform	$180.00 ➝ $170.00
8/14/2025	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$161.00 ➝ $150.00
8/13/2025	ESS Essex Property Trust	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$304.00 ➝ $285.00
8/13/2025	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$177.00 ➝ $169.00
8/13/2025	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$180.00 ➝ $170.00
8/12/2025	ESS Essex Property Trust	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$295.00 ➝ $283.00
8/12/2025	ESS Essex Property Trust	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$335.00 ➝ $298.00
8/12/2025	ESS Essex Property Trust	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	In-Line ➝ In-Line	$285.00 ➝ $279.00
8/12/2025	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$172.00 ➝ $156.00
8/12/2025	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	In-Line ➝ In-Line	$155.00 ➝ $152.00
8/11/2025	SUI Sun Communities	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$126.00 ➝ $134.00

(Data available from 8/16/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties	$1.43B	8.21	$3.06 per share	19.80	$9.36 per share	6.48
ESS Essex Property Trust	$1.77B	9.42	$20.97 per share	12.38	$90.15 per share	2.88
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.20B	7.50	$9.64 per share	14.61	$51.84 per share	2.72
SUI Sun Communities	$3.22B	4.96	$7.49 per share	17.06	$62.26 per share	2.05

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties	$367.01M	$1.93	31.43	18.66	3.22	24.13%	21.12%	6.49%	10/20/2025 (Estimated)
ESS Essex Property Trust	$741.52M	$12.44	20.86	15.66	6.59	43.51%	13.98%	6.16%	11/4/2025 (Estimated)
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$527.54M	$4.86	28.99	15.28	3.74	25.98%	9.35%	4.84%	10/29/2025 (Estimated)
SUI Sun Communities	$101.80M	$10.22	12.50	18.19	6.56	48.86%	-0.60%	-0.29%	N/A

Latest ESS, MAA, SUI, and ELS Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.14	$2.15	+$0.01	$2.15	$552.19 million	$549.90 million
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	SUI Sun Communities	$1.67	$1.76	+$0.09	$13.01	$614.79 million	$623.50 million
7/29/2025	Q2 2025	ESS Essex Property Trust	$3.99	$4.03	+$0.04	$4.03	$466.47 million	$465.84 million
7/21/2025	Q2 2025	ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties	$0.69	$0.69	N/A	$0.69	$377.59 million	$313.29 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties	$2.06	3.40%	N/A	106.74%	21 Years
ESS Essex Property Trust	$10.28	3.96%	N/A	82.64%	31 Years
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$6.06	4.30%	N/A	124.69%	16 Years
SUI Sun Communities	$4.16	3.26%	N/A	40.70%	8 Years

Latest ESS, MAA, SUI, and ELS Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/29/2025	ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties	quarterly	$0.5150	3.43%	9/26/2025	9/26/2025	10/10/2025
5/20/2025	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	quarterly	$1.5150	3.78%	7/15/2025	7/15/2025	7/31/2025
6/4/2025	SUI Sun Communities	quarterly	$1.04	3.34%	6/30/2025	6/30/2025	7/31/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties	0.24	0.04	0.04
ESS Essex Property Trust	1.16	1.09	1.09
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	0.83	0.10	0.10
SUI Sun Communities	0.55	7.08	7.08

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties	97.21%
ESS Essex Property Trust	96.51%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	93.60%
SUI Sun Communities	99.59%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties	1.40%
ESS Essex Property Trust	3.46%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	1.20%
SUI Sun Communities	1.77%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ELS Equity Lifestyle Properties	3,800	193.79 million	191.08 million	Optionable
ESS Essex Property Trust	1,715	64.40 million	62.18 million	Optionable
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	2,532	117.07 million	115.67 million	Optionable
SUI Sun Communities	6,590	125.15 million	122.94 million	Optionable

ESS, MAA, SUI, and ELS Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Resona Asset Management Co. Ltd. Boosts Holdings in Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI)

2 hours ago | marketbeat.com

Virtu Financial LLC Purchases New Position in Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI)

August 15 at 4:59 AM | marketbeat.com

Vision Capital Corp Reduces Stake in Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI)

August 14 at 7:28 AM | marketbeat.com

Nuveen LLC Invests $112.40 Million in Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI)

August 14 at 5:04 AM | marketbeat.com

Forsta AP Fonden Has $2.19 Million Stock Position in Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI)

August 14 at 4:24 AM | marketbeat.com

Russell Investments Group Ltd. Purchases 239,017 Shares of Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI)

August 13 at 7:04 AM | marketbeat.com

Morgan Stanley Initiated Coverage of Sun Communities (SUI) with an Equal Weight Rating

August 13 at 4:40 AM | msn.com

Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) Shares Acquired by Swiss National Bank

August 13 at 4:06 AM | marketbeat.com

Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) Stock Price Expected to Rise, Robert W. Baird Analyst Says

August 13 at 2:55 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Robert W. Baird Forecasts Strong Price Appreciation for Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) Stock

August 12, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. Acquires 16,431 Shares of Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI)

August 12, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. Acquires 17,415 Shares of Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI)

August 12, 2025 | marketbeat.com

New Age Alpha Advisors LLC Sells 17,742 Shares of Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI)

August 12, 2025 | marketbeat.com

ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. Buys New Position in Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI)

August 11, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Deutsche Bank AG Buys 820,422 Shares of Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI)

August 10, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Vanguard Group Inc. Buys 403,923 Shares of Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI)

August 10, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) Upgraded by Wall Street Zen to "Hold" Rating

August 10, 2025 | marketbeat.com

How To Put $100 In Your Retirement Fund Each Month With Sun Communities Stock

August 9, 2025 | finance.yahoo.com

Davis Selected Advisers Invests $3.22 Million in Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI)

August 9, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Truist Financial Boosts Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) Price Target to $141.00

August 8, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) Shares Sold by Centersquare Investment Management LLC

August 7, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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ESS, MAA, SUI, and ELS Company Descriptions

Equity Lifestyle Properties NYSE:ELS

$60.66 +0.37 (+0.61%)

Closing price 08/15/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$60.69 +0.03 (+0.05%)

As of 08/15/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the ownership and operation of lifestyle-oriented properties consisting primarily of manufactured home, and recreational vehicle communities. It operates through the following segments: Property Operations and Home Sales and Rentals Operations. The Property Operations segment owns and operates land lease properties. The Home Sales and Rentals Operations segment purchases, sells, and leases homes. The company was founded by James M. Hankins in December 1992 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Essex Property Trust NYSE:ESS

$259.56 +3.36 (+1.31%)

Closing price 08/15/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$259.33 -0.23 (-0.09%)

As of 08/15/2025 05:36 PM Eastern

Essex Property Trust, Inc., an S&P 500 company, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires, develops, redevelops, and manages multifamily residential properties in selected West Coast markets. Essex currently has ownership interests in 252 apartment communities comprising approximately 62,000 apartment homes with an additional property in active development.

Mid-America Apartment Communities NYSE:MAA

$140.88 +0.85 (+0.61%)

Closing price 08/15/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$140.90 +0.03 (+0.02%)

As of 08/15/2025 06:01 PM Eastern

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the operation, acquisition, and development of apartment communities. It operates through the Same Store and Non-Same Store segments. The Same Store Communities segment represents those apartment communities that have been owned and stabilized for at least 12 months as of the first day of the calendar year. The Non-Same Store segment includes recent acquisitions, communities in development or lease-up. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Germantown, TN.

Sun Communities NYSE:SUI

$127.71 +0.50 (+0.39%)

Closing price 08/15/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$127.78 +0.07 (+0.05%)

As of 08/15/2025 07:13 PM Eastern

Established in 1975, Sun Communities, Inc. became a publicly owned corporation in December 1993. The Company is a fully integrated REIT listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol: SUI. As of December 31, 2023, the Company owned, operated, or had an interest in a portfolio of 667 developed MH, RV and Marina properties comprising 179,310 developed sites and approximately 48,030 wet slips and dry storage spaces in the U.S., the UK and Canada.

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