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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$182.05 +0.6%	$180.96	$160.45 ▼ $198.65	$25.73B	0.92	676,571 shs	671,424 shs
EQR Equity Residential	$60.99 +1.0%	$61.46	$52.57 ▼ $69.45	$22.89B	0.84	1.69 million shs	1.61 million shs
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$124.62 -0.1%	$128.88	$115.56 ▼ $158.46	$14.57B	0.8	664,426 shs	1.02 million shs
SUI Sun Communities	$117.95 -0.3%	$128.05	$102.74 ▼ $141.52	$14.75B	0.8	543,241 shs	545,105 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AVB AvalonBay Communities	+0.61%	-2.10%	-0.06%	+0.91%	+3.87%
EQR Equity Residential	+0.98%	-2.87%	-1.98%	+0.71%	-1.79%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	-0.14%	-5.55%	-4.45%	-7.85%	-17.24%
SUI Sun Communities	-0.36%	-3.78%	-9.34%	-8.70%	-15.35%

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MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AVB AvalonBay Communities	4.5124 of 5 stars	2.3	5.0	2.5	2.4	3.3	2.5	1.9
EQR Equity Residential	4.0394 of 5 stars	2.1	3.0	2.5	2.9	2.1	2.5	1.9
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	4.5911 of 5 stars	3.0	3.0	4.2	2.9	1.4	2.5	1.9
SUI Sun Communities	4.74 of 5 stars	3.3	5.0	2.5	2.8	3.1	2.5	1.3

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AVB AvalonBay Communities	2.50	Moderate Buy	$196.78	8.09% Upside
EQR Equity Residential	2.29	Hold	$65.32	7.10% Upside
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	2.07	Hold	$143.18	14.89% Upside
SUI Sun Communities	2.50	Moderate Buy	$141.17	19.68% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest EQR, AVB, MAA, and SUI Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/9/2024	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$201.00 ➝ $197.00
4/9/2024	EQR Equity Residential	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$71.00 ➝ $67.00
4/9/2024	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$152.00 ➝ $148.00
3/26/2024	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$207.00
3/26/2024	EQR Equity Residential	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$62.00
3/26/2024	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$140.00
3/21/2024	SUI Sun Communities	Compass Point Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$116.00 ➝ $125.00
3/20/2024	SUI Sun Communities	JMP Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Outperform ➝ Market Outperform	$150.00
3/18/2024	EQR Equity Residential	Raymond James Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Market Perform
3/18/2024	SUI Sun Communities	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$143.00 ➝ $136.00
3/14/2024	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$203.00 ➝ $201.00

(Data available from 4/19/2021 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$2.77B	9.35	$12.65 per share	14.39	$82.97 per share	2.19
EQR Equity Residential	$2.87B	8.04	$4.66 per share	13.08	$29.63 per share	2.06
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.15B	6.77	$9.62 per share	12.95	$53.82 per share	2.32
SUI Sun Communities	$3.22B	4.56	$6.39 per share	18.45	$59.74 per share	1.97

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
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$928.83M	$6.55	27.79	15.97	3.37	33.56%	7.98%	4.51%	4/25/2024 (Confirmed)
EQR Equity Residential	$835.44M	$2.20	27.72	15.29	3.50	29.07%	7.43%	4.16%	4/23/2024 (Confirmed)
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$552.81M	$4.71	26.46	13.56	2.80	25.73%	8.74%	4.85%	5/1/2024 (Confirmed)
SUI Sun Communities	-$201M	$1.14	103.47	15.50	7.57	4.40%	1.79%	0.82%	4/29/2024 (Confirmed)

Latest EQR, AVB, MAA, and SUI Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/1/2024	N/A	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.24	N/A	-$2.24	N/A	N/A	N/A
4/29/2024	N/A	SUI Sun Communities	$1.16	N/A	-$1.16	N/A	N/A	N/A
4/25/2024	N/A	AVB AvalonBay Communities	$2.64	N/A	-$2.64	N/A	N/A	N/A
4/23/2024	N/A	EQR Equity Residential	$0.90	N/A	-$0.90	N/A	N/A	N/A
2/8/2024	Q4 23	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.30	$1.37	-$0.93	$1.37	$542.64 million	$542.25 million
2/6/2024	Q4 23	AVB AvalonBay Communities	$2.73	$1.70	-$1.03	$1.70	$701.67 million	$704.71 million
1/30/2024	Q4 23	EQR Equity Residential	$1.00	$0.82	-$0.18	$0.82	$725.07 million	$727.50 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$6.80	3.74%	+1.24%	103.82%	2 Years
EQR Equity Residential	$2.70	4.43%	+11.19%	122.73%	3 Years
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$5.88	4.72%	+11.87%	124.84%	15 Years
SUI Sun Communities	$3.76	3.19%	+5.59%	329.83%	8 Years

Latest EQR, AVB, MAA, and SUI Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
3/19/2024	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	quarterly	$1.47	4.51%	4/12/2024	4/15/2024	4/30/2024
1/31/2024	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Quarterly	$1.70	3.82%	3/27/2024	3/28/2024	4/15/2024
3/1/2024	SUI Sun Communities	quarterly	$0.94	2.83%	3/27/2024	3/29/2024	4/15/2024
3/14/2024	EQR Equity Residential	quarterly	$0.6750	4.33%	3/22/2024	3/25/2024	4/12/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AVB AvalonBay Communities	0.68	1.44	1.44
EQR Equity Residential	0.66	0.30	0.30
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	0.72	0.09	0.09
SUI Sun Communities	1.05	1.66	1.66

Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AVB AvalonBay Communities	92.61%
EQR Equity Residential	92.68%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	93.60%
SUI Sun Communities	99.59%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AVB AvalonBay Communities	0.42%
EQR Equity Residential	1.69%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	1.33%
SUI Sun Communities	1.89%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AVB AvalonBay Communities	3,039	142.18 million	141.59 million	Optionable
EQR Equity Residential	2,400	378.94 million	373.14 million	Optionable
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	2,427	116.73 million	115.18 million	Optionable
SUI Sun Communities	6,780	124.64 million	122.29 million	Optionable

EQR, AVB, MAA, and SUI Headlines

Source	Headline
	Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. Raises Stock Holdings in Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) marketbeat.com - April 18 at 5:57 AM
	Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) Shares Purchased by Daiwa Securities Group Inc. marketbeat.com - April 17 at 6:35 PM
	Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) Shares Purchased by Strs Ohio marketbeat.com - April 15 at 10:20 AM
	Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) Short Interest Down 17.1% in March americanbankingnews.com - April 14 at 5:20 AM
	Manufactured Housing REITs: Strong Buys In Volatile Times seekingalpha.com - April 13 at 8:03 AM
	Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) Given Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages americanbankingnews.com - April 13 at 2:46 AM
	96,700 Shares in Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) Bought by Baillie Gifford & Co. marketbeat.com - April 11 at 7:24 AM
	RBC Capital Remains a Buy on Sun Communities (SUI) markets.businessinsider.com - April 11 at 3:28 AM
	These Perfumes Come With Notes of Blood, Latex and Floorboards nytimes.com - April 10 at 2:06 AM
	DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale Acquires 25,850 Shares of Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) marketbeat.com - April 9 at 6:20 AM
	Ceredex Value Advisors LLC Invests $37.78 Million in Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) marketbeat.com - April 7 at 3:55 PM
	Asset Management One Co. Ltd. Sells 11,036 Shares of Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) marketbeat.com - April 5 at 12:36 PM
	Sun Communities, Inc. Releases 2023 ESG Report globenewswire.com - April 4 at 4:24 PM
	These 3 Real Estate Stocks With Over 3% Dividend Yields Are Recommended By Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts msn.com - April 3 at 11:22 AM
	These 3 Real Estate Stocks With Over 3% Dividend Yields Are Recommended By Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts - Invitation Homes (NYSE:INVH), Prologis (NYSE:PLD) benzinga.com - April 3 at 9:12 AM
	Sun Communities, Inc. Announces Dates for First Quarter 2024 Earnings Release and Conference Call globenewswire.com - April 2 at 4:56 PM
	UMH Properties: Appears Expensive But Worth Paying Up For FFO Growth seekingalpha.com - April 2 at 12:29 AM
	Osborne Partners Capital Management LLC Acquires 21,269 Shares of Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) marketbeat.com - April 1 at 11:37 AM
	Chilton Capital Management LLC Has $18.16 Million Stock Position in Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) marketbeat.com - March 30 at 8:54 AM
	Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) Director Craig Leupold Sells 2,500 Shares insidertrades.com - March 30 at 7:35 AM
	Insider Selling: Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) Director Sells 2,500 Shares of Stock marketbeat.com - March 29 at 6:40 PM
	Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) Shares Sold by Nordea Investment Management AB marketbeat.com - March 27 at 4:35 AM
	Insider Selling: Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) CEO Sells 4,000 Shares of Stock insidertrades.com - March 26 at 5:06 AM
	Insider Sell: CEO of Safe Harbor Marinas, LLC Sells Shares of Sun Communities Inc (SUI) finance.yahoo.com - March 25 at 5:46 PM

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Company Descriptions

AvalonBay Communities

NYSE:AVB

As of December 31, 2023, the Company owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 299 apartment communities containing 90,669 apartment homes in 12 states and the District of Columbia, of which 18 communities were under development. The Company is an equity REIT in the business of developing, redeveloping, acquiring and managing apartment communities in leading metropolitan areas in New England, the New York/New Jersey Metro area, the Mid-Atlantic, the Pacific Northwest, and Northern and Southern California, as well as in the Company's expansion regions of Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte, North Carolina, Southeast Florida, Dallas and Austin, Texas, and Denver, Colorado.

Equity Residential

NYSE:EQR

Equity Residential is committed to creating communities where people thrive. The Company, a member of the S&P 500, is focused on the acquisition, development and management of residential properties located in and around dynamic cities that attract affluent long-term renters. Equity Residential owns or has investments in 305 properties consisting of 80,683 apartment units, with an established presence in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco and Southern California, and an expanding presence in Denver, Atlanta, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Austin.

Mid-America Apartment Communities

NYSE:MAA

MAA, an S&P 500 company, is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on delivering full-cycle and superior investment performance for shareholders through the ownership, management, acquisition, development and redevelopment of quality apartment communities primarily in the Southeast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. As of December 31, 2023, MAA had ownership interest in 102,662 apartment units, including communities currently in development, across 16 states and the District of Columbia.

Sun Communities

NYSE:SUI

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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