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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
DRE Duke Realty	$48.20	$57.08	$47.12 ▼ $66.22	$18.56B	0.8	2.76 million shs	N/A
ESS Essex Property Trust	$250.31 +0.2%	$239.92	$203.85 ▼ $253.53	$16.07B	0.79	406,638 shs	393,405 shs
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$133.00 +1.0%	$129.33	$115.56 ▼ $158.46	$15.53B	0.8	889,663 shs	1.07 million shs
SUI Sun Communities	$117.30 +0.6%	$125.83	$102.74 ▼ $141.52	$14.62B	0.83	818,827 shs	688,534 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
DRE Duke Realty	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
ESS Essex Property Trust	+1.86%	+1.05%	+6.08%	+5.88%	+15.30%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	+0.80%	+3.51%	+3.31%	+2.87%	-11.97%
SUI Sun Communities	+3.46%	-1.92%	-5.44%	-8.23%	-12.83%

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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
DRE Duke Realty	1.6664 of 5 stars	0.0	0.0	2.5	2.6	0.0	1.7	2.5
ESS Essex Property Trust	4.469 of 5 stars	2.1	3.0	4.2	2.5	3.9	1.7	1.9
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	4.4083 of 5 stars	2.0	3.0	4.2	2.9	2.4	2.5	1.9
SUI Sun Communities	4.7255 of 5 stars	3.3	3.0	2.5	2.8	3.1	2.5	1.9

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
DRE Duke Realty	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
ESS Essex Property Trust	2.17	Hold	$247.24	-1.23% Downside
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	2.07	Hold	$143.06	7.56% Upside
SUI Sun Communities	2.55	Moderate Buy	$138.92	18.43% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest ESS, DRE, SUI, and MAA Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
5/2/2024	SUI Sun Communities	JMP Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Outperform ➝ Market Outperform	$150.00
5/1/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$239.50 ➝ $243.50
5/1/2024	SUI Sun Communities	Royal Bank of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$142.00 ➝ $130.00
5/1/2024	SUI Sun Communities	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$145.00 ➝ $128.00
4/29/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$240.00
4/29/2024	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$135.00
4/23/2024	SUI Sun Communities	JMP Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Outperform ➝ Market Outperform	$150.00
4/9/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$259.00 ➝ $255.00
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
4/1/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$250.00 ➝ $275.00
3/28/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$276.00 ➝ $259.00

(Data available from 5/3/2021 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
DRE Duke Realty	$1.11B	16.78	$3.22 per share	14.99	$16.12 per share	2.99
ESS Essex Property Trust	$1.67B	9.63	$15.27 per share	16.39	$89.15 per share	2.81
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.15B	7.23	$9.82 per share	13.55	$53.82 per share	2.47
SUI Sun Communities	$3.22B	4.53	$6.67 per share	17.59	$59.74 per share	1.96

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
DRE Duke Realty	$852.90M	$2.49	19.36	22.63	3.22	85.63%	15.66%	9.29%	N/A
ESS Essex Property Trust	$405.83M	$8.18	30.60	16.04	3.60	31.18%	9.22%	4.20%	7/25/2024 (Estimated)
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$552.81M	$4.77	27.88	14.58	2.93	25.92%	8.88%	4.91%	7/24/2024 (Estimated)
SUI Sun Communities	-$201M	$1.16	101.12	15.47	1.01	4.46%	1.83%	0.83%	7/24/2024 (Estimated)

Latest ESS, DRE, SUI, and MAA Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Details
5/2/2024	Q1 2024	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.23	$1.22	-$1.01	$1.22	$541.44 million	$543.60 million
2/8/2024	Q4 23	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.30	$1.37	-$0.93	$1.37	$542.64 million	$542.25 million

Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
DRE Duke Realty	$1.12	2.32%	N/A	44.98%	N/A
ESS Essex Property Trust	$9.80	3.92%	+3.60%	119.80%	30 Years
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$5.88	4.42%	+11.88%	123.27%	15 Years
SUI Sun Communities	$3.76	3.21%	+5.59%	324.14%	8 Years

Latest ESS, DRE, SUI, and MAA 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
3/1/2024	SUI Sun Communities	quarterly	$0.94	2.83%	3/27/2024	3/29/2024	4/15/2024
2/22/2024	ESS Essex Property Trust	quarterly	$2.45	4.26%	3/27/2024	3/29/2024	4/12/2024

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
DRE Duke Realty	0.61	1.23	1.23
ESS Essex Property Trust	1.14	3.26	3.26
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
DRE Duke Realty	95.44%
ESS Essex Property Trust	96.51%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	93.60%
SUI Sun Communities	99.59%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
DRE Duke Realty	0.44%
ESS Essex Property Trust	3.80%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	1.30%
SUI Sun Communities	1.89%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
DRE Duke Realty	340	384.99 million	383.30 million	Optionable
ESS Essex Property Trust	1,750	64.21 million	61.77 million	Optionable
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	2,427	116.73 million	115.21 million	Optionable
SUI Sun Communities	6,780	124.64 million	122.29 million	Optionable

ESS, DRE, SUI, and MAA Headlines

Source	Headline
	Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) Price Target Cut to $128.00 americanbankingnews.com - May 3 at 6:16 AM
	Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) Price Target Cut to $130.00 americanbankingnews.com - May 3 at 5:32 AM
	Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) Rating Reiterated by JMP Securities marketbeat.com - May 2 at 3:38 PM
	JMP Securities Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on Sun Communities (SUI) markets.businessinsider.com - May 2 at 8:37 AM
	Royal Bank of Canada Cuts Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) Price Target to $130.00 marketbeat.com - May 1 at 1:34 PM
	Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript finance.yahoo.com - May 1 at 12:31 PM
	Sun Communities Inc (SUI) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript Highlights: Strategic Shifts and ... finance.yahoo.com - May 1 at 7:31 AM
	Q1 2024 Sun Communities Inc Earnings Call finance.yahoo.com - May 1 at 7:31 AM
	New York State Common Retirement Fund Sells 12,223 Shares of Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) marketbeat.com - May 1 at 5:29 AM
	Equity LifeStyle Properties declares $0.4775 dividend msn.com - May 1 at 2:29 AM
	Sun Sui Wah Seafood Restaurant msn.com - May 1 at 2:29 AM
	Buy Rating Affirmed: Sun Communities’ Solid Q1 Performance and Growth Prospects markets.businessinsider.com - April 30 at 3:57 PM
	Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) Shares Gap Down to $120.31 marketbeat.com - April 30 at 1:07 PM
	Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) Stock Position Lifted by Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. marketbeat.com - April 30 at 12:39 PM
	SUI Stock Earnings: Sun Communities Beats EPS, Beats Revenue for Q1 2024 investorplace.com - April 29 at 11:11 PM
	Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) Issues FY24 Earnings Guidance marketbeat.com - April 29 at 9:14 PM
	Sun Communities: Q1 Earnings Snapshot sfgate.com - April 29 at 7:52 PM
	Sun Communities Inc (SUI) Reports Mixed Q1 2024 Results Amidst Revenue Growth and Net Losses finance.yahoo.com - April 29 at 7:52 PM
	Sun Communities (SUI) Q1 FFO and Revenues Top Estimates zacks.com - April 29 at 7:21 PM
	Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) Shares Sold by Anchor Capital Advisors LLC marketbeat.com - April 29 at 5:17 PM
	Sun Communities, Inc. Reports 2024 First Quarter Results globenewswire.com - April 29 at 5:04 PM
	Sun Communities earnings preview: what Wall Street is expecting markets.businessinsider.com - April 28 at 2:02 PM
	California Public Employees Retirement System Lowers Holdings in Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) marketbeat.com - April 28 at 5:59 AM
	PGGM Investments Reduces Stock Holdings in Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) marketbeat.com - April 27 at 5:38 PM

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Company Descriptions

Duke Realty

NYSE:DRE

Duke Realty Corporation owns and operates approximately 159 million rentable square feet of industrial assets in 20 major logistics markets. Duke Realty Corporation is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol DRE and is a member of the S&P 500 Index.

Essex Property Trust

NYSE:ESS

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

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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