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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Stocks - Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
EQR Equity Residential	$63.43 +1.4%	$61.58	$52.57 ▼ $69.45	$24.04B	0.84	2.06 million shs	1.14 million shs
ESS Essex Property Trust	$243.13 +1.4%	$237.58	$203.85 ▼ $252.85	$15.61B	0.8	394,054 shs	247,336 shs
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$127.49 +0.0%	$128.96	$115.56 ▼ $158.46	$14.88B	0.8	876,419 shs	242,066 shs
SUI Sun Communities	$120.07 +1.5%	$127.74	$102.74 ▼ $141.52	$14.97B	0.8	799,464 shs	287,541 shs

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Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
EQR Equity Residential	+1.62%	+3.10%	+0.60%	+5.07%	+2.02%
ESS Essex Property Trust	+2.01%	+1.83%	-0.87%	+0.47%	+12.93%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	+1.10%	+0.67%	-2.58%	-6.00%	-15.09%
SUI Sun Communities	+0.43%	-1.84%	-8.08%	-8.13%	-15.34%

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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
EQR Equity Residential	4.3101 of 5 stars	2.2	3.0	2.5	2.9	3.2	2.5	1.9
ESS Essex Property Trust	4.3975 of 5 stars	2.1	3.0	4.2	2.5	3.7	1.7	1.9
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	4.7759 of 5 stars	3.0	3.0	4.2	2.9	2.9	2.5	1.9
SUI Sun Communities	4.8879 of 5 stars	3.3	5.0	2.5	2.8	3.6	2.5	1.9

Analyst Ratings

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
EQR Equity Residential	2.36	Hold	$65.75	3.66% Upside
ESS Essex Property Trust	2.17	Hold	$245.37	0.92% Upside
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	2.07	Hold	$143.18	12.30% Upside
SUI Sun Communities	2.50	Moderate Buy	$141.17	17.57% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings

Latest MAA, SUI, EQR, and ESS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
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
4/22/2024	EQR Equity Residential	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Market Perform ➝ Outperform	$68.00 ➝ $70.00
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	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
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	ESS Essex Property Trust	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$291.00
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

(Data available from 4/23/2021 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
EQR Equity Residential	$2.87B	8.36	$4.76 per share	13.32	$29.63 per share	2.14
ESS Essex Property Trust	$1.67B	9.35	$15.49 per share	15.70	$87.15 per share	2.79
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.15B	6.93	$9.75 per share	13.08	$53.82 per share	2.37
SUI Sun Communities	$3.22B	4.64	$6.54 per share	18.36	$59.74 per share	2.01

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
EQR Equity Residential	$835.44M	$2.20	28.83	15.90	3.57	29.07%	7.43%	4.16%	4/23/2024 (Confirmed)
ESS Essex Property Trust	$405.83M	$6.31	38.53	15.60	3.47	24.31%	7.10%	3.29%	4/30/2024 (Confirmed)
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$552.81M	$4.71	27.07	13.87	2.83	25.73%	8.74%	4.85%	5/1/2024 (Confirmed)
SUI Sun Communities	-$201M	$1.14	105.33	15.78	7.53	4.40%	1.79%	0.82%	4/29/2024 (Confirmed)

Latest MAA, SUI, EQR, and ESS 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
4/30/2024	N/A	ESS Essex Property Trust	$3.74	N/A	-$3.74	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
4/23/2024	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
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
EQR Equity Residential	$2.70	4.26%	+3.22%	122.73%	3 Years
ESS Essex Property Trust	$9.80	4.03%	+3.60%	155.31%	30 Years
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$5.88	4.61%	+11.87%	124.84%	15 Years
SUI Sun Communities	$3.76	3.13%	+5.59%	329.83%	8 Years

Latest MAA, SUI, EQR, and ESS 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
3/14/2024	EQR Equity Residential	quarterly	$0.6750	4.33%	3/22/2024	3/25/2024	4/12/2024
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
EQR Equity Residential	0.66	0.30	0.30
ESS Essex Property Trust	1.11	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
EQR Equity Residential	92.68%
ESS Essex Property Trust	96.51%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	93.60%
SUI Sun Communities	99.59%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
EQR Equity Residential	1.00%
ESS Essex Property Trust	3.90%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	1.30%
SUI Sun Communities	1.89%

Miscellaneous

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
EQR Equity Residential	2,400	378.94 million	375.15 million	Optionable
ESS Essex Property Trust	1,750	64.21 million	61.70 million	Optionable
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	2,427	116.73 million	115.21 million	Optionable
SUI Sun Communities	6,733	124.64 million	122.29 million	Optionable

MAA, SUI, EQR, and ESS Headlines

Source	Headline
	Sun Communities Stock: A Deep Dive Into Analyst Perspectives (5 Ratings) markets.businessinsider.com - April 23 at 1:39 PM
	Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) Earns "Market Outperform" Rating from JMP Securities marketbeat.com - April 23 at 11:23 AM
	Mutual of America Capital Management LLC Buys 7,701 Shares of Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) marketbeat.com - April 22 at 4:50 AM
	Sun Communities (SUI) to Release Earnings on Monday americanbankingnews.com - April 22 at 2:08 AM
	LRT Capital Management LLC Has $1.68 Million Position in Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) marketbeat.com - April 21 at 12:55 PM
	Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank Purchases 25,363 Shares of Sun Communities, Inc. (NYSE:SUI) marketbeat.com - April 20 at 6:34 AM
	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

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Company Descriptions

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.

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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