AIV vs. UMH, AVB, EQR, ESS, MAA, SUI, UDR, CPT, ELS, and SLG
Should you be buying Apartment Investment and Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apartment Investment and Management include UMH Properties (UMH), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), UDR (UDR), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), and SL Green Realty (SLG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Apartment Investment and Management vs.
Apartment Investment and Management (NYSE:AIV) and UMH Properties (NYSE:UMH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation and earnings.
Apartment Investment and Management received 136 more outperform votes than UMH Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.72% of users gave Apartment Investment and Management an outperform vote while only 58.64% of users gave UMH Properties an outperform vote.
UMH Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Apartment Investment and Management. Apartment Investment and Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UMH Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
UMH Properties has a net margin of 11.81% compared to Apartment Investment and Management's net margin of -119.76%. UMH Properties' return on equity of 6.06% beat Apartment Investment and Management's return on equity.
In the previous week, UMH Properties had 7 more articles in the media than Apartment Investment and Management. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for UMH Properties and 0 mentions for Apartment Investment and Management. UMH Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.57 beat Apartment Investment and Management's score of 0.00 indicating that UMH Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
83.3% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of UMH Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 4.0% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of UMH Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Apartment Investment and Management has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UMH Properties has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
UMH Properties has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 21.70%. Given UMH Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe UMH Properties is more favorable than Apartment Investment and Management.
Apartment Investment and Management pays an annual dividend of $1.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.0%. UMH Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Apartment Investment and Management pays out -131.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UMH Properties pays out 750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UMH Properties has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Apartment Investment and Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
UMH Properties beats Apartment Investment and Management on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AIV) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
