AIV vs. AVB, BRX, CPT, EQR, ESS, FRT, IRT, KIM, MAA, and UDR
Should you be buying Apartment Investment and Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apartment Investment and Management include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Kimco Realty (KIM), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), and United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Apartment Investment and Management vs. Its Competitors
AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and Apartment Investment and Management (NYSE:AIV) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apartment Investment and Management has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.0% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 10 more articles in the media than Apartment Investment and Management. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 3 mentions for Apartment Investment and Management. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Apartment Investment and Management's score of 0.75 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus price target of $217.46, suggesting a potential upside of 16.60%. Apartment Investment and Management has a consensus price target of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.41%. Given Apartment Investment and Management's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Apartment Investment and Management is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.
AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 38.91% compared to Apartment Investment and Management's net margin of -30.59%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.70% beat Apartment Investment and Management's return on equity.
AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Apartment Investment and Management pays an annual dividend of $1.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 86.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Apartment Investment and Management pays out -210.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AvalonBay Communities has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Apartment Investment and Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Apartment Investment and Management. Apartment Investment and Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AvalonBay Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AvalonBay Communities beats Apartment Investment and Management on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:AIV) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
