AvalonBay Communities Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:AVB)

16 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AvalonBay Communities in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" AVB shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in AVB, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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16 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for AvalonBay Communities' stock. Their AVB share price targets range from $179.00 to $215.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $194.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.1% from the stock's current price.
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AvalonBay Communities' stock was trading at $161.52 at the start of the year. Since then, AVB shares have increased by 6.7% and is now trading at $172.33.
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AvalonBay Communities saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,450,000 shares, an increase of 10.9% from the October 15th total of 2,210,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 647,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 14th 2024.
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AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August, 1st. The real estate investment trust reported $2.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.60 by $0.01. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $690.86 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $675.67 million. AvalonBay Communities had a net margin of 33.96% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.07%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.43 EPS.
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AvalonBay Communities announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 29th will be paid a dividend of $1.65 per share on Tuesday, January 16th. This represents a $6.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.83%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 28th.
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AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) pays an annual dividend of $6.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.84%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 100.46%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, AVB will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.19% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) stock in their portfolio include Kelly Residential & Apartment Real Estate ETF (RESI), Residential REIT ETF (HAUS), ETFB Green SRI REITs ETF (RITA), iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF (REZ), Nuveen Short-Term REIT ETF (NURE), SP Funds S&P Global REIT Sharia ETF (SPRE), U.S. Diversified Real Estate ETF (PPTY) and FlexShares Global Quality Real Estate Index Fund (GQRE).

420 employees have rated AvalonBay Communities Chief Executive Officer Timothy J. Naughton on Glassdoor.com. Timothy J. Naughton has an approval rating of 90% among the company's employees.

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AvalonBay Communities' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.38%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.34%), Deutsche Bank AG (1.76%), Deutsche Bank AG (1.76%), Northern Trust Corp (1.60%) and Legal & General Group Plc (1.57%). Insiders that own company stock include Edward M Schulman, Edward M Schulman, Joanne M Lockridge, Keri A Shea, Kevin P O'shea, Kevin P O'shea, Matthew H Birenbaum, Sean J Breslin, Sean J Breslin, Timothy J Naughton and William M Mclaughlin.
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