NYSE:AVB - AvalonBay Communities Stock Price, Forecast & News

AvalonBay Communities trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "AVB."

AvalonBay Communities declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $1.52 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $6.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.85%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. View AvalonBay Communities' Dividend History.

AvalonBay Communities Inc (NYSE:AVB) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October, 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $2.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.80. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $587.61 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $585.86 million. AvalonBay Communities had a net margin of 45.56% and a return on equity of 9.35%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.39 EPS. View AvalonBay Communities' Earnings History.

AvalonBay Communities is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 3rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for AvalonBay Communities.

15 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for AvalonBay Communities' shares. Their forecasts range from $210.00 to $244.00. On average, they expect AvalonBay Communities' share price to reach $223.79 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for AvalonBay Communities.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AvalonBay Communities in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for AvalonBay Communities.

News stories about AVB stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AvalonBay Communities earned a media sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for AvalonBay Communities.

AvalonBay Communities saw a decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,820,000 shares, a decrease of 17.5% from the September 30th total of 3,420,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 664,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.2 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. View AvalonBay Communities' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to AvalonBay Communities include Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), UDR (UDR), Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), American Campus Communities (ACC), UMH PROPERTIES/SH SH (UMH), Associated Estates Realty (AEC) and Home Properties (HME).

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AvalonBay Communities' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (7.26%), Parnassus Investments CA (1.04%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.82%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.56%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.54%) and Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (0.41%). Company insiders that own AvalonBay Communities stock include Edward M Schulman, Keri A Shea, Kevin P O'shea, Leo S Horey III, Sean J Breslin, Stephen W Wilson, Timothy J Naughton and William M Mclaughlin. View Institutional Ownership Trends for AvalonBay Communities.

AVB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Millennium Management LLC, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Sandler Capital Management, Artemis Investment Management LLP, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Scout Investments Inc., Presima Inc. and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA. Company insiders that have sold AvalonBay Communities company stock in the last year include Edward M Schulman, Keri A Shea, Kevin P O'shea, Leo S Horey III, Sean J Breslin, Stephen W Wilson, Timothy J Naughton and William M Mclaughlin. View Insider Buying and Selling for AvalonBay Communities.

AVB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Payden & Rygel, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Cincinnati Financial Corp, California Public Employees Retirement System, Parnassus Investments CA, Cincinnati Insurance Co. and Voloridge Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for AvalonBay Communities.

Shares of AVB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of AVB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $213.55.

AvalonBay Communities has a market capitalization of $29.82 billion and generates $2.28 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $974.53 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.00 on an earnings per share basis. AvalonBay Communities employs 3,087 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About AvalonBay Communities.

The official website for AvalonBay Communities is http://www.avalonbay.com/.

AvalonBay Communities' mailing address is 671 N. GLEBE ROAD SUITE 800, ARLINGTON VA, 22203. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 703-329-6300 or via email at [email protected]