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. Investors 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 2.77%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 30th. View AvalonBay Communities' Dividend History.

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

AvalonBay Communities is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for AvalonBay Communities.

AvalonBay Communities will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

17 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for AvalonBay Communities' stock. Their forecasts range from $210.00 to $248.00. On average, they expect AvalonBay Communities' share price to reach $226.69 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for AvalonBay Communities.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AvalonBay Communities in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for AvalonBay Communities.

News headlines about AVB stock have trended extremely negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. AvalonBay Communities earned a media sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for AvalonBay Communities.

AvalonBay Communities saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,500,000 shares, a decrease of 38.8% from the December 31st total of 2,450,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 620,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. View AvalonBay Communities' Current Options Chain.

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AvalonBay Communities' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include PGGM Investments (1.49%), Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (0.46%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.30%), Presima Inc. (0.23%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%) and Strs Ohio (0.13%). 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 Hexavest Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Presima Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Manning & Napier Group LLC and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co., Green Street Investors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Red Spruce Capital LLC and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. 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 $219.33.

AvalonBay Communities has a market capitalization of $30.63 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]