AvalonBay Communities Stock Forecast, Price & News

18 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AvalonBay Communities in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" AvalonBay Communities stock. 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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AvalonBay Communities is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 4th 2021.
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AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.02 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.94 by $0.92. The real estate investment trust earned $497.44 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $544.98 million. AvalonBay Communities had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.47% and a net margin of 35.63%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 9.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.39 earnings per share.
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AvalonBay Communities' stock was trading at $195.85 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, AVB stock has increased by 8.3% and is now trading at $212.10.
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AvalonBay Communities declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 20th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of $1.59 per share on Thursday, July 15th. This represents a $6.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 29th.
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AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.09%. AvalonBay Communities has been increasing its dividend for 9 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of AvalonBay Communities is 73.19%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on EPS estimates, AvalonBay Communities will have a dividend payout ratio of 75.53% in the coming year. This indicates that AvalonBay Communities may not be able to sustain their current dividend.
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AvalonBay Communities issued an update on its second quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.850-1.950 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

18 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for AvalonBay Communities' stock. Their forecasts range from $152.00 to $251.00. On average, they anticipate AvalonBay Communities' stock price to reach $194.06 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.5%.
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420 employees have rated AvalonBay Communities CEO Timothy J. Naughton on Glassdoor.com. Timothy J. Naughton has an approval rating of 90% among AvalonBay Communities' employees.

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

AvalonBay Communities' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.93%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.56%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.35%), PGGM Investments (2.18%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.01%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.78%). 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, Timothy J Naughton, W Edward Walter and William M Mclaughlin.
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AVB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Long Pond Capital LP, BlackRock Inc., Swiss National Bank, Northern Trust Corp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Capitolis Advisors LLC, Cincinnati Financial Corp, and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. Company insiders that have sold AvalonBay Communities company stock in the last year include Edward M Schulman, Keri A Shea, Kevin P O'shea, and W Edward Walter.
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AVB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Centersquare Investment Management LLC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., PGGM Investments, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Waterfront Capital Partners LLC, Weiss Multi Strategy Advisers LLC, and Solel Partners LP.
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One share of AVB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $212.10.

AvalonBay Communities has a market capitalization of $29.61 billion and generates $2.30 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $827.63 million in net income (profit) each year or $8.69 on an earnings per share basis.

AvalonBay Communities employs 3,090 workers across the globe.

AvalonBay Communities was founded in 1978.

The official website for AvalonBay Communities is www.avalonbay.com.

AvalonBay Communities is headquartered at 671 N. GLEBE ROAD SUITE 800, ARLINGTON VA, 22203.

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]