AvalonBay Communities - AVB Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AvalonBay Communities in the last twelve months. There are currently 10 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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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19 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for AvalonBay Communities' shares. Their AVB share price forecasts range from $174.00 to $307.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $241.05 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 27.7% from the stock's current price.
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AvalonBay Communities' stock was trading at $252.59 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, AVB shares have decreased by 25.2% and is now trading at $188.82.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 26th 2022.
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AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.99 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.92 by $0.07. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $644.56 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $632.41 million. AvalonBay Communities had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.47% and a net margin of 33.39%. AvalonBay Communities's revenue for the quarter was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.98 EPS.
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AvalonBay Communities announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 30th will be paid a dividend of $1.59 per share on Monday, October 17th. This represents a $6.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 29th.
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AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) pays an annual dividend of $6.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.37%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 109.28%. 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 59.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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AvalonBay Communities issued an update on its third quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.47-$2.57 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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

AvalonBay Communities' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (6.83%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.91%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.61%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.68%), Legal & General Group Plc (1.52%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.50%). 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, Sean J Breslin, Sean J Breslin, Timothy J Naughton, W Edward Walter and William M Mclaughlin.
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One share of AVB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $188.82.

AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) has a market capitalization of $26.40 billion and generates $2.29 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $1.00 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.82 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,927 workers across the globe.

AvalonBay Communities' mailing address is 671 N. GLEBE ROAD SUITE 800, ARLINGTON VA, 22203. The official website for the company is www.avalonbay.com. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at (703) 329-6300, via email at investor_relations@avalonbay.com, or via fax at 513-389-4634.