AvalonBay Communities - AVB Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AvalonBay Communities in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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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15 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for AvalonBay Communities' shares. Their AVB share price forecasts range from $160.00 to $292.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $202.78 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.5% from the stock's current price.
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AvalonBay Communities' stock was trading at $161.52 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, AVB shares have increased by 10.6% and is now trading at $178.59.
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AvalonBay Communities saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,280,000 shares, an increase of 11.8% from the December 15th total of 2,040,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 856,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 8th 2023.
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AvalonBay Communities will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 9th at 1:00 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 412-317-6671 with passcode "13734358".

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.92 by $0.07. The real estate investment trust earned $644.56 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $632.41 million. AvalonBay Communities had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.18% and a net margin of 48.74%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.98 EPS.
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AvalonBay Communities declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 10th. Investors of record on Friday, December 30th will be given a dividend of $1.59 per share on Tuesday, January 17th. This represents a $6.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.56%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 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 3.53%. The dividend payout ratio is 72.35%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AVB will have a dividend payout ratio of 60.51% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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AvalonBay Communities updated its fourth quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 10th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.55-$2.65 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.75%), Lasalle Investment Management Securities LLC (0.45%), Asset Management One Co. Ltd. (0.21%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.14%), Strs Ohio (0.13%) and New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.11%). 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 $178.59.

AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) has a market capitalization of $24.98 billion and generates $2.52 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $1.00 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.79 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.