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 announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 5th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $1.59 per share on Wednesday, April 15th. This represents a $6.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.87%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 30th. This is a boost from AvalonBay Communities's previous quarterly dividend of $1.52. View AvalonBay Communities' Dividend History.

AvalonBay Communities Inc (NYSE:AVB) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.20 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.40 by $1.20. The real estate investment trust earned $593.52 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $593.59 million. AvalonBay Communities had a return on equity of 7.26% and a net margin of 35.42%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 2.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.31 EPS. View AvalonBay Communities' Earnings History.

AvalonBay Communities is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for AvalonBay Communities.

AvalonBay Communities updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 5th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $9.62-10.02 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $9.85.

17 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for AvalonBay Communities' shares. Their forecasts range from $210.00 to $248.00. On average, they anticipate AvalonBay Communities' share price to reach $227.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.7% 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.

Media headlines about AVB stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AvalonBay Communities earned a media sentiment score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for AvalonBay Communities.

AvalonBay Communities saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,600,000 shares, an increase of 6.7% from the January 15th total of 1,500,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 645,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 1.2% of the company's shares are sold short. 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) and UMH PROPERTIES/SH SH (UMH).

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AvalonBay Communities' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wealth Quarterback LLC (38.30%), State Street Corp (6.79%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.90%), FMR LLC (2.05%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.05%) and Cohen & Steers Inc. (1.69%). 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 State Street Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, FMR LLC, Hexavest Inc., Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Prudential Financial Inc. and Scout Investments Inc.. 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 Wealth Quarterback LLC, Cohen & Steers Inc., Eaton Vance Management, PGGM Investments, Geode Capital Management LLC, Echo Street Capital Management LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC and Great West Life Assurance Co. Can. 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 $221.22.

AvalonBay Communities has a market capitalization of $31.11 billion and generates $2.32 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $785.97 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.34 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]