AvalonBay Communities - AVB Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AvalonBay Communities in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 11 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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16 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for AvalonBay Communities' stock. 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 twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 31.6% from the stock's current price.
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AvalonBay Communities' stock was trading at $161.52 at the start of the year. Since then, AVB shares have decreased by 4.6% and is now trading at $154.07.
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AvalonBay Communities saw a decline in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 2,330,000 shares, a decline of 14.7% from the February 13th total of 2,730,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 824,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 26th 2023.
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AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB) released its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 27th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.99 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.92 by $0.07. The real estate investment trust earned $644.56 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $632.41 million. AvalonBay Communities had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.25% and a net margin of 43.83%. The company's revenue was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.98 earnings per share.
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AvalonBay Communities declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 8th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 31st will be paid a dividend of $1.65 per share on Monday, April 17th. This represents a $6.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 30th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $1.59.
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ETFs with the largest weight of AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) stock in their portfolio include Residential REIT Income ETF (HAUS), Kelly Residential & Apartment Real Estate ETF (RESI), ETFB Green SRI REITs ETF (RITA), iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF (REZ), Nuveen Short-Term REIT ETF (NURE), SP Funds S&P Global REIT Sharia ETF (SPRE), U.S. Diversified Real Estate ETF (PPTY) and ALPS Active REIT ETF (REIT).

AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) pays an annual dividend of $6.36 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.91%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 78.42%. 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 58.35% 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 first quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.47-$2.57 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $2.57. 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Norges Bank (4.43%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (3.47%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (3.38%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (2.93%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.21%) and Deutsche Bank AG (1.55%). 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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Shares of AVB stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of AVB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $154.07.

AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) has a market capitalization of $21.56 billion and generates $2.59 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $1.14 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.11 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,947 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.