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, November 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 31st will be given a dividend of $1.52 per share on Wednesday, January 15th. This represents a $6.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 30th. View AvalonBay Communities' Dividend History.

AvalonBay Communities Inc (NYSE:AVB) announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October, 28th. The real estate investment trust reported $2.00 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.80. The real estate investment trust earned $587.61 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $585.86 million. AvalonBay Communities had a net margin of 45.56% and a return on equity of 9.35%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $1.39 earnings per share. View AvalonBay Communities' Earnings History.

AvalonBay Communities is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 5th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for AvalonBay Communities.

AvalonBay Communities will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, February 5th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

17 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for AvalonBay Communities' shares. Their forecasts range from $210.00 to $248.00. On average, they expect AvalonBay Communities' stock price to reach $226.69 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.8% 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.

News headlines about AVB stock have trended somewhat negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AvalonBay Communities earned a coverage optimism score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for AvalonBay Communities.

AvalonBay Communities saw a decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,500,000 shares, a decline of 38.8% from the December 15th total of 2,450,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 627,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the stock 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 PGGM Investments (1.49%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.30%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.07%), Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH (0.07%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%). 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 Hexavest Inc., Scout Investments Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Pensionfund DSM Netherlands. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, Green Street Investors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Red Spruce Capital LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. and Convergence Investment Partners LLC. 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 $218.49.

AvalonBay Communities has a market capitalization of $30.51 billion and generates $2.28 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $974.53 million in net income (profit) each year or $9.00 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]