AvalonBay Communities - AVB Stock Forecast, Price & News

18 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AvalonBay Communities in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 11 hold ratings and 6 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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18 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for AvalonBay Communities' stock. Their AVB share price forecasts range from $160.00 to $307.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $221.26 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 28.2% 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 31.7% and is now trading at $172.57.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 1st 2023.
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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, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 net margin of 48.74% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.18%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 14.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.98 EPS.
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AvalonBay Communities declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 10th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.69%. 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 3.69%. 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 72.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AVB will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.94% 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 fourth quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 10th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (16.34%), BlackRock Inc. (10.10%), State Street Corp (6.74%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (4.04%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.45%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.42%). 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 $172.57.

AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) has a market capitalization of $24.14 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 $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.