NYSE:AVB - AvalonBay Communities Stock Price, Forecast & News

AvalonBay Communities' stock was trading at $195.85 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, AVB stock has decreased by 18.2% and is now trading at $160.27. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AvalonBay Communities in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for AvalonBay Communities.

AvalonBay Communities is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for AvalonBay Communities.

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

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 3.97%. The ex-dividend date 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 issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 5th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $9.62-10.02 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $9.85.

18 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for AvalonBay Communities' stock. Their forecasts range from $140.00 to $248.00. On average, they expect AvalonBay Communities' stock price to reach $222.12 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 38.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for AvalonBay Communities.

Media stories about AVB stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. AvalonBay Communities earned a news impact score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutAvalonBay Communities.

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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wealth Quarterback LLC (38.30%), State Street Corp (6.79%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (2.90%), Norges Bank (2.06%), FMR LLC (2.05%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.05%). 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, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and Prudential Financial 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, Timothy J Naughton, and William M Mclaughlin. View insider buying and selling activity for AvalonBay Communities.

AVB stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wealth Quarterback LLC, Norges Bank, Cohen & Steers Inc., Eaton Vance Management, PGGM Investments, Geode Capital Management LLC, Echo Street Capital Management LLC, and AQR Capital Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $160.27.

AvalonBay Communities has a market capitalization of $22.56 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 3,122 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]