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$193.75 +1.21 (+0.63%)
Closing price 09/18/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$193.41 -0.34 (-0.17%)
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AVB vs. CPT, EQR, ESS, MAA, UDR, SUI, ELS, UMH, AIV, and INVH

Should you be buying AvalonBay Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AvalonBay Communities include Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR), Sun Communities (SUI), Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS), UMH Properties (UMH), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), and Invitation Home (INVH). These companies are all part of the "reit - eqty trust - resid" industry.

AvalonBay Communities vs. Its Competitors

AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 4 more articles in the media than Camden Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 27 mentions for Camden Property Trust. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.19 indicating that Camden Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AvalonBay Communities
21 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Camden Property Trust
23 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Camden Property Trust. AvalonBay Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Camden Property Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AvalonBay Communities$2.91B9.47$1.08B$8.1223.86
Camden Property Trust$1.54B7.43$163.29M$1.4375.03

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 86.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Camden Property Trust pays out 293.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AvalonBay Communities has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Camden Property Trust has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Camden Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

AvalonBay Communities presently has a consensus target price of $218.42, suggesting a potential upside of 12.73%. Camden Property Trust has a consensus target price of $122.25, suggesting a potential upside of 13.94%. Given Camden Property Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Camden Property Trust is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AvalonBay Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
Camden Property Trust
2 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 38.91% compared to Camden Property Trust's net margin of 9.99%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.70% beat Camden Property Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AvalonBay Communities38.91% 9.70% 5.45%
Camden Property Trust 9.99%3.30%1.74%

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Camden Property Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AVB vs. The Competition

MetricAvalonBay CommunitiesREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$27.41B$6.83B$12.81B$21.58B
Dividend Yield3.64%4.58%5.42%3.49%
P/E Ratio23.8646.35244.0630.17
Price / Sales9.475.4931.0577.39
Price / Cash13.9221.8322.2024.62
Price / Book2.311.902.354.58
Net Income$1.08B$193.23M$1.01B$1.00B
7 Day Performance-0.84%-1.60%0.56%1.52%
1 Month Performance1.31%4.75%4.05%5.96%
1 Year Performance-15.96%-18.58%541.32%14.24%

AvalonBay Communities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.3555 of 5 stars
$193.75
+0.6%
$218.42
+12.7%
-15.9%$27.41B$2.91B23.862,988Positive News
Dividend Announcement
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.4887 of 5 stars
$110.86
-0.5%
$123.11
+11.1%
-14.3%$11.84B$1.54B77.521,660Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Downgrade
EQR
Equity Residential
4.7942 of 5 stars
$66.37
-0.7%
$76.90
+15.9%
-15.8%$25.35B$2.98B25.042,500Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.7335 of 5 stars
$265.68
-0.9%
$300.44
+13.1%
-13.8%$17.11B$1.77B21.361,715Positive News
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.838 of 5 stars
$144.61
-0.5%
$162.79
+12.6%
-14.2%$16.93B$2.19B29.752,532Positive News
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.8578 of 5 stars
$38.74
-0.9%
$44.97
+16.1%
-19.3%$12.83B$1.67B101.941,432Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SUI
Sun Communities
4.6993 of 5 stars
$129.40
-0.3%
$138.71
+7.2%
-10.5%$16.19B$3.22B12.666,590Positive News
ELS
Equity Lifestyle Properties
4.8529 of 5 stars
$61.58
-0.2%
$71.05
+15.4%
-17.9%$11.93B$1.53B31.913,800Positive News
UMH
UMH Properties
4.8791 of 5 stars
$15.17
-0.5%
$20.25
+33.5%
-24.2%$1.29B$240.55M108.32460News Coverage
Short Interest ↓
AIV
Apartment Investment and Management
2.2973 of 5 stars
$7.71
-1.6%
$10.00
+29.8%
-14.7%$1.10B$212.44M-16.0560Dividend Announcement
INVH
Invitation Home
4.9626 of 5 stars
$30.07
-0.6%
$36.85
+22.6%
-17.7%$18.43B$2.62B34.171,750Positive News
Dividend Announcement

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