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$203.38 -1.14 (-0.55%)
Closing price 07/23/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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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

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

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 6 more articles in the media than Camden Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 4 mentions for Camden Property Trust. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Camden Property Trust's score of 1.07 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Camden Property Trust
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AvalonBay Communities
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Camden Property Trust pays out 385.3% 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 pays out 87.2% 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 has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and AvalonBay Communities has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Camden Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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
Camden Property Trust$1.54B7.97$163.29M$1.09105.70
AvalonBay Communities$2.91B9.94$1.08B$8.0325.33

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 38.86% compared to Camden Property Trust's net margin of 7.62%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.65% beat Camden Property Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Camden Property Trust7.62% 2.47% 1.32%
AvalonBay Communities 38.86%9.65%5.42%

Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

97.2% of Camden Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Camden Property Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Camden Property Trust currently has a consensus target price of $129.28, suggesting a potential upside of 12.20%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus target price of $235.07, suggesting a potential upside of 15.59%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Camden Property Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Camden Property Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
AvalonBay Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Camden Property Trust on 13 of the 18 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$29.12B$7.24B$12.15B$20.89B
Dividend Yield3.42%4.96%5.55%3.62%
P/E Ratio25.3364.1319.1727.93
Price / Sales9.945.6426.3872.74
Price / Cash14.7823.4521.6622.61
Price / Book2.421.982.334.70
Net Income$1.08B$193.23M$997.25M$993.85M
7 Day Performance0.51%0.51%1.39%1.99%
1 Month Performance-1.34%-0.13%4.45%5.85%
1 Year Performance-1.30%-11.01%542.15%13.36%

AvalonBay Communities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.5376 of 5 stars
$203.38
-0.6%
$235.07
+15.6%
-2.3%$29.12B$2.91B25.332,988Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.1801 of 5 stars
$114.08
+0.3%
$129.39
+13.4%
+2.0%$12.19B$1.55B104.661,660Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
EQR
Equity Residential
4.5472 of 5 stars
$67.04
+0.4%
$79.19
+18.1%
-3.5%$25.47B$3.01B25.592,500Positive News
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.194 of 5 stars
$284.67
-0.7%
$310.28
+9.0%
+0.6%$18.33B$1.77B27.241,715Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.6682 of 5 stars
$151.34
+0.4%
$168.71
+11.5%
+6.4%$17.72B$2.19B31.532,532Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.7898 of 5 stars
$40.37
-0.1%
$46.44
+15.0%
-2.3%$13.37B$1.68B115.331,432News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
SUI
Sun Communities
4.4167 of 5 stars
$125.29
-0.2%
$138.08
+10.2%
+0.7%$15.99B$3.22B202.096,590Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ELS
Equity Lifestyle Properties
4.8077 of 5 stars
$61.90
+0.6%
$73.90
+19.4%
-8.0%$11.83B$1.53B32.073,800Earnings Report
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UMH
UMH Properties
3.7287 of 5 stars
$17.04
-0.4%
$21.00
+23.3%
-3.2%$1.43B$244.10M141.97460
AIV
Apartment Investment and Management
1.5682 of 5 stars
$8.70
-0.1%
N/A-4.5%$1.23B$210.83M-11.2960
INVH
Invitation Home
4.6608 of 5 stars
$32.31
-0.1%
$37.97
+17.5%
-11.0%$19.80B$2.62B41.961,750Upcoming Earnings

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