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AVB vs. EQR, ESS, MAA, SUI, UDR, CPT, ELS, UMH, AIV, and INVH

Should you be buying AvalonBay Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AvalonBay Communities include Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR), Camden Property Trust (CPT), 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 Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of Equity Residential shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Equity Residential shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 1 more articles in the media than Equity Residential. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 14 mentions for Equity Residential. Equity Residential's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.07 indicating that Equity Residential is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AvalonBay Communities
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Equity Residential
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Equity Residential pays an annual dividend of $2.77 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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. Equity Residential pays out 105.7% 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 Equity Residential has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Equity Residential is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Residential has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AvalonBay Communities$2.91B9.96$1.08B$8.0325.39
Equity Residential$2.98B8.45$1.04B$2.6225.31

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 38.86% compared to Equity Residential's net margin of 33.11%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.65% beat Equity Residential's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AvalonBay Communities38.86% 9.65% 5.42%
Equity Residential 33.11%8.93%4.86%

AvalonBay Communities presently has a consensus price target of $235.86, suggesting a potential upside of 15.67%. Equity Residential has a consensus price target of $79.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.51%. Given Equity Residential's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Equity Residential 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)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47
Equity Residential
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Summary

Equity Residential beats AvalonBay Communities on 10 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$28.76B$7.15B$12.05B$20.57B
Dividend Yield3.47%4.90%5.57%3.75%
P/E Ratio25.3961.0520.0728.05
Price / Sales9.965.6425.5946.14
Price / Cash14.6023.3921.5022.31
Price / Book2.431.982.284.59
Net Income$1.08B$200.44M$1.00B$985.44M
7 Day Performance-0.38%1.11%2.31%2.91%
1 Month Performance-0.04%2.43%4.37%5.47%
1 Year Performance1.47%-5.61%541.13%14.61%

AvalonBay Communities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.5746 of 5 stars
$203.91
+0.9%
$235.86
+15.7%
-1.1%$28.76B$2.91B25.392,988Positive News
Ex-Dividend
EQR
Equity Residential
4.718 of 5 stars
$69.12
+0.2%
$79.25
+14.7%
-2.3%$26.26B$2.98B26.382,500Positive News
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.2721 of 5 stars
$286.25
+0.7%
$310.83
+8.6%
+3.9%$18.43B$1.77B27.391,715Positive News
Ex-Dividend
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.7769 of 5 stars
$150.27
+1.2%
$169.76
+13.0%
+5.9%$17.59B$2.19B31.312,532Positive News
SUI
Sun Communities
4.3411 of 5 stars
$128.18
+1.6%
$138.33
+7.9%
+8.8%$16.36B$3.20B206.746,590Positive News
Ex-Dividend
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.134 of 5 stars
$41.40
+0.9%
$46.38
+12.0%
-1.0%$13.72B$1.67B118.291,432Positive News
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.4425 of 5 stars
$116.29
+0.6%
$129.39
+11.3%
+4.1%$12.42B$1.54B106.691,660News Coverage
Positive News
Ex-Dividend
ELS
Equity Lifestyle Properties
4.504 of 5 stars
$64.08
+2.0%
$73.90
+15.3%
-3.7%$12.25B$1.53B33.203,800News Coverage
Positive News
UMH
UMH Properties
4.2197 of 5 stars
$16.85
+0.7%
$21.00
+24.6%
+6.4%$1.42B$240.55M140.43460News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
AIV
Apartment Investment and Management
0.6266 of 5 stars
$8.65
+2.0%
N/A+3.8%$1.23B$208.68M-11.2360News Coverage
Positive News
INVH
Invitation Home
4.91 of 5 stars
$34.05
+0.9%
$37.97
+11.5%
-9.9%$20.87B$2.62B44.211,750Positive News

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This page (NYSE:AVB) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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