ELS vs. AVB, EQR, MAA, ESS, SUI, UDR, CPT, UMH, AIV, and CCI
Should you be buying Equity LifeStyle Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity LifeStyle Properties include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Sun Communities (SUI), UDR (UDR), Camden Property Trust (CPT), UMH Properties (UMH), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), and Crown Castle (CCI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Equity LifeStyle Properties vs.
AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 4 more articles in the media than Equity LifeStyle Properties. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 15 mentions for Equity LifeStyle Properties. Equity LifeStyle Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.65 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.36 indicating that Equity LifeStyle Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Equity LifeStyle Properties pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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 LifeStyle Properties pays out 106.7% 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 LifeStyle Properties has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. AvalonBay Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus price target of $239.93, suggesting a potential upside of 15.07%. Equity LifeStyle Properties has a consensus price target of $74.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.78%. Given AvalonBay Communities' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Equity LifeStyle Properties.
AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 37.13% compared to Equity LifeStyle Properties' net margin of 24.05%. Equity LifeStyle Properties' return on equity of 23.12% beat AvalonBay Communities' return on equity.
AvalonBay Communities received 322 more outperform votes than Equity LifeStyle Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.93% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 57.37% of users gave Equity LifeStyle Properties an outperform vote.
92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity LifeStyle Properties has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Equity LifeStyle Properties. AvalonBay Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity LifeStyle Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AvalonBay Communities beats Equity LifeStyle Properties on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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