NYSE:MAA - Mid-America Apartment Communities Stock Price, Forecast & News

Mid-America Apartment Communities trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MAA."

Mid-America Apartment Communities announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 15th will be given a dividend of $1.00 per share on Friday, January 31st. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 14th. This is a positive change from Mid-America Apartment Communities's previous quarterly dividend of $0.96. View Mid-America Apartment Communities' Dividend History.

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc (NYSE:MAA) released its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The real estate investment trust reported $0.68 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.55 by $0.87. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $415.63 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $411.16 million. Mid-America Apartment Communities had a return on equity of 3.84% and a net margin of 16.25%. Mid-America Apartment Communities's quarterly revenue was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $1.50 earnings per share. View Mid-America Apartment Communities' Earnings History.

Mid-America Apartment Communities is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 29th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Mid-America Apartment Communities.

Mid-America Apartment Communities will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 29th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Mid-America Apartment Communities updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $1.59-1.67 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.60.

11 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Mid-America Apartment Communities' stock. Their forecasts range from $105.00 to $149.00. On average, they expect Mid-America Apartment Communities' stock price to reach $130.60 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Mid-America Apartment Communities.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mid-America Apartment Communities in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Mid-America Apartment Communities.

Media headlines about MAA stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Mid-America Apartment Communities earned a media sentiment score of 1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the real estate investment trust a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Mid-America Apartment Communities.

Mid-America Apartment Communities saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,140,000 shares, a drop of 22.4% from the December 15th total of 1,470,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 553,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Mid-America Apartment Communities' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Mid-America Apartment Communities include Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Sun Communities (SUI), UDR (UDR), Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), American Campus Communities (ACC) and UMH PROPERTIES/SH SH (UMH).

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Mid-America Apartment Communities' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.48%), Hahn Capital Management LLC (0.23%), PGGM Investments (0.17%), Leavell Investment Management Inc. (0.15%), Sabal Trust CO (0.15%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.11%). Company insiders that own Mid-America Apartment Communities stock include Albert M Campbell III, Claude B Nielsen, David P Stockert, Gary Shorb, H Eric Bolton Jr, Robert J Delpriore, Russell R French, Thomas L Grimes Jr and William Reid Sanders. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Mid-America Apartment Communities.

MAA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Clean Yield Group, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Hahn Capital Management LLC, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, Pensionfund Sabic and Leavell Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Mid-America Apartment Communities company stock in the last year include Albert M Campbell III, Claude B Nielsen, David P Stockert, H Eric Bolton Jr, Robert J Delpriore and Thomas L Grimes Jr. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mid-America Apartment Communities.

MAA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including PGGM Investments, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd., Sabal Trust CO, SeaCrest Wealth Management LLC and Patten Group Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Mid-America Apartment Communities stock in the last two years include Gary Shorb, H Eric Bolton Jr and William Reid Sanders. View Insider Buying and Selling for Mid-America Apartment Communities.

Shares of MAA 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 MAA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $134.93.

Mid-America Apartment Communities has a market capitalization of $15.39 billion and generates $1.57 billion in revenue each year. The real estate investment trust earns $222.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.04 on an earnings per share basis. Mid-America Apartment Communities employs 2,552 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Mid-America Apartment Communities.

The official website for Mid-America Apartment Communities is http://www.maac.com/.

Mid-America Apartment Communities' mailing address is 6815 POPLAR AVENUE SUITE 500, GERMANTOWN TN, 38138. The real estate investment trust can be reached via phone at 901-682-6600 or via email at [email protected]