MAA vs. ARE, AVB, CPT, EQR, ESS, O, PLD, UDR, VICI, and SUI
Should you be buying Mid-America Apartment Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mid-America Apartment Communities include Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Realty Income (O), Prologis (PLD), United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR), VICI Properties (VICI), and Sun Communities (SUI). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Mid-America Apartment Communities vs. Its Competitors
Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.
In the previous week, Mid-America Apartment Communities had 8 more articles in the media than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Mid-America Apartment Communities and 15 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Alexandria Real Estate Equities' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Mid-America Apartment Communities' score of 0.81 indicating that Alexandria Real Estate Equities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Mid-America Apartment Communities has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Mid-America Apartment Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Mid-America Apartment Communities pays out 124.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out -4,061.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mid-America Apartment Communities has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Alexandria Real Estate Equities has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Mid-America Apartment Communities has a net margin of 25.98% compared to Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margin of -0.33%. Mid-America Apartment Communities' return on equity of 9.35% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.
93.6% of Mid-America Apartment Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Mid-America Apartment Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mid-America Apartment Communities presently has a consensus target price of $161.78, suggesting a potential upside of 20.87%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a consensus target price of $95.87, suggesting a potential upside of 27.67%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than Mid-America Apartment Communities.
Mid-America Apartment Communities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mid-America Apartment Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Mid-America Apartment Communities beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MAA) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
