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$154.38 -1.66 (-1.06%)
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MAA vs. AVB, EQR, ESS, SUI, UDR, CPT, ELS, UMH, AIV, and DLR

Should you be buying Mid-America Apartment Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mid-America Apartment Communities include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Sun Communities (SUI), UDR (UDR), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), UMH Properties (UMH), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

Mid-America Apartment Communities vs.

Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) and AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, media sentiment, dividends and risk.

Mid-America Apartment Communities currently has a consensus target price of $169.41, suggesting a potential upside of 9.73%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus target price of $239.93, suggesting a potential upside of 20.12%. Given AvalonBay Communities' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Mid-America Apartment Communities.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mid-America Apartment Communities
1 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
AvalonBay Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47

AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Mid-America Apartment Communities. AvalonBay Communities 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mid-America Apartment Communities$2.20B8.23$527.54M$4.8032.16
AvalonBay Communities$2.95B9.65$1.08B$8.0324.88

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 37.13% compared to Mid-America Apartment Communities' net margin of 24.03%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.15% beat Mid-America Apartment Communities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mid-America Apartment Communities24.03% 8.53% 4.52%
AvalonBay Communities 37.13%9.15%5.15%

93.6% of Mid-America Apartment Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.2% of Mid-America Apartment Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Mid-America Apartment Communities had 4 more articles in the media than AvalonBay Communities. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Mid-America Apartment Communities and 20 mentions for AvalonBay Communities. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Mid-America Apartment Communities' score of 0.86 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mid-America Apartment Communities
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AvalonBay Communities
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AvalonBay Communities received 152 more outperform votes than Mid-America Apartment Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.93% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 59.68% of users gave Mid-America Apartment Communities an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Mid-America Apartment CommunitiesOutperform Votes
524
59.68%
Underperform Votes
354
40.32%
AvalonBay CommunitiesOutperform Votes
676
59.93%
Underperform Votes
452
40.07%

Mid-America Apartment Communities has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less 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 3.9%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Mid-America Apartment Communities pays out 126.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Mid-America Apartment Communities has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and AvalonBay Communities has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Mid-America Apartment Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Mid-America Apartment Communities on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MAA vs. The Competition

MetricMid-America Apartment CommunitiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$18.07B$6.84B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield3.78%6.71%5.44%3.84%
P/E Ratio34.4660.0922.4234.53
Price / Sales8.238.3127.6234.83
Price / Cash16.7117.3217.6217.51
Price / Book2.951.642.774.69
Net Income$527.54M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.07%-2.58%-0.23%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-2.51%1.18%6.11%7.50%
1 Year Performance13.52%0.67%536.61%4.15%

Mid-America Apartment Communities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.0796 of 5 stars
$154.38
-1.1%
$169.41
+9.7%
+14.4%$18.07B$2.20B34.462,390Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.1665 of 5 stars
$208.62
+0.2%
$239.93
+15.0%
+1.7%$29.70B$2.95B27.492,950News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
EQR
Equity Residential
4.4305 of 5 stars
$71.35
-0.3%
$79.69
+11.7%
+3.2%$27.11B$3.01B26.232,400News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.2281 of 5 stars
$286.31
-0.8%
$312.17
+9.0%
+5.2%$18.43B$1.81B24.811,770Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
SUI
Sun Communities
4.3483 of 5 stars
$123.45
+0.1%
$138.70
+12.4%
-1.3%$15.76B$3.20B66.377,590Positive News
Analyst Forecast
UDR
UDR
4.1648 of 5 stars
$42.21
-0.5%
$46.69
+10.6%
+2.4%$13.98B$1.68B168.841,330Positive News
Analyst Revision
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.1908 of 5 stars
$119.04
-0.5%
$129.94
+9.2%
+9.1%$12.72B$1.55B79.361,650Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ELS
Equity LifeStyle Properties
4.0978 of 5 stars
$65.37
+0.8%
$74.33
+13.7%
-0.8%$12.50B$1.43B33.524,100Positive News
UMH
UMH Properties
4.502 of 5 stars
$17.17
-0.2%
$21.00
+22.3%
+5.5%$1.44B$244.10M132.09460Positive News
AIV
Apartment Investment and Management
0.6343 of 5 stars
$8.30
+0.6%
N/A-5.6%$1.18B$210.83M-4.8060News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
4.5801 of 5 stars
$170.69
+0.4%
$185.10
+8.4%
+16.0%$57.49B$5.63B105.363,410Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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