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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

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

Mid-America Apartment Communities has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alexandria Real Estate Equities$3.02B4.71$322.95M-$0.13-632.18
Mid-America Apartment Communities$2.20B8.09$527.54M$4.8031.61

In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 17 more articles in the media than Mid-America Apartment Communities. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 13 mentions for Mid-America Apartment Communities. Mid-America Apartment Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' score of 0.89 indicating that Mid-America Apartment Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
15 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Mid-America Apartment Communities
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Mid-America Apartment Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out -4,061.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Mid-America Apartment Communities has increased its dividend for 16 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 25.70% compared to Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margin of -0.33%. Mid-America Apartment Communities' return on equity of 9.19% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alexandria Real Estate Equities-0.33% -0.05% -0.03%
Mid-America Apartment Communities 25.70%9.19%4.81%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities presently has a consensus target price of $99.54, indicating a potential upside of 21.12%. Mid-America Apartment Communities has a consensus target price of $168.81, indicating a potential upside of 11.25%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than Mid-America Apartment Communities.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.17
Mid-America Apartment Communities
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of Mid-America Apartment Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Mid-America Apartment Communities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mid-America Apartment Communities has a beta of 0.75, indicating that its share price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MAA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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MAA vs. The Competition

MetricMid-America Apartment CommunitiesREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.88B$7.21B$12.32B$21.14B
Dividend Yield3.96%4.94%5.53%3.58%
P/E Ratio31.6163.2619.0627.76
Price / Sales8.095.6026.4058.38
Price / Cash15.9423.2821.8423.00
Price / Book2.901.952.274.67
Net Income$527.54M$193.23M$998.01M$993.85M
7 Day Performance0.66%1.01%0.88%1.48%
1 Month Performance3.91%1.85%4.39%5.79%
1 Year Performance8.30%-11.13%540.85%11.41%

Mid-America Apartment Communities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.6508 of 5 stars
$151.74
-0.6%
$168.81
+11.2%
+5.8%$17.88B$2.20B31.612,532News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
3.9858 of 5 stars
$78.29
+0.2%
$99.54
+27.1%
-28.9%$13.54B$3.12B103.01590Earnings Report
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.5108 of 5 stars
$201.02
-0.8%
$235.07
+16.9%
-2.2%$28.62B$2.91B25.032,988Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.1654 of 5 stars
$113.23
-0.6%
$129.28
+14.2%
+0.5%$12.10B$1.54B103.881,660Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
EQR
Equity Residential
4.5393 of 5 stars
$66.90
-0.4%
$78.81
+17.8%
-3.3%$25.42B$3.01B25.532,500Positive News
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.1855 of 5 stars
$284.84
-0.9%
$310.94
+9.2%
+0.6%$18.34B$1.77B27.261,715Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
O
Realty Income
3.3934 of 5 stars
$56.37
-0.2%
$61.15
+8.5%
+1.4%$50.90B$5.27B51.24400Positive News
PLD
Prologis
4.7016 of 5 stars
$107.73
+0.9%
$120.47
+11.8%
-10.8%$99.97B$8.20B29.202,703Analyst Forecast
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.7706 of 5 stars
$40.59
-0.4%
$46.07
+13.5%
-2.4%$13.45B$1.67B115.961,432Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
VICI
VICI Properties
4.4036 of 5 stars
$32.74
-0.5%
$35.38
+8.1%
+10.6%$34.59B$3.85B13.0920Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
SUI
Sun Communities
4.315 of 5 stars
$125.07
-0.2%
$137.86
+10.2%
-1.1%$15.96B$3.22B201.726,590Upcoming Earnings

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