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NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT) Competitors

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$30.49 -0.11 (-0.36%)
Closing price 10/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$30.44 -0.05 (-0.17%)
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NXRT vs. AVB, CPT, CSR, ELME, EQR, ESS, IRT, MAA, UDR, and UMH

Should you be buying NexPoint Residential Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NexPoint Residential Trust include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Centerspace (CSR), Elme Communities (ELME), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR), and UMH Properties (UMH). These companies are all part of the "reit - eqty trust - resid" industry.

NexPoint Residential Trust vs. Its Competitors

AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and NexPoint Residential Trust (NYSE:NXRT) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. NexPoint Residential Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 86.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NexPoint Residential Trust pays out -104.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AvalonBay Communities has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and NexPoint Residential Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. NexPoint Residential Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexPoint Residential Trust has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 38.91% compared to NexPoint Residential Trust's net margin of -19.55%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.70% beat NexPoint Residential Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AvalonBay Communities38.91% 9.70% 5.45%
NexPoint Residential Trust -19.55%-12.54%-2.62%

AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than NexPoint Residential Trust. NexPoint Residential Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AvalonBay Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AvalonBay Communities$2.91B9.13$1.08B$8.1223.02
NexPoint Residential Trust$259.70M2.98$1.11M-$1.96-15.56

AvalonBay Communities presently has a consensus price target of $217.31, suggesting a potential upside of 16.25%. NexPoint Residential Trust has a consensus price target of $40.88, suggesting a potential upside of 34.06%. Given NexPoint Residential Trust's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NexPoint Residential Trust is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AvalonBay Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29
NexPoint Residential Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.88

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 14 more articles in the media than NexPoint Residential Trust. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 2 mentions for NexPoint Residential Trust. NexPoint Residential Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 0.89 indicating that NexPoint Residential Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AvalonBay Communities
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
NexPoint Residential Trust
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.6% of NexPoint Residential Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.4% of NexPoint Residential Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats NexPoint Residential Trust on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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NXRT vs. The Competition

MetricNexPoint Residential TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$776.15M$6.63B$12.54B$21.85B
Dividend Yield6.67%5.39%5.61%3.63%
P/E Ratio-15.5642.1221.1732.72
Price / Sales2.985.3129.9665.90
Price / Cash6.1718.4519.3418.06
Price / Book1.891.792.274.71
Net Income$1.11M$193.23M$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.31%-0.32%-0.62%-0.02%
1 Month Performance-7.07%-5.16%-1.35%0.33%
1 Year Performance-30.81%-17.85%572.43%11.71%

NexPoint Residential Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXRT
NexPoint Residential Trust
4.5534 of 5 stars
$30.49
-0.4%
$40.88
+34.1%
-31.8%$776.15M$259.70M-15.563Positive News
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.4922 of 5 stars
$184.65
+0.1%
$217.31
+17.7%
-17.7%$26.27B$2.91B22.742,988
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.0471 of 5 stars
$101.81
+0.1%
$121.61
+19.4%
-14.6%$10.86B$1.54B71.201,660Positive News
CSR
Centerspace
3.0464 of 5 stars
$58.91
+1.5%
$68.00
+15.4%
-14.9%$972.56M$260.98M-32.73470
ELME
Elme Communities
1.91 of 5 stars
$16.80
+1.2%
$18.50
+10.1%
-1.3%$1.46B$241.93M-111.99100
EQR
Equity Residential
4.4196 of 5 stars
$62.06
+0.6%
$74.25
+19.6%
-17.5%$23.55B$2.98B23.422,500Analyst Upgrade
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.614 of 5 stars
$257.76
+0.7%
$297.09
+15.3%
-12.0%$16.48B$1.77B20.721,715Positive News
IRT
Independence Realty Trust
4.5657 of 5 stars
$16.37
+1.6%
$22.14
+35.3%
-19.4%$3.77B$640.03M136.42920News Coverage
Positive News
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.7165 of 5 stars
$134.49
0.0%
$161.78
+20.3%
-14.1%$15.75B$2.19B27.672,532Analyst Upgrade
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.6859 of 5 stars
$36.15
+1.2%
$43.65
+20.8%
-19.0%$11.83B$1.67B95.131,432Analyst Forecast
UMH
UMH Properties
4.3989 of 5 stars
$14.23
+0.8%
$18.50
+30.0%
-23.7%$1.20B$240.55M101.64460

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This page (NYSE:NXRT) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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