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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and profitability.
AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus price target of $217.46, indicating a potential upside of 15.69%. NexPoint Residential Trust has a consensus price target of $40.88, indicating a potential upside of 30.84%. Given NexPoint Residential Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe NexPoint Residential Trust is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.
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.
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.
AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NexPoint Residential Trust has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 21 more articles in the media than NexPoint Residential Trust. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 4 mentions for NexPoint Residential Trust. NexPoint Residential Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 0.51 indicating that NexPoint Residential Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 6.5%. 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and NexPoint Residential Trust has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. NexPoint Residential Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
AvalonBay Communities beats NexPoint Residential Trust on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:NXRT) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
