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SUI vs. AMH, AVB, CPT, ELS, EQR, ESS, FR, INVH, MAA, and UDR

Should you be buying Sun Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sun Communities include American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Invitation Home (INVH), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), and United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Sun Communities vs. Its Competitors

American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) and Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and analyst recommendations.

91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of Sun Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Sun Communities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Communities has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Sun Communities had 5 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Sun Communities and 6 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Sun Communities' score of 1.05 indicating that American Homes 4 Rent is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Homes 4 Rent
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sun Communities
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 23.41% compared to Sun Communities' net margin of 2.85%. American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity of 5.45% beat Sun Communities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Homes 4 Rent23.41% 5.45% 3.21%
Sun Communities 2.85%1.41%0.62%

American Homes 4 Rent has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sun Communities. American Homes 4 Rent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Homes 4 Rent$1.76B7.61$412.43M$1.0833.61
Sun Communities$3.22B4.80$101.80M$0.62195.21

American Homes 4 Rent presently has a consensus price target of $40.90, indicating a potential upside of 12.69%. Sun Communities has a consensus price target of $137.86, indicating a potential upside of 13.90%. Given Sun Communities' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Sun Communities is more favorable than American Homes 4 Rent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Homes 4 Rent
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
Sun Communities
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Sun Communities pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sun Communities pays out 671.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Homes 4 Rent has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Sun Communities has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Sun Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

American Homes 4 Rent beats Sun Communities on 11 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 SUI 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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SUI vs. The Competition

MetricSun CommunitiesREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.87B$7.21B$12.32B$21.16B
Dividend Yield3.35%4.93%5.53%3.57%
P/E Ratio195.2163.2619.0627.75
Price / Sales4.805.5826.0558.79
Price / Cash16.6723.2821.8423.00
Price / Book2.071.952.274.67
Net Income$101.80M$193.23M$998.01M$993.85M
7 Day Performance-3.02%0.32%0.79%1.16%
1 Month Performance-5.66%-0.31%3.81%4.99%
1 Year Performance-1.10%-11.81%541.45%12.54%

Sun Communities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SUI
Sun Communities
4.3845 of 5 stars
$121.03
-2.6%
$137.86
+13.9%
+0.7%$15.87B$3.22B195.216,590News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AMH
American Homes 4 Rent
4.5936 of 5 stars
$35.91
+0.4%
$40.90
+13.9%
+0.1%$13.29B$1.73B33.251,730Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.5036 of 5 stars
$202.02
+0.1%
$235.86
+16.7%
-2.3%$28.76B$2.91B25.162,988News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.1313 of 5 stars
$114.08
+0.3%
$129.39
+13.4%
+2.0%$12.19B$1.55B104.661,660Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ELS
Equity Lifestyle Properties
4.7968 of 5 stars
$61.90
+0.6%
$73.90
+19.4%
-8.0%$11.83B$1.53B32.073,800Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
EQR
Equity Residential
4.3656 of 5 stars
$67.04
+0.4%
$79.19
+18.1%
-3.5%$25.47B$3.01B25.592,500News Coverage
Positive News
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.1778 of 5 stars
$284.67
-0.7%
$310.28
+9.0%
+0.6%$18.33B$1.77B27.241,715Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FR
First Industrial Realty Trust
4.7708 of 5 stars
$49.77
+0.7%
$55.91
+12.3%
-5.0%$6.59B$684.44M24.64160Positive News
INVH
Invitation Home
4.6287 of 5 stars
$32.31
-0.1%
$37.97
+17.5%
-11.0%$19.80B$2.62B41.961,750Upcoming Earnings
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.6448 of 5 stars
$151.34
+0.4%
$168.71
+11.5%
+6.4%$17.72B$2.19B31.532,532Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.7683 of 5 stars
$40.37
-0.1%
$46.44
+15.0%
-2.3%$13.37B$1.68B115.331,432News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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