SUI vs. AVB, EQR, MAA, ESS, UDR, CPT, ELS, UMH, AIV, and SPG
Should you be buying Sun Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sun Communities include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Essex Property Trust (ESS), UDR (UDR), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), UMH Properties (UMH), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), and Simon Property Group (SPG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Sun Communities vs.
AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, community ranking and earnings.
AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Communities has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
AvalonBay Communities received 266 more outperform votes than Sun Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.65% of users gave Sun Communities an outperform vote while only 59.93% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote.
AvalonBay Communities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sun Communities. AvalonBay Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus price target of $239.93, suggesting a potential upside of 18.86%. Sun Communities has a consensus price target of $138.70, suggesting a potential upside of 14.51%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Sun Communities.
AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Sun Communities pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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. Sun Communities pays out 606.5% 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 has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Sun Communities has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. AvalonBay Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 6 more articles in the media than Sun Communities. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 14 mentions for Sun Communities. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Sun Communities' score of 1.13 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of Sun Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Sun Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 37.13% compared to Sun Communities' net margin of 7.46%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.15% beat Sun Communities' return on equity.
Summary
AvalonBay Communities beats Sun Communities on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:SUI) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
