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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Sun Communities pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 108.1% 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 40.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. American Homes 4 Rent has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Sun Communities has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years.
American Homes 4 Rent presently has a consensus price target of $39.69, indicating a potential upside of 21.68%. Sun Communities has a consensus price target of $137.86, indicating a potential upside of 10.35%. Given American Homes 4 Rent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than Sun Communities.
American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% 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.
American Homes 4 Rent has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sun Communities. Sun Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Homes 4 Rent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Sun Communities has a net margin of 48.86% compared to American Homes 4 Rent's net margin of 23.72%. American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity of 5.60% beat Sun Communities' return on equity.
In the previous week, American Homes 4 Rent had 7 more articles in the media than Sun Communities. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent and 2 mentions for Sun Communities. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Sun Communities' score of 0.55 indicating that American Homes 4 Rent is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Sun 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.
Summary
American Homes 4 Rent beats Sun Communities on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:SUI) was last updated on 10/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
