Sun Communities (SUI) Competitors

Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) and AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of SUI or AVB?

99.6% of Sun Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Sun Communities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, SUI or AVB?

AvalonBay Communities has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sun Communities	$3.20B	5.06	-$201M	$0.62	204.66
AvalonBay Communities	$2.95B	10.02	$1.08B	$8.03	25.84

Is SUI or AVB more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sun Communities	7.46%	3.21%	1.40%
AvalonBay Communities	37.13%	9.15%	5.15%

Which has more risk and volatility, SUI or AVB?

Sun Communities has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SUI or AVB a better dividend stock?

Sun Communities pays an annual dividend of $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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. 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 has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years and AvalonBay Communities has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. AvalonBay Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SUI or AVB?

AvalonBay Communities received 264 more outperform votes than Sun Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.65% of users gave Sun Communities an outperform vote while only 59.91% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sun Communities	Outperform Votes 413 60.65%	Underperform Votes 268 39.35%
AvalonBay Communities	Outperform Votes 677 59.91%	Underperform Votes 453 40.09%

Does the media favor SUI or AVB?

In the previous week, Sun Communities had 12 more articles in the media than AvalonBay Communities. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Sun Communities and 3 mentions for AvalonBay Communities. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat Sun Communities' score of 0.87 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sun Communities	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AvalonBay Communities	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend SUI or AVB?

Sun Communities presently has a consensus price target of $139.09, suggesting a potential upside of 9.61%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus price target of $237.86, suggesting a potential upside of 14.64%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Sun Communities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sun Communities	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42
AvalonBay Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Sun Communities on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.