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SUI vs. AVB, EQR, ESS, MAA, UDR, CPT, ELS, UMH, AIV, and INVH

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), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS), UMH Properties (UMH), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), and Invitation Home (INVH). These companies are all part of the "reit - eqty trust - resid" industry.

Sun Communities vs. Its Competitors

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AvalonBay Communities$2.91B9.87$1.08B$8.0325.15
Sun Communities$3.22B5.09$101.80M$0.62207.21

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of Sun Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

AvalonBay Communities presently has a consensus price target of $235.86, suggesting a potential upside of 16.78%. Sun Communities has a consensus price target of $138.08, suggesting a potential upside of 7.48%. 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
AvalonBay Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47
Sun Communities
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 38.86% compared to Sun Communities' net margin of 2.85%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.65% beat Sun Communities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AvalonBay Communities38.86% 9.65% 5.42%
Sun Communities 2.85%1.41%0.62%

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 $4.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. 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 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 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 5 more articles in the media than Sun Communities. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 9 mentions for Sun Communities. Sun Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.08 indicating that Sun Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AvalonBay Communities
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Sun Communities
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% 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.

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Sun Communities on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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SUI vs. The Competition

MetricSun CommunitiesREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.30B$7.17B$12.03B$20.53B
Dividend Yield3.26%4.95%5.58%3.77%
P/E Ratio207.2160.7019.9527.85
Price / Sales5.095.7825.6837.49
Price / Cash17.1323.3721.3421.91
Price / Book2.201.972.264.55
Net Income$101.80M$200.44M$1.00B$984.95M
7 Day Performance1.14%1.93%2.70%3.58%
1 Month Performance3.82%2.02%4.28%6.04%
1 Year Performance8.84%-6.73%540.35%14.49%

Sun Communities Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SUI
Sun Communities
4.3268 of 5 stars
$128.47
+0.6%
$138.08
+7.5%
+7.7%$16.30B$3.22B207.216,590Positive News
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.5756 of 5 stars
$207.89
+0.4%
$235.86
+13.5%
-0.5%$29.60B$2.91B25.892,988Positive News
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EQR
Equity Residential
4.6685 of 5 stars
$69.12
+0.2%
$79.25
+14.7%
-1.4%$26.26B$2.98B26.382,500Positive News
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.2451 of 5 stars
$286.25
+0.7%
$310.83
+8.6%
+4.4%$18.43B$1.77B27.391,715Positive News
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.7708 of 5 stars
$150.27
+1.2%
$169.76
+13.0%
+5.5%$17.59B$2.19B31.312,532
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.0457 of 5 stars
$41.40
+0.9%
$46.38
+12.0%
-0.4%$13.72B$1.67B118.291,432Positive News
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.4196 of 5 stars
$116.29
+0.6%
$129.39
+11.3%
+3.4%$12.42B$1.54B106.691,660Positive News
ELS
Equity Lifestyle Properties
4.5116 of 5 stars
$64.08
+2.0%
$73.90
+15.3%
-4.3%$12.25B$1.53B33.203,800News Coverage
Positive News
UMH
UMH Properties
4.5454 of 5 stars
$16.85
+0.7%
$21.00
+24.6%
+5.6%$1.42B$240.55M140.43460News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AIV
Apartment Investment and Management
0.4291 of 5 stars
$8.65
+2.0%
N/A+5.5%$1.23B$208.68M-11.2360
INVH
Invitation Home
4.8733 of 5 stars
$34.05
+0.9%
$37.97
+11.5%
-8.4%$20.87B$2.62B44.211,750Positive News

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