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

Should you be buying UDR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UDR include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Sun Communities (SUI), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), UMH Properties (UMH), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), and Realty Income (O). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

UDR vs.

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

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 37.13% compared to UDR's net margin of 5.36%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.15% beat UDR's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AvalonBay Communities37.13% 9.15% 5.15%
UDR 5.36%2.65%0.86%

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UDR has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AvalonBay Communities presently has a consensus target price of $239.29, indicating a potential upside of 13.92%. UDR has a consensus target price of $46.12, indicating a potential upside of 10.28%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than UDR.

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
UDR
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

AvalonBay Communities received 215 more outperform votes than UDR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.11% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 54.31% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AvalonBay CommunitiesOutperform Votes
675
60.11%
Underperform Votes
448
39.89%
UDROutperform Votes
460
54.31%
Underperform Votes
387
45.69%

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 92.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UDR pays out 688.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UDR has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years. UDR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of UDR shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of UDR shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than UDR. AvalonBay Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UDR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AvalonBay Communities$2.91B10.26$1.08B$7.5927.67
UDR$1.67B8.28$89.58M$0.25167.28

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 8 more articles in the media than UDR. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 15 mentions for UDR. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat UDR's score of 0.88 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AvalonBay Communities
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
UDR
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats UDR on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UDR vs. The Competition

MetricUDRReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.66B$6.95B$11.12B$18.97B
Dividend Yield4.13%7.11%5.79%4.03%
P/E Ratio167.2858.9322.0032.71
Price / Sales8.286.7326.0827.84
Price / Cash18.0817.3217.6017.53
Price / Book4.071.652.654.47
Net Income$89.58M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.60%1.15%0.57%0.50%
1 Month Performance-7.37%-5.62%-0.43%-2.83%
1 Year Performance11.55%4.77%537.91%4.36%

UDR Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UDR
UDR
4.3431 of 5 stars
$42.28
+0.9%
$46.12
+9.1%
+9.8%$14.01B$1.67B169.171,330Earnings Report
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.192 of 5 stars
$201.90
-0.7%
$237.47
+17.6%
+10.8%$28.74B$2.91B26.602,950Earnings Report
Positive News
EQR
Equity Residential
4.0902 of 5 stars
$67.59
-1.0%
$78.51
+16.2%
+9.0%$25.66B$2.98B24.852,400Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.0849 of 5 stars
$154.98
-1.3%
$168.76
+8.9%
+22.6%$18.12B$2.19B34.592,390Earnings Report
Positive News
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.5654 of 5 stars
$271.23
-1.5%
$307.11
+13.2%
+13.1%$17.45B$1.77B23.501,770Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
SUI
Sun Communities
3.3612 of 5 stars
$121.19
-1.7%
$135.70
+12.0%
+11.8%$15.46B$3.20B65.167,590Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
ELS
Equity LifeStyle Properties
3.9326 of 5 stars
$64.39
-1.4%
$74.20
+15.2%
+7.3%$12.31B$1.43B33.024,100Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.127 of 5 stars
$110.90
-1.2%
$127.61
+15.1%
+14.2%$12.07B$1.54B73.931,650Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
UMH
UMH Properties
4.4421 of 5 stars
$17.04
-1.4%
$21.17
+24.2%
+11.1%$1.41B$240.55M131.09460Short Interest ↓
Positive News
AIV
Apartment Investment and Management
1.6065 of 5 stars
$7.63
-2.6%
N/A-0.9%$1.08B$208.68M-4.4160Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
O
Realty Income
3.4776 of 5 stars
$58.02
-0.5%
$62.42
+7.6%
+7.9%$51.74B$5.27B55.26400Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:UDR) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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