UDR vs. AVB, EQR, ESS, MAA, SUI, CPT, ELS, UMH, AIV, and PSA
Should you be buying UDR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UDR include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), UMH Properties (UMH), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), and Public Storage (PSA). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
UDR vs. Its Competitors
AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and UDR (NYSE:UDR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.
AvalonBay Communities received 216 more outperform votes than UDR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.91% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 54.24% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.
AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UDR has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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. UDR pays out 491.4% 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 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.
In the previous week, UDR had 2 more articles in the media than AvalonBay Communities. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for UDR and 3 mentions for AvalonBay Communities. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat UDR's score of 0.34 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of UDR shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of UDR shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus price target of $237.86, indicating a potential upside of 14.64%. UDR has a consensus price target of $46.44, indicating a potential upside of 11.01%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than UDR.
Summary
AvalonBay Communities beats UDR on 14 of the 20 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:UDR) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
