Free Trial

United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR) Competitors

United Dominion Realty Trust logo
$40.37 -0.12 (-0.30%)
Closing price 07/11/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$40.10 -0.27 (-0.67%)
As of 07/11/2025 05:59 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

UDR vs. AMH, AVB, CPT, EQR, ESS, INVH, IRT, MAA, SUI, and ELS

Should you be buying United Dominion Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United Dominion Realty Trust include American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Invitation Home (INVH), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), and Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS). These companies are all part of the "reit - eqty trust - resid" industry.

United Dominion Realty Trust vs. Its Competitors

United Dominion Realty Trust (NYSE:UDR) and American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

United Dominion Realty Trust currently has a consensus target price of $46.44, suggesting a potential upside of 15.03%. American Homes 4 Rent has a consensus target price of $40.90, suggesting a potential upside of 14.34%. Given United Dominion Realty Trust's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe United Dominion Realty Trust is more favorable than American Homes 4 Rent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United Dominion Realty Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41
American Homes 4 Rent
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

United Dominion Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. United Dominion Realty Trust 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. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 111.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. United Dominion Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and American Homes 4 Rent has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. United Dominion Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 23.41% compared to United Dominion Realty Trust's net margin of 7.33%. American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity of 5.45% beat United Dominion Realty Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United Dominion Realty Trust7.33% 3.73% 1.18%
American Homes 4 Rent 23.41%5.45%3.21%

In the previous week, United Dominion Realty Trust had 7 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for United Dominion Realty Trust and 4 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 1.68 beat United Dominion Realty Trust's score of 1.50 indicating that American Homes 4 Rent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United Dominion Realty Trust
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
American Homes 4 Rent
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

American Homes 4 Rent has higher revenue and earnings than United Dominion Realty Trust. American Homes 4 Rent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United Dominion Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United Dominion Realty Trust$1.67B8.00$89.58M$0.35115.34
American Homes 4 Rent$1.73B7.66$412.43M$1.0833.12

97.8% of United Dominion Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of United Dominion Realty Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

United Dominion Realty Trust has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

American Homes 4 Rent beats United Dominion Realty Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get United Dominion Realty Trust News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for UDR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding UDR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

UDR vs. The Competition

MetricUnited Dominion Realty TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$13.38B$7.15B$12.08B$20.65B
Dividend Yield4.26%4.92%5.54%3.72%
P/E Ratio115.3463.9419.2027.84
Price / Sales8.005.6225.6642.29
Price / Cash16.9823.2921.4522.32
Price / Book3.921.972.284.57
Net Income$89.58M$193.23M$992.82M$989.30M
7 Day Performance-1.05%-0.40%-0.20%0.20%
1 Month Performance-1.99%0.38%3.93%5.53%
1 Year Performance0.05%-8.56%539.45%10.30%

United Dominion Realty Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.8206 of 5 stars
$40.37
-0.3%
$46.44
+15.0%
+0.0%$13.38B$1.67B115.341,432News Coverage
Positive News
AMH
American Homes 4 Rent
4.7013 of 5 stars
$35.42
-0.5%
$40.90
+15.5%
-0.7%$13.11B$1.73B32.801,730Positive News
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.5556 of 5 stars
$202.38
-0.1%
$235.86
+16.5%
0.0%$28.81B$2.91B25.202,988News Coverage
Positive News
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.296 of 5 stars
$113.35
-0.6%
$129.39
+14.1%
+4.7%$12.11B$1.54B103.991,660Positive News
EQR
Equity Residential
4.619 of 5 stars
$66.67
-0.3%
$79.19
+18.8%
-0.7%$25.33B$2.98B25.452,500News Coverage
Positive News
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.1858 of 5 stars
$283.59
-0.2%
$310.28
+9.4%
+4.5%$18.26B$1.77B27.141,715Positive News
INVH
Invitation Home
4.6002 of 5 stars
$32.29
-1.0%
$37.97
+17.6%
-8.6%$19.79B$2.62B41.941,750
IRT
Independence Realty Trust
4.2008 of 5 stars
$17.61
-1.0%
$22.70
+28.9%
-5.7%$4.12B$640.03M125.79920Positive News
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.7017 of 5 stars
$150.09
-0.3%
$169.76
+13.1%
+7.2%$17.57B$2.19B31.272,532News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
SUI
Sun Communities
3.8534 of 5 stars
$128.20
-0.8%
$138.08
+7.7%
+1.7%$16.36B$3.22B206.776,590News Coverage
Positive News
ELS
Equity Lifestyle Properties
4.3435 of 5 stars
$62.02
-0.2%
$73.90
+19.2%
-7.8%$11.86B$1.53B32.133,800News Coverage

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:UDR) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners