UDR (UDR) Competitors

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

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

97.8% of UDR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of UDR shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is UDR or AVB a better dividend stock?

UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. UDR pays out 680.0% 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 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 has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. UDR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer UDR or AVB?

AvalonBay Communities received 215 more outperform votes than UDR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.21% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 54.31% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UDR	Outperform Votes 460 54.31%	Underperform Votes 387 45.69%
AvalonBay Communities	Outperform Votes 675 60.21%	Underperform Votes 446 39.79%

Which has more risk and volatility, UDR or AVB?

UDR has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Is UDR or AVB more profitable?

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
UDR	5.36%	2.65%	0.86%
AvalonBay Communities	37.13%	9.15%	5.15%

Does the media refer more to UDR or AVB?

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 5 more articles in the media than UDR. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 22 mentions for UDR. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat UDR's score of 0.92 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UDR	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AvalonBay Communities	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, UDR or AVB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
UDR	$1.67B	8.57	$89.58M	$0.25	173.10
AvalonBay Communities	$2.91B	10.23	$1.08B	$7.59	27.61

Do analysts recommend UDR or AVB?

UDR presently has a consensus price target of $46.12, indicating a potential upside of 6.57%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus price target of $238.64, indicating a potential upside of 13.89%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than UDR.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UDR	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
AvalonBay Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats UDR on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.