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

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

UMH Properties vs.

Apartment Investment and Management (NYSE:AIV) and UMH Properties (NYSE:UMH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.

In the previous week, UMH Properties had 2 more articles in the media than Apartment Investment and Management. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for UMH Properties and 9 mentions for Apartment Investment and Management. Apartment Investment and Management's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat UMH Properties' score of 0.09 indicating that Apartment Investment and Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apartment Investment and Management
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
UMH Properties
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

83.3% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of UMH Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.0% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.8% of UMH Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

UMH Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Apartment Investment and Management. Apartment Investment and Management is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UMH Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apartment Investment and Management$210.83M5.24-$166.20M-$0.77-10.10
UMH Properties$244.10M5.60$8.01M$0.12135.50

UMH Properties has a net margin of 11.81% compared to Apartment Investment and Management's net margin of -119.76%. UMH Properties' return on equity of 6.06% beat Apartment Investment and Management's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apartment Investment and Management-119.76% -68.04% -11.72%
UMH Properties 11.81%6.06%1.92%

Apartment Investment and Management has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UMH Properties has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

UMH Properties has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.15%. Given UMH Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe UMH Properties is more favorable than Apartment Investment and Management.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apartment Investment and Management
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
UMH Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

Apartment Investment and Management received 136 more outperform votes than UMH Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.81% of users gave Apartment Investment and Management an outperform vote while only 58.92% of users gave UMH Properties an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Apartment Investment and ManagementOutperform Votes
387
59.81%
Underperform Votes
260
40.19%
UMH PropertiesOutperform Votes
251
58.92%
Underperform Votes
175
41.08%

Apartment Investment and Management pays an annual dividend of $1.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.0%. UMH Properties pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Apartment Investment and Management pays out -131.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UMH Properties pays out 750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UMH Properties has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Apartment Investment and Management is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

UMH Properties beats Apartment Investment and Management on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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UMH vs. The Competition

MetricUMH PropertiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.37B$6.80B$11.42B$19.16B
Dividend Yield5.24%6.71%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio125.1659.7422.3534.20
Price / Sales5.608.2927.4934.68
Price / Cash17.8317.3217.6217.51
Price / Book2.591.632.764.66
Net Income$8.01M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.48%-3.71%-1.56%-2.99%
1 Month Performance-7.19%0.70%4.95%5.64%
1 Year Performance8.18%2.49%537.65%5.21%

UMH Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
UMH
UMH Properties
4.5011 of 5 stars
$16.26
-0.7%
$21.00
+29.2%
+5.6%$1.37B$244.10M125.16460Analyst Downgrade
AIV
Apartment Investment and Management
0.626 of 5 stars
$8.06
+2.4%
N/A-4.9%$1.14B$210.83M-4.6660Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.1637 of 5 stars
$208.58
+1.5%
$239.57
+14.9%
+1.1%$29.70B$2.95B27.482,950Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
EQR
Equity Residential
4.4273 of 5 stars
$70.82
+1.3%
$79.12
+11.7%
+3.0%$26.91B$3.01B26.042,400News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.0708 of 5 stars
$163.61
+0.4%
$169.55
+3.6%
+13.5%$19.15B$2.20B36.522,390News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.3076 of 5 stars
$286.36
+1.3%
$308.89
+7.9%
+4.1%$18.44B$1.81B24.811,770Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SUI
Sun Communities
4.3481 of 5 stars
$125.12
-0.3%
$138.70
+10.9%
-2.8%$15.96B$3.20B67.277,590Positive News
Analyst Forecast
UDR
UDR
4.1607 of 5 stars
$42.58
+0.7%
$46.29
+8.7%
+1.1%$14.10B$1.68B170.301,330News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Revision
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.1881 of 5 stars
$118.88
+0.8%
$128.55
+8.1%
+8.5%$12.70B$1.55B79.251,650Positive News
ELS
Equity LifeStyle Properties
4.0906 of 5 stars
$63.64
-1.1%
$74.33
+16.8%
-1.1%$12.17B$1.43B32.644,100Positive News
CTRE
CareTrust REIT
1.4146 of 5 stars
$28.70
-1.6%
$31.00
+8.0%
+11.3%$5.50B$246.41M36.3320Positive News

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