ELS vs. AVB, EQR, ESS, MAA, SUI, UDR, CPT, AIV, UMH, and O
Should you be buying Equity LifeStyle Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equity LifeStyle Properties include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), UDR (UDR), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), UMH Properties (UMH), and Realty Income (O). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Equity LifeStyle Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 101.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equity LifeStyle Properties pays out 104.4% 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 increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Equity LifeStyle Properties has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. AvalonBay Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AvalonBay Communities presently has a consensus target price of $204.89, indicating a potential upside of 6.34%. Equity LifeStyle Properties has a consensus target price of $68.85, indicating a potential upside of 9.69%. Given AvalonBay Communities' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Equity LifeStyle Properties is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.
AvalonBay Communities received 323 more outperform votes than Equity LifeStyle Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.21% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 57.65% of users gave Equity LifeStyle Properties an outperform vote.
92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 34.05% compared to AvalonBay Communities' net margin of 22.69%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 22.71% beat Equity LifeStyle Properties' return on equity.
AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity LifeStyle Properties has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 12 more articles in the media than Equity LifeStyle Properties. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 2 mentions for Equity LifeStyle Properties. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Equity LifeStyle Properties' score of 1.04 indicating that Equity LifeStyle Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Equity LifeStyle Properties. AvalonBay Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity LifeStyle Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AvalonBay Communities beats Equity LifeStyle Properties on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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