SUI vs. AVB, EQR, ESS, MAA, UDR, ELS, CPT, AIV, UMH, and SPG
Should you be buying Sun Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sun Communities include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), UDR (UDR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), UMH Properties (UMH), and Simon Property Group (SPG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) and AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Sun Communities pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Sun Communities pays out 324.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. AvalonBay Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Sun Communities currently has a consensus target price of $136.27, indicating a potential upside of 15.50%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus target price of $204.89, indicating a potential upside of 6.34%. Given Sun Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Sun Communities is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.
AvalonBay Communities received 272 more outperform votes than Sun Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.37% of users gave Sun Communities an outperform vote while only 61.21% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote.
Sun Communities has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 9 more articles in the media than Sun Communities. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 5 mentions for Sun Communities. Sun Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.04 indicating that Sun Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 34.05% compared to Sun Communities' net margin of 4.46%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 8.12% beat Sun Communities' return on equity.
99.6% of Sun Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Sun Communities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AvalonBay Communities has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Sun Communities. AvalonBay Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Sun Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
AvalonBay Communities beats Sun Communities on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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