UDR vs. AVB, EQR, ESS, MAA, SUI, ELS, CPT, AIV, UMH, and SPG
Should you be buying UDR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UDR include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), 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.
AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and UDR (NYSE:UDR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than UDR. UDR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AvalonBay Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 3 more articles in the media than UDR. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 11 mentions for UDR. UDR's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 0.52 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AvalonBay Communities received 219 more outperform votes than UDR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.21% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 55.19% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.
AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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. UDR pays out 123.2% 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 has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and UDR has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. UDR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of UDR shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of UDR shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds 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 27.81%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 11.57% beat UDR's return on equity.
AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus target price of $204.89, suggesting a potential upside of 6.34%. UDR has a consensus target price of $40.65, suggesting a potential upside of 5.25%. Given UDR's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than UDR.
AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UDR has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AvalonBay Communities beats UDR on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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