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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$190.19 +0.5%	$199.66	$180.40 ▼ $239.29	$26.96B	0.86	917,636 shs	767,538 shs
CLP Colonial Properties Trust		$0.00	$0.00 ▼ $0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	$64.11 +0.9%	$66.56	$59.41 ▼ $78.83	$24.25B	0.92	2.28 million shs	3.89 million shs
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$140.88 +0.6%	$147.69	$137.32 ▼ $173.38	$16.39B	0.75	899,827 shs	927,467 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AVB AvalonBay Communities	+0.41%	+1.85%	-5.82%	-8.70%	-10.93%
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
EQR Equity Residential	+0.85%	+1.45%	-4.23%	-10.67%	-9.95%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	+0.56%	+0.25%	-6.31%	-13.87%	-8.12%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AVB AvalonBay Communities	4.4995 of 5 stars	3.2	3.0	2.5	2.4	2.7	2.5	1.3
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	4.4698 of 5 stars	3.3	3.0	2.5	2.9	2.7	1.7	1.3
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	4.7312 of 5 stars	3.2	5.0	4.2	2.9	3.2	1.7	0.6

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AVB AvalonBay Communities	2.40	Hold	$225.64	18.64% Upside
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	2.50	Moderate Buy	$77.78	21.32% Upside
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	2.37	Hold	$163.21	15.85% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest CLP, AVB, EQR, and MAA Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/14/2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$236.00 ➝ $226.00
8/14/2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Neutral	$213.00 ➝ $199.00
8/14/2025	EQR Equity Residential	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$78.00 ➝ $77.00
8/14/2025	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Sector Outperform ➝ Sector Outperform	$180.00 ➝ $170.00
8/14/2025	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Outperform	$161.00 ➝ $150.00
8/13/2025	EQR Equity Residential	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$76.50 ➝ $75.00
8/13/2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Overweight	$228.00 ➝ $225.00
8/13/2025	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$177.00 ➝ $169.00
8/13/2025	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$180.00 ➝ $170.00
8/12/2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$241.00 ➝ $228.00
8/12/2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	In-Line ➝ In-Line	$216.00 ➝ $212.00

(Data available from 8/16/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$2.91B	9.29	$13.89 per share	13.69	$85.48 per share	2.22
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	$2.98B	8.22	$5.37 per share	11.94	$29.30 per share	2.19
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.20B	7.50	$9.64 per share	14.61	$51.84 per share	2.72

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$1.08B	$8.12	23.42	15.59	2.71	38.91%	9.70%	5.45%	11/3/2025 (Estimated)
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A	N/A	0.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	$1.04B	$2.65	24.19	15.23	3.22	33.22%	9.05%	4.85%	10/29/2025 (Estimated)
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$527.54M	$4.86	28.99	15.28	3.74	25.98%	9.35%	4.84%	10/29/2025 (Estimated)

Latest CLP, AVB, EQR, and MAA Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/4/2025	Q2 2025	EQR Equity Residential	$0.99	$0.99	N/A	$0.99	$770.60 million	$768.83 million
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	$2.80	$2.82	+$0.02	$2.80	$759.08 million	$689.90 million
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$2.14	$2.15	+$0.01	$2.15	$552.19 million	$549.90 million

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AVB AvalonBay Communities	$7.00	3.68%	N/A	86.21%	3 Years
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	$2.77	4.32%	N/A	104.53%	4 Years
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	$6.06	4.30%	N/A	124.69%	16 Years

Latest CLP, AVB, EQR, and MAA Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/20/2025	MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	quarterly	$1.5150	3.78%	7/15/2025	7/15/2025	7/31/2025
5/21/2025	AVB AvalonBay Communities	quarterly	$1.75	3.47%	6/30/2025	6/30/2025	7/15/2025
6/13/2025	EQR Equity Residential	quarterly	$0.6925	3.96%	6/24/2025	6/24/2025	7/11/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AVB AvalonBay Communities	0.71	0.70	0.70
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	0.75	0.17	0.17
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	0.83	0.10	0.10

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AVB AvalonBay Communities	92.61%
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	92.68%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	93.60%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AVB AvalonBay Communities	0.45%
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A
EQR Equity Residential	1.10%
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	1.20%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AVB AvalonBay Communities	2,988	142.38 million	141.74 million	Optionable
CLP Colonial Properties Trust	N/A	N/A	N/A	Not Optionable
EQR Equity Residential	2,500	381.90 million	377.70 million	Optionable
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities	2,532	117.07 million	115.67 million	Optionable

CLP, AVB, EQR, and MAA Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) Price Target Cut to $169.00 by Analysts at Morgan Stanley

August 15 at 12:19 PM | marketbeat.com

Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) Price Target Lowered to $170.00 at KeyCorp

August 15 at 9:36 AM | marketbeat.com

Resona Asset Management Co. Ltd. Purchases 4,204 Shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA)

August 15 at 5:53 AM | marketbeat.com

Mizuho Upgrades Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. - Preferred Stock (MAA.PRI)

August 15 at 5:47 AM | msn.com

KeyCorp Has Lowered Expectations for Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) Stock Price

August 15 at 3:00 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) Price Target Lowered to $169.00 at Morgan Stanley

August 15 at 2:51 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Mizuho Upgrades Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA)

August 14 at 12:46 AM | msn.com

Mizuho bullish on Mid-America as Sunbelt rental growth outpaces coastal market

August 14 at 7:46 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Russell Investments Group Ltd. Purchases 272,030 Shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA)

August 14 at 6:06 AM | marketbeat.com

Invesco Ltd. Sells 130,126 Shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA)

August 14 at 4:52 AM | marketbeat.com

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA) Position Raised by National Bank of Canada FI

August 14 at 4:24 AM | marketbeat.com

Citigroup Inc. Has $22.47 Million Stock Position in Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA)

August 14 at 4:24 AM | marketbeat.com

Barclays Cuts Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) Price Target to $156.00

August 14 at 2:37 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) Price Target Lowered to $152.00 at Evercore ISI

August 14 at 2:37 AM | americanbankingnews.com

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. stock underperforms Wednesday when compared to competitors despite daily gains

August 13 at 7:51 PM | marketwatch.com

Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) Price Target Lowered to $156.00 at Barclays

August 13 at 9:39 AM | marketbeat.com

Evercore ISI Issues Pessimistic Forecast for Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) Stock Price

August 13 at 9:10 AM | marketbeat.com

Sustainable Insight Capital Management LLC Invests $436,000 in Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA)

August 13 at 5:53 AM | marketbeat.com

Nuveen LLC Purchases New Position in Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA)

August 13 at 5:16 AM | marketbeat.com

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Sells 584,729 Shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA)

August 13 at 4:37 AM | marketbeat.com

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA) Shares Sold by Forsta AP Fonden

August 13 at 4:15 AM | marketbeat.com

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CLP, AVB, EQR, and MAA Company Descriptions

AvalonBay Communities NYSE:AVB

$190.19 +0.87 (+0.46%)

Closing price 08/15/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$190.62 +0.43 (+0.23%)

As of 08/15/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the development, acquisition, ownership, and operation of multifamily communities. It operates through the following segments: Same Store, Other Stabilized, and Development or Redevelopment. The Same Store segment refers to the operating communities that were owned and had stabilized occupancy. The Other Stabilized segment includes all other complete communities that have stabilized occupancy. The Development or Redevelopment segment consists of communities that are under construction. The company was founded by Gilbert M. Meyer in 1978 and is headquartered in Arlington, VA.

Colonial Properties Trust NYSE:CLP

Colonial Properties Trust (the Trust) is a multifamily-focused self-administered equity real estate investment trust (REIT) that owns, operates and develops multifamily communities primarily located in the Sunbelt region of the United States. Its activities include full or partial ownership and operation of 153 properties as of December 31, 2011, located in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Nevada, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, development of new properties, acquisition of existing properties, build-to-suit development and the provision of management, leasing and brokerage services for commercial real estate. In September 2013, the Company announced the disposition of its Colonial Promenade Tannehill retail asset in Birmingham, Alabama. In October 2013, Mid America Apartment Communities Inc and Colonial Properties Trust announced the completion of the merger of the two companies.

Equity Residential NYSE:EQR

$64.11 +0.60 (+0.94%)

Closing price 08/15/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$64.15 +0.04 (+0.06%)

As of 08/15/2025 07:52 PM Eastern

Equity Residential is committed to creating communities where people thrive. The Company, a member of the S&P 500, is focused on the acquisition, development and management of residential properties located in and around dynamic cities that attract affluent long-term renters. Equity Residential owns or has investments in 305 properties consisting of 80,683 apartment units, with an established presence in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle, San Francisco and Southern California, and an expanding presence in Denver, Atlanta, Dallas/Ft. Worth and Austin.

Mid-America Apartment Communities NYSE:MAA

$140.88 +0.85 (+0.61%)

Closing price 08/15/2025 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$140.90 +0.03 (+0.02%)

As of 08/15/2025 06:01 PM Eastern

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the operation, acquisition, and development of apartment communities. It operates through the Same Store and Non-Same Store segments. The Same Store Communities segment represents those apartment communities that have been owned and stabilized for at least 12 months as of the first day of the calendar year. The Non-Same Store segment includes recent acquisitions, communities in development or lease-up. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Germantown, TN.

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