Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) Competitors $163.51 -4.49 (-2.67%) Closing price 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$163.66 +0.15 (+0.09%) As of 05:23 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock MAA vs. AVB, EQR, ESS, SUI, UDR, CPT, ELS, UMH, AIV, and SPGShould you be buying Mid-America Apartment Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Mid-America Apartment Communities include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Sun Communities (SUI), UDR (UDR), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), UMH Properties (UMH), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), and Simon Property Group (SPG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry. Mid-America Apartment Communities vs. AvalonBay Communities Equity Residential Essex Property Trust Sun Communities UDR Camden Property Trust Equity LifeStyle Properties UMH Properties Apartment Investment and Management Simon Property Group Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) and AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings. Does the media refer more to MAA or AVB? In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 9 more articles in the media than Mid-America Apartment Communities. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 19 mentions for Mid-America Apartment Communities. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Mid-America Apartment Communities' score of 1.27 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Mid-America Apartment Communities 14 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 3 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive AvalonBay Communities 24 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of MAA or AVB? 93.6% of Mid-America Apartment Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Mid-America Apartment Communities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Is MAA or AVB a better dividend stock? Mid-America Apartment Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Mid-America Apartment Communities pays out 135.3% 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 92.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mid-America Apartment Communities has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. Mid-America Apartment Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Which has more risk & volatility, MAA or AVB? Mid-America Apartment Communities has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 1, suggesting that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500. Is MAA or AVB more profitable? AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 37.13% compared to Mid-America Apartment Communities' net margin of 24.03%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.15% beat Mid-America Apartment Communities' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Mid-America Apartment Communities24.03% 8.53% 4.52% AvalonBay Communities 37.13%9.15%5.15% Does the MarketBeat Community believe in MAA or AVB? AvalonBay Communities received 155 more outperform votes than Mid-America Apartment Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.21% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 59.98% of users gave Mid-America Apartment Communities an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformMid-America Apartment CommunitiesOutperform Votes52059.98% Underperform Votes34740.02% AvalonBay CommunitiesOutperform Votes67560.21% Underperform Votes44639.79% Do analysts rate MAA or AVB? Mid-America Apartment Communities currently has a consensus target price of $168.90, indicating a potential upside of 3.35%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus target price of $238.64, indicating a potential upside of 15.84%. Given AvalonBay Communities' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Mid-America Apartment Communities.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Mid-America Apartment Communities 1 Sell rating(s) 8 Hold rating(s) 11 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.57AvalonBay Communities 0 Sell rating(s) 7 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.53 Which has preferable earnings & valuation, MAA or AVB? AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Mid-America Apartment Communities. AvalonBay Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mid-America Apartment Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioMid-America Apartment Communities$2.19B8.72$527.54M$4.4836.48AvalonBay Communities$2.91B10.06$1.08B$7.5927.14 SummaryAvalonBay Communities beats Mid-America Apartment Communities on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get Mid-America Apartment Communities News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for MAA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart MAA vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricMid-America Apartment CommunitiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$19.13B$6.91B$11.09B$18.97BDividend Yield3.65%6.72%5.41%3.78%P/E Ratio36.5359.8122.0931.64Price / Sales8.726.7525.3825.57Price / Cash16.7117.3217.6217.54Price / Book3.121.682.634.38Net Income$527.54M$177.71M$1.04B$1.02B7 Day Performance-0.75%-3.02%-2.83%-4.91%1 Month Performance-4.30%-5.84%493.04%-5.31%1 Year Performance27.24%5.45%534.17%0.11% Mid-America Apartment Communities Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)MAAMid-America Apartment Communities4.0498 of 5 stars$163.51-2.7%$168.90+3.3%+31.9%$19.11B$2.19B36.502,390Insider TradePositive NewsAVBAvalonBay Communities3.8423 of 5 stars$214.73+1.4%$238.64+11.1%+20.1%$30.55B$2.91B28.292,950Ex-DividendAnalyst RevisionNews CoveragePositive NewsEQREquity Residential4.6787 of 5 stars$71.63+1.3%$78.51+9.6%+17.8%$27.20B$2.98B26.332,400Ex-DividendPositive NewsESSEssex Property Trust4.08 of 5 stars$306.95+1.2%$307.16+0.1%+30.6%$19.74B$1.77B26.601,770Ex-DividendNews CoveragePositive NewsSUISun Communities2.7891 of 5 stars$128.53-0.6%$136.60+6.3%+4.6%$16.40B$3.20B69.107,590Ex-DividendPositive NewsUDRUDR3.8439 of 5 stars$45.19+1.5%$46.12+2.0%+25.5%$14.97B$1.67B180.781,330CPTCamden Property Trust3.6225 of 5 stars$122.27+0.8%$127.76+4.5%+28.5%$13.30B$1.54B81.521,650Ex-DividendShort Interest ↑News CoveragePositive NewsELSEquity LifeStyle Properties3.9648 of 5 stars$66.70+0.4%$73.78+10.6%+5.5%$12.75B$1.43B34.214,100News CoveragePositive NewsUMHUMH Properties3.9925 of 5 stars$18.73+0.1%$21.17+13.0%+17.5%$1.54B$240.55M144.05460Dividend IncreaseNews CoverageAIVApartment Investment and ManagementN/A$8.81+0.6%N/A+12.7%$1.25B$208.68M-5.0960SPGSimon Property Group4.292 of 5 stars$166.27+1.2%$180.33+8.5%+13.7%$54.25B$5.96B22.903,300Short Interest ↑Positive NewsGap Down Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies AVB Competitors EQR Competitors ESS Competitors SUI Competitors UDR Competitors CPT Competitors ELS Competitors UMH Competitors AIV Competitors SPG Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:MAA) was last updated on 4/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners“Fed Proof” Your Bank Account with THESE 4 Simple StepsStarting as soon as a few months from now, the United States government will make a sweeping change to bank ac...Weiss Ratings | SponsoredAmerica’s Retirement Accounts Are at Risk—Here’s WhyWhen Trump took office in 2017, gold was just $1,100 an ounce. 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