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$163.51 -4.49 (-2.67%)
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MAA vs. AVB, EQR, ESS, SUI, UDR, CPT, ELS, UMH, AIV, and SPG

Should 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Mid-America Apartment CommunitiesOutperform Votes
520
59.98%
Underperform Votes
347
40.02%
AvalonBay CommunitiesOutperform Votes
675
60.21%
Underperform Votes
446
39.79%

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)
2.57
AvalonBay Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

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 Ratio
Mid-America Apartment Communities$2.19B8.72$527.54M$4.4836.48
AvalonBay Communities$2.91B10.06$1.08B$7.5927.14

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Mid-America Apartment Communities on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MAA vs. The Competition

MetricMid-America Apartment CommunitiesReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.13B$6.91B$11.09B$18.97B
Dividend Yield3.65%6.72%5.41%3.78%
P/E Ratio36.5359.8122.0931.64
Price / Sales8.726.7525.3825.57
Price / Cash16.7117.3217.6217.54
Price / Book3.121.682.634.38
Net Income$527.54M$177.71M$1.04B$1.02B
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.0498 of 5 stars
$163.51
-2.7%
$168.90
+3.3%
+31.9%$19.11B$2.19B36.502,390Insider Trade
Positive News
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
3.8423 of 5 stars
$214.73
+1.4%
$238.64
+11.1%
+20.1%$30.55B$2.91B28.292,950Ex-Dividend
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
EQR
Equity Residential
4.6787 of 5 stars
$71.63
+1.3%
$78.51
+9.6%
+17.8%$27.20B$2.98B26.332,400Ex-Dividend
Positive News
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.08 of 5 stars
$306.95
+1.2%
$307.16
+0.1%
+30.6%$19.74B$1.77B26.601,770Ex-Dividend
News Coverage
Positive News
SUI
Sun Communities
2.7891 of 5 stars
$128.53
-0.6%
$136.60
+6.3%
+4.6%$16.40B$3.20B69.107,590Ex-Dividend
Positive News
UDR
UDR
3.8439 of 5 stars
$45.19
+1.5%
$46.12
+2.0%
+25.5%$14.97B$1.67B180.781,330
CPT
Camden Property Trust
3.6225 of 5 stars
$122.27
+0.8%
$127.76
+4.5%
+28.5%$13.30B$1.54B81.521,650Ex-Dividend
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
ELS
Equity LifeStyle Properties
3.9648 of 5 stars
$66.70
+0.4%
$73.78
+10.6%
+5.5%$12.75B$1.43B34.214,100News Coverage
Positive News
UMH
UMH Properties
3.9925 of 5 stars
$18.73
+0.1%
$21.17
+13.0%
+17.5%$1.54B$240.55M144.05460Dividend Increase
News Coverage
AIV
Apartment Investment and Management
N/A$8.81
+0.6%
N/A+12.7%$1.25B$208.68M-5.0960
SPG
Simon Property Group
4.292 of 5 stars
$166.27
+1.2%
$180.33
+8.5%
+13.7%$54.25B$5.96B22.903,300Short Interest ↑
Positive News
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