Free Trial

NexPoint Residential Trust (NXRT) Competitors

NexPoint Residential Trust logo
$34.69 +0.68 (+1.99%)
Closing price 09/5/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$34.67 -0.01 (-0.03%)
As of 09/5/2025 04:20 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.

NXRT vs. AVB, CPT, CSR, ELME, EQR, ESS, IRT, MAA, UDR, and UMH

Should you be buying NexPoint Residential Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NexPoint Residential Trust include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Centerspace (CSR), Elme Communities (ELME), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Independence Realty Trust (IRT), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR), and UMH Properties (UMH). These companies are all part of the "reit - eqty trust - resid" industry.

NexPoint Residential Trust vs. Its Competitors

NexPoint Residential Trust (NYSE:NXRT) and AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

NexPoint Residential Trust has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

NexPoint Residential Trust presently has a consensus target price of $41.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.64%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus target price of $223.43, suggesting a potential upside of 14.36%. Given NexPoint Residential Trust's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe NexPoint Residential Trust is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
NexPoint Residential Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.88
AvalonBay Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 12 more articles in the media than NexPoint Residential Trust. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 7 mentions for NexPoint Residential Trust. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat NexPoint Residential Trust's score of 0.57 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
NexPoint Residential Trust
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AvalonBay Communities
18 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than NexPoint Residential Trust. NexPoint Residential Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AvalonBay Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
NexPoint Residential Trust$254.39M3.46$1.11M-$1.96-17.70
AvalonBay Communities$2.91B9.55$1.08B$8.1224.06

NexPoint Residential Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. NexPoint Residential Trust pays out -104.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AvalonBay Communities pays out 86.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. NexPoint Residential Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and AvalonBay Communities has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. NexPoint Residential Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

76.6% of NexPoint Residential Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 15.4% of NexPoint Residential Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 38.91% compared to NexPoint Residential Trust's net margin of -19.55%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.70% beat NexPoint Residential Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
NexPoint Residential Trust-19.55% -12.54% -2.62%
AvalonBay Communities 38.91%9.70%5.45%

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats NexPoint Residential Trust on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

Get NexPoint Residential Trust News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for NXRT and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

Subscribe Now
By entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. Text HELP for help/customer support. Unsubscribe at any time by replying "STOP" to any text message that you receive from MarketBeat or by visiting our mailing preferences page. Read our full terms of service and privacy policy.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding NXRT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

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

NXRT vs. The Competition

MetricNexPoint Residential TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$879.37M$6.96B$12.49B$21.35B
Dividend Yield6.00%5.04%5.42%3.50%
P/E Ratio-17.7047.42232.4229.63
Price / Sales3.465.6031.4149.11
Price / Cash6.8522.0122.1224.54
Price / Book2.151.932.294.55
Net Income$1.11M$193.23M$1.01B$999.70M
7 Day Performance0.71%0.31%0.41%0.58%
1 Month Performance11.30%4.22%3.76%5.66%
1 Year Performance-22.73%-15.03%540.98%17.40%

NexPoint Residential Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
NXRT
NexPoint Residential Trust
4.3394 of 5 stars
$34.69
+2.0%
$41.50
+19.6%
-24.4%$879.37M$254.39M-17.703News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.5014 of 5 stars
$192.45
-0.6%
$225.64
+17.2%
-13.7%$27.57B$2.91B23.702,988Positive News
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.4327 of 5 stars
$108.92
-0.5%
$124.94
+14.7%
-10.4%$11.69B$1.54B76.161,660News Coverage
Positive News
CSR
Centerspace
2.9383 of 5 stars
$57.40
-1.3%
$69.75
+21.5%
-19.6%$974.74M$260.98M-31.89470Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
ELME
Elme Communities
1.8456 of 5 stars
$16.99
+0.2%
$18.50
+8.9%
-2.7%$1.49B$241.93M-113.23100Positive News
EQR
Equity Residential
4.7103 of 5 stars
$64.85
-0.6%
$77.78
+19.9%
-11.5%$24.92B$2.98B24.472,500Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.8302 of 5 stars
$265.66
-0.4%
$302.86
+14.0%
-11.2%$17.18B$1.77B21.361,715News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↓
IRT
Independence Realty Trust
4.552 of 5 stars
$17.50
-1.0%
$22.56
+28.9%
-10.2%$4.13B$640.03M145.79920
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.8071 of 5 stars
$142.09
-0.7%
$163.21
+14.9%
-9.8%$16.74B$2.19B29.242,532Positive News
Dividend Cut
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.7333 of 5 stars
$38.96
-0.6%
$45.23
+16.1%
-12.1%$12.99B$1.67B102.531,432Positive News
UMH
UMH Properties
4.6134 of 5 stars
$15.78
-1.4%
$20.25
+28.3%
-22.7%$1.36B$240.55M112.70460News Coverage
Insider Trade

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:NXRT) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners