Sun Communities (SUI) Competitors

Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) and AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.

Is SUI or AVB a better dividend stock?

Sun Communities pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Sun Communities pays out 508.1% 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. AvalonBay Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has better earnings & valuation, SUI or AVB?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sun Communities	$3.20B	5.10	-$201M	$0.74	172.91
AvalonBay Communities	$2.91B	10.35	$1.08B	$7.59	27.94

Which has more volatility & risk, SUI or AVB?

Sun Communities has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 1, meaning that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SUI or AVB?

Sun Communities presently has a consensus target price of $136.60, suggesting a potential upside of 6.76%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus target price of $238.64, suggesting a potential upside of 12.54%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Sun Communities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sun Communities	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.36
AvalonBay Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53

Is SUI or AVB more profitable?

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 37.13% compared to Sun Communities' net margin of 7.46%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.15% beat Sun Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sun Communities	7.46%	3.21%	1.40%
AvalonBay Communities	37.13%	9.15%	5.15%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SUI or AVB?

99.6% of Sun Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Sun Communities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to SUI or AVB?

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 5 more articles in the media than Sun Communities. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 12 mentions for Sun Communities. Sun Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.21 indicating that Sun Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sun Communities	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AvalonBay Communities	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SUI or AVB?

AvalonBay Communities received 270 more outperform votes than Sun Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.54% of users gave Sun Communities an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sun Communities	Outperform Votes 405 60.54%	Underperform Votes 264 39.46%
AvalonBay Communities	Outperform Votes 675 60.21%	Underperform Votes 446 39.79%

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Sun Communities on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.