Sun Communities (SUI) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVB or SUI?

AvalonBay Communities received 272 more outperform votes than Sun Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.42% of users gave Sun Communities an outperform vote while only 60.27% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AvalonBay Communities	Outperform Votes 675 60.27%	Underperform Votes 445 39.73%
Sun Communities	Outperform Votes 403 60.42%	Underperform Votes 264 39.58%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AVB or SUI?

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of Sun Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Sun Communities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, AVB or SUI?

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Communities has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AVB or SUI 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
AvalonBay Communities	37.13%	9.15%	5.15%
Sun Communities	7.46%	3.21%	1.40%

Does the media refer more to AVB or SUI?

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 13 more articles in the media than Sun Communities. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 7 mentions for Sun Communities. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Sun Communities' score of 0.41 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AvalonBay Communities	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Sun Communities	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend AVB or SUI?

AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus price target of $238.64, suggesting a potential upside of 9.08%. Sun Communities has a consensus price target of $134.55, suggesting a potential upside of 6.92%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Sun Communities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AvalonBay Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
Sun Communities	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is AVB or SUI a better dividend stock?

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Sun Communities pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 89.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sun Communities pays out 202.2% 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 and valuation, AVB or SUI?

AvalonBay Communities has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
AvalonBay Communities	$2.91B	10.68	$1.08B	$7.59	28.82
Sun Communities	$3.22B	4.97	-$201M	$1.86	67.66

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Sun Communities on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.