Sun Communities (SUI) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer SUI or AVB?

Sun Communities presently has a consensus price target of $136.70, indicating a potential upside of 11.64%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus price target of $237.47, indicating a potential upside of 18.51%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, 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	4.88	-$201M	$0.74	165.46
AvalonBay Communities	$2.91B	9.79	$1.08B	$7.59	26.40

Which has more volatility and risk, SUI or AVB?

Sun Communities has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer SUI or AVB?

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 6 more articles in the media than Sun Communities. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 19 mentions for Sun Communities. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Sun Communities' score of 0.99 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Sun Communities	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AvalonBay Communities	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 3.1%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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.

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

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

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SUI or AVB?

AvalonBay Communities received 268 more outperform votes than Sun Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.66% of users gave Sun Communities an outperform vote while only 60.11% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Sun Communities	Outperform Votes 407 60.66%	Underperform Votes 264 39.34%
AvalonBay Communities	Outperform Votes 675 60.11%	Underperform Votes 448 39.89%

Summary

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