SUI vs. MAA, UDR, ESS, ELS, CPT, EQR, AVB, DOC, AMH, and HST
Should you be buying Sun Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sun Communities include Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), UDR (UDR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), and Host Hotels & Resorts (HST). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) and Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends and institutional ownership.
Mid-America Apartment Communities pays an annual dividend of $5.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Sun Communities pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Mid-America Apartment Communities pays out 123.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Sun Communities pays out 324.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Mid-America Apartment Communities has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and Sun Communities has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Mid-America Apartment Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
93.6% of Mid-America Apartment Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of Sun Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Mid-America Apartment Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Sun Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Mid-America Apartment Communities has a net margin of 25.92% compared to Mid-America Apartment Communities' net margin of 4.46%. Sun Communities' return on equity of 8.90% beat Mid-America Apartment Communities' return on equity.
Mid-America Apartment Communities presently has a consensus price target of $144.18, suggesting a potential upside of 4.67%. Sun Communities has a consensus price target of $136.27, suggesting a potential upside of 11.40%. Given Mid-America Apartment Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Sun Communities is more favorable than Mid-America Apartment Communities.
Mid-America Apartment Communities has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Communities has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Mid-America Apartment Communities received 107 more outperform votes than Sun Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.37% of users gave Sun Communities an outperform vote while only 60.73% of users gave Mid-America Apartment Communities an outperform vote.
Mid-America Apartment Communities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Sun Communities. Mid-America Apartment 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.
In the previous week, Mid-America Apartment Communities had 11 more articles in the media than Sun Communities. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Mid-America Apartment Communities and 5 mentions for Sun Communities. Mid-America Apartment Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Sun Communities' score of 0.83 indicating that Sun Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Mid-America Apartment Communities beats Sun Communities on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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