UDR (UDR) Competitors

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

Is AVB or UDR a better dividend stock?

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. 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. UDR pays out 680.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UDR has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. UDR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media refer more to AVB or UDR?

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 6 more articles in the media than UDR. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 11 mentions for UDR. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat UDR's score of 0.49 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	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
UDR	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer AVB or UDR?

AvalonBay Communities presently has a consensus price target of $238.64, suggesting a potential upside of 9.08%. UDR has a consensus price target of $46.18, suggesting a potential upside of 7.79%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than UDR.

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
UDR	1 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVB or UDR?

AvalonBay Communities received 215 more outperform votes than UDR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.27% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 54.37% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AvalonBay Communities	Outperform Votes 675 60.27%	Underperform Votes 445 39.73%
UDR	Outperform Votes 460 54.37%	Underperform Votes 386 45.63%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in AVB or UDR?

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of UDR shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of UDR shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AVB or UDR?

AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than UDR. AvalonBay Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UDR, 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
UDR	$1.67B	8.49	$89.58M	$0.25	171.36

Which has more volatility and risk, AVB or UDR?

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UDR has a beta of 0.88, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AVB or UDR more profitable?

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 37.13% compared to UDR's net margin of 5.36%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.15% beat UDR's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AvalonBay Communities	37.13%	9.15%	5.15%
UDR	5.36%	2.65%	0.86%

Summary

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