UDR (UDR) Competitors

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

Is UDR or AVB more profitable?

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 36.20% compared to UDR's net margin of 7.68%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 8.84% beat UDR's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
UDR	7.68%	3.57%	1.19%
AvalonBay Communities	36.20%	8.84%	4.98%

Does the media refer more to UDR or AVB?

In the previous week, UDR had 8 more articles in the media than AvalonBay Communities. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for UDR and 9 mentions for AvalonBay Communities. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat UDR's score of -0.02 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
UDR	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
AvalonBay Communities	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is UDR or AVB a better dividend stock?

UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. UDR pays out 459.5% 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 93.0% 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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. UDR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend UDR or AVB?

UDR presently has a consensus target price of $46.35, indicating a potential upside of 12.44%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus target price of $234.53, indicating a potential upside of 7.48%. Given UDR's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe UDR is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
UDR	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.41
AvalonBay Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in UDR or AVB?

AvalonBay Communities received 215 more outperform votes than UDR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.47% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 54.59% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
UDR	Outperform Votes 458 54.59%	Underperform Votes 381 45.41%
AvalonBay Communities	Outperform Votes 673 60.47%	Underperform Votes 440 39.53%

Which has more risk & volatility, UDR or AVB?

UDR has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in UDR or AVB?

97.8% of UDR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of UDR shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, UDR or AVB?

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
UDR	$1.63B	8.36	$444.35M	$0.37	111.42
AvalonBay Communities	$2.77B	11.21	$928.83M	$7.31	29.85

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats UDR on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.