AIV vs. UMH, AVB, EQR, ESS, MAA, SUI, UDR, ELS, CPT, and RYN
Should you be buying Apartment Investment and Management stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apartment Investment and Management include UMH Properties (UMH), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), UDR (UDR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), and Rayonier (RYN). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Apartment Investment and Management (NYSE:AIV) and UMH Properties (NYSE:UMH) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
UMH Properties has higher revenue and earnings than Apartment Investment and Management. UMH Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apartment Investment and Management, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
83.3% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of UMH Properties shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of UMH Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
UMH Properties has a consensus target price of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.66%. Given UMH Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe UMH Properties is more favorable than Apartment Investment and Management.
UMH Properties has a net margin of 3.42% compared to Apartment Investment and Management's net margin of -86.84%. UMH Properties' return on equity of 1.92% beat Apartment Investment and Management's return on equity.
In the previous week, UMH Properties had 5 more articles in the media than Apartment Investment and Management. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for UMH Properties and 8 mentions for Apartment Investment and Management. UMH Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Apartment Investment and Management's score of 0.49 indicating that UMH Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Apartment Investment and Management received 140 more outperform votes than UMH Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.84% of users gave UMH Properties an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Apartment Investment and Management an outperform vote.
Apartment Investment and Management has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UMH Properties has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
UMH Properties beats Apartment Investment and Management on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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