SUI vs. AVB, EQR, ESS, MAA, UDR, ELS, CPT, AIV, UMH, and SPG
Should you be buying Sun Communities stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sun Communities include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), UDR (UDR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), UMH Properties (UMH), and Simon Property Group (SPG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation and profitability.
AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 34.05% compared to AvalonBay Communities' net margin of 4.46%. Sun Communities' return on equity of 8.12% beat AvalonBay Communities' return on equity.
AvalonBay Communities received 272 more outperform votes than Sun Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.37% of users gave Sun Communities an outperform vote while only 61.21% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote.
AvalonBay Communities has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.6% of Sun Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay 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 will outperform the market over the long term.
AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Sun Communities pays an annual dividend of $3.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 101.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. AvalonBay Communities has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Sun Communities has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. AvalonBay Communities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus price target of $204.89, suggesting a potential upside of 3.89%. Sun Communities has a consensus price target of $136.27, suggesting a potential upside of 17.97%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Sun Communities is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.
In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 9 more articles in the media than Sun Communities. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 10 mentions for Sun Communities. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Sun Communities' score of 1.18 indicating that Sun Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Sun Communities has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
AvalonBay Communities beats Sun Communities on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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