AIV vs. UMH, AVB, EQR, ESS, MAA, SUI, UDR, ELS, CPT, and VNO
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 Vornado Realty Trust (VNO). 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 better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
UMH Properties has a consensus price target 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.
In the previous week, Apartment Investment and Management and Apartment Investment and Management both had 1 articles in the media. Apartment Investment and Management's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat UMH Properties' score of 0.67 indicating that Apartment Investment and Management is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
Apartment Investment and Management has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UMH Properties has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
83.3% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.4% of UMH Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 3.0% of Apartment Investment and Management shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.6% of UMH Properties shares are held 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.
Summary
UMH Properties beats Apartment Investment and Management on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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