UDR vs. AVB, EQR, ESS, MAA, SUI, ELS, CPT, AIV, UMH, and SPG
Should you be buying UDR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UDR include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), 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.
UDR (NYSE:UDR) and AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.
AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 34.05% compared to UDR's net margin of 27.81%. UDR's return on equity of 11.57% beat AvalonBay Communities' return on equity.
AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than UDR. UDR is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AvalonBay Communities, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.8% of UDR shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.7% of UDR shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
UDR has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.9, indicating that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. UDR pays out 123.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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.
UDR currently has a consensus price target of $40.65, indicating a potential upside of 5.25%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus price target of $204.89, indicating a potential upside of 6.34%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than UDR.
In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 1 more articles in the media than UDR. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 12 mentions for UDR. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat UDR's score of 0.57 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
AvalonBay Communities received 219 more outperform votes than UDR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.21% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 55.19% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.
Summary
AvalonBay Communities beats UDR on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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