How to buy AvalonBay Communities stock (AVB)

AvalonBay Communities is a reit - residential business based in the US. AvalonBay Communities shares (AVB) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $227.50 – an increase of 1.09% over the previous week. AvalonBay Communities employs 2,978 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.9 billion.

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AvalonBay Communities stock price (NYSE: AVB)

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AvalonBay Communities shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-11.

Latest market close	$227.50
52-week range	$165.14 - $239.29
50-day moving average more info button	$226.52
200-day moving average more info button	$207.65
Wall St. target price	$238.05
PE ratio more info button	30.854
Dividend yield more info button	$6.75 (3.01%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$7.33

Is it a good time to buy AvalonBay Communities stock?

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AvalonBay Communities price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $226.42 from 2024-12-13

1 week (2024-12-10)	0.61%
1 month (2024-11-15)	-1.30%
3 months (2024-09-17)	-1.89%
6 months (2024-06-17)	12.31%

1 year (2023-12-15)	20.51%
2 years (2022-12-16)	47.57%
3 years (2021-12-17)	2.52%
5 years (2019-12-17)	30.35%

Is AvalonBay Communities stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing AvalonBay Communities stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of AvalonBay Communities's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

AvalonBay Communities's P/E ratio

AvalonBay Communities's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 31x. In other words, AvalonBay Communities shares trade at around 31x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

AvalonBay Communities's PEG ratio

AvalonBay Communities's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 6.5198. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into AvalonBay Communities's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

AvalonBay Communities's EBITDA

AvalonBay Communities's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.8 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a AvalonBay Communities's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

AvalonBay Communities financials

Revenue TTM	$2.9 billion
Operating margin TTM	33.74%
Gross profit TTM	$1.7 billion
Return on assets TTM	2.87%
Return on equity TTM	8.81%
Profit margin	35.61%
Book value	$83.67
Market Capitalization more info button	$32.2 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

AvalonBay Communities share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 93.02% of net profits

Recently AvalonBay Communities has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), AvalonBay Communities shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In AvalonBay Communities's case, that would currently equate to about $6.75 per share.

AvalonBay Communities's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

AvalonBay Communities's most recent dividend payout was on 14 January 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have AvalonBay Communities's shares ever split?

AvalonBay Communities's shares were split on a 8:9 basis on 6 January 2013 . So if you had owned 9 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 8 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your AvalonBay Communities shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 12.5% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for AvalonBay Communities shares which in turn could have impacted AvalonBay Communities's share price.

AvalonBay Communities share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, AvalonBay Communities's shares have ranged in value from as little as $165.1379 up to $239.29. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while AvalonBay Communities's is 0.985. This would suggest that AvalonBay Communities's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

AvalonBay Communities overview

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. , a member of the S&P 500, is an equity REIT in the business of developing, redeveloping, acquiring and managing apartment communities in leading metropolitan areas in New England, the New York/New Jersey Metro area, the Mid-Atlantic, the Pacific Northwest, and Northern and Southern California, as well as in the Company's expansion regions of Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte, North Carolina, Southeast Florida, Dallas and Austin, Texas, and Denver, Colorado. As of September 30, 2024, the Company owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 305 apartment communities containing 92,908 apartment homes in 12 states and the District of Columbia, of which 19 communities were under development. .

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of AvalonBay Communities is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.328% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by insiders and 95.781% by institutions. How many people work for AvalonBay Communities?
Latest data suggests 2,978 work at AvalonBay Communities. When does the fiscal year end for AvalonBay Communities?
AvalonBay Communities's fiscal year ends in December. Where is AvalonBay Communities based?
AvalonBay Communities's address is: 4040 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1000, Arlington, VA, United States, 22203-2120 What is AvalonBay Communities's ISIN number?
AvalonBay Communities's international securities identification number is: US0534841012 What is AvalonBay Communities's CUSIP number?
AvalonBay Communities's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 072012107