Investors with the goal of beating the broader market often turn to stock selection. Strategic choices in individual stocks can have a profound impact on your wealth.
3 Tiny Stocks Primed to Explode
The world's greatest investor — Warren Buffett — has a simple formula for making big money in the markets. He buys up valuable assets when they are very cheap. For stock market investors that means buying up cheap small cap stocks like these with huge upside potential.
We've set up an alert service to help smart investors take full advantage of the small cap stocks primed for big returns.
Click here for full details and to join for free
Sponsored
The closing price of Avalonbay Communities Inc. (NYSE: AVB) was $230.55 for the day, up 0.06% from the previous closing price of $230.41. In other words, the price has increased by $0.06 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.66 million shares were traded. AVB stock price reached its highest trading level at $231.55 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $228.585.
Ratios:
Our analysis of AVB’s different ratios will help us gain a deeper understanding of the company. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 42.84 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 23.26. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.73 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.68.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Exane BNP Paribas on September 11, 2024, initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $250.
On May 13, 2024, Evercore ISI Downgraded its rating to In-line which previously was Outperform but kept the price unchanged to $202.
Morgan Stanley Upgraded its Equal-Weight to Overweight on February 26, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $175 to $191.50.
Insider Transactions:
Also, insider trades can serve as a great indicator of what management thinks about the future direction of a stock’s price. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 15 ’24 when Breslin Sean J. sold 4,000 shares for $215.44 per share. The transaction valued at 861,768 led to the insider holds 59,579 shares of the business.
Breslin Sean J. bought 4,000 shares of AVB for $861,768 on Aug 15 ’24. On Aug 06 ’24, another insider, Shea Keri A, who serves as the SVP-Finance and Treasurer of the company, sold 2,000 shares for $207.17 each. As a result, the insider received 414,336 and left with 4,383 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, AVB now has a Market Capitalization of 32788127744 and an Enterprise Value of 40724434944. As of this moment, Avalonbay’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 39.02, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 40.99. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 11.53 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.79. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 14.237 whereas that against EBITDA is 23.095.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, AVB has reached a high of $236.26, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $160.45. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 7.00%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 18.81%.
Shares Statistics:
AVB traded an average of 713.69K shares per day over the past three months and 980580 shares per day over the past ten days. A total of 142.03M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 141.69M. Insiders hold about 0.37% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 92.22% stake in the company. Shares short for AVB as of 1724976000 were 1816993 with a Short Ratio of 2.55, compared to 1722384000 on 1622892. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 1816993 and a Short% of Float of 1.77.
Dividends & Splits
With its trailing 12-month dividend rate of 6.7, AVB has a forward annual dividend rate of 6.70. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.029078597The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.39.
