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In the latest session, Avalonbay Communities Inc (NYSE: AVB) closed at $201.60 down -1.51% from its previous closing price of $204.70. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.51 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.86 million shares were traded. AVB stock price reached its highest trading level at $204.19 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $200.7.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Avalonbay Communities Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 130.99 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 20.30. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.71 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.64.
On January 24, 2025, Morgan Stanley Downgraded its rating to Equal-Weight which previously was Overweight and also lowered its target price recommendation from $236 to $223.
Mizuho Upgraded its Neutral to Outperform on January 06, 2025, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $239 to $242.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 05 ’25 when Lockridge Joanne M bought 1,753 shares for $221.74 per share.
NAUGHTON TIMOTHY J sold 23,697 shares of AVB for $5,532,494 on Nov 13 ’24. The Director now owns 87,239 shares after completing the transaction at $233.47 per share. On Nov 11 ’24, another insider, NAUGHTON TIMOTHY J, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 2,261 shares for $233.78 each. As a result, the insider received 528,577 and left with 111,436 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 28701388800 and an Enterprise Value of 37084897280. As of this moment, Avalonbay’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 25.10, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 34.82. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 9.59 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.41. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 12.408 whereas that against EBITDA is 20.314.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for AVB is 0.87, which has changed by 0.017924786 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11241627 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, AVB has reached a high of $239.10, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $180.40. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.84%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -7.73%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, AVB has traded an average of 822.12K shares per day and 787980 over the past ten days. A total of 142.37M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 140.53M. Insiders hold about 1.29% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 96.16% stake in the company. Shares short for AVB as of 1745971200 were 2956944 with a Short Ratio of 3.60, compared to 1743379200 on 2826444. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2956944 and a Short% of Float of 2.87.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for AVB is 6.85, from 6.85 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.033463605The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.38.
