AVB
AvalonBay Communities
Real Estate · Multi-Family Residential REITs · US
$189.72
Data: 2025-12-31
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

NARROW MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$25.6B
Total market value of the company
22.80
Premium valuation
37.50
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+3.4%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
9.7%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$194.25
+2% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
HOLD
Consensus view from 20 analysts covering this stock
About AvalonBay Communities

AvalonBay Communities, Inc., a member of the S&P 500, is an equity REIT. The firm develops, redevelops, acquires and manages 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 December 31, 2025, the Company owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 320 communities containing 98,694 apartment homes in 11 states and the District of Columbia, of which 24 communities were under development. AvalonBay Communities, Inc. was incorporated in 1978 and is based in Arlington, United States.

https://www.avaloncommunities.com

Country: United States Employees: 3,011 Industry: REIT - Residential
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
42.8% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.9% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.8% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.9% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$98.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-93.6%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
12.6th
Ranks in the top 87% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
30.5
Quality Score
33.0
Combined
25.6

Trading at $184, 88% above fair value of $98. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 9% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
0.183
Positive but modest risk-adjusted returns
0.0161
Marginal edge — very small allocation suggested
0.056
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
1.6%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-29.4%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
19
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.80
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$209.86
10% below the year high
52W Low
$160.10
19% above the year low
Avg Volume
1,007,601
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
4.3
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
4.4%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
387.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$8.06
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.80
Moderate leverage — manageable
0.38
Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag
Quick Ratio
0.05
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
62.7%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
29.3%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$1.4B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$3.1B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$1.1B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
20
Target High
$221.00
Target Median
$194.25
Target Low
$172.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-03-02 HAVNER RONALD L JR Director 140
2026-03-02 BROWN TERRY S Director 209
2026-03-02 MUELLER CHARLES E. JR. Director 182
2026-03-02 FLYNN CONOR C Director 140
2026-03-02 HOWARD CHRISTOPHER Director 140
2026-02-26 BRESLIN SEAN JOSEPH Chief Operating Officer 19,133
2026-02-26 SCHULMAN EDWARD M General Counsel 8,991
2026-02-26 WALSH ALAINE SUSAN Officer 1,830
2026-02-26 THOMAS PAMELA ROGERS Officer 9,090
2026-02-26 WILLSON SEAN THOMAS Officer 963
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-12-31

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