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AVB AvalonBay Communities

reit · 2026-07-07

N/A
too hard · 56
Owner-earnings value$187.38
Price$194.35
Margin of safety -3.6%

Quality gate · 56/100

Returns on capital 1.1/30
Consistency 21.1/22
Margins / pricing power 15.6/16
Balance sheet 3.9/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 4.5/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 6% < 9%)

Median ROIC6.4%
Gross margin62.8%
Net debt / EBITDA4.0x
FCF conversion129%
Share count / yr+0.0%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)1.40B
Owner-earnings yield5.1%
Free-cash-flow yield5.1%
Growth used (normalized)5.4%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)6.3%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
11.47B 5.4%1.35B
21.55B 5.2%1.30B
31.63B 4.9%1.26B
41.70B 4.6%1.21B
51.78B 4.4%1.15B
61.85B 4.1%1.10B
71.92B 3.8%1.05B
81.99B 3.5%997.15M
92.05B 3.3%944.75M
102.11B 3.0%892.74M

Recent news

score · 8 articles

  • Merger Value Hit a First-Half Record as Deal Sizes Grew
  • Global M&A Tops $2.5 Trillion After First-Half Deals Surge
  • Top Stock Reports for Microsoft, Exxon Mobil & Dell
  • Is AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (AVB) A Good Stock To Buy Now?
  • AvalonBay (AVB): The Best Interest Rate Sensitive Stock to Buy Now
  • Why NYC’s Rent Freeze Isn’t Hitting Real Estate Stocks Harder
  • Is AvalonBay Stock Underperforming the S&P 500?
  • AvalonBay (AVB) Could Benefit From a Changing Housing Market, Says Mizuho

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~6%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 5%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-07-07 56 $194.35 $187.38 -3.6% N/A
2026-07-02 56 $190.43 $187.38 -1.6% N/A
2026-06-30 56 $192.64 $187.38 -2.7% N/A
2026-06-25 56 $183.60 $187.38 +2.1% N/A
2026-06-23 56 $182.24 $187.38 +2.8% N/A