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MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities

reit · 2026-10-22

N/A
too hard · 44
Owner-earnings value$95.50
Price$117.68
Margin of safety -18.8%

Quality gate · 44/100

Returns on capital 1.5/30
Consistency 20.8/22
Margins / pricing power 6.0/16
Balance sheet 1.7/16
Cash conversion 10/10
Capital allocation 4.1/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 7% < 9%) · over-levered (net debt/EBITDA 4.3x > 4x)

Median ROIC6.6%
Gross margin7.0%
Net debt / EBITDA4.3x
FCF conversion141%
Share count / yr+0.4%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)644.61M
Owner-earnings yield4.6%
Free-cash-flow yield4.6%
Growth used (normalized)3.0%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)8.0%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
1664.14M 3.0%609.30M
2684.25M 3.0%575.92M
3704.94M 3.0%544.34M
4726.23M 3.0%514.48M
5748.14M 3.0%486.24M
6770.68M 3.0%459.53M
7793.88M 3.0%434.28M
8817.75M 3.0%410.40M
9842.31M 3.0%387.82M
10867.58M 3.0%366.48M

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~8%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 3%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-22 44 $117.68 $95.50 -18.8% N/A
2026-09-10 44 $127.48 $95.50 -25.1% N/A
2026-07-30 47 $137.38 $99.85 -27.3% N/A
2026-07-02 47 $139.94 $99.85 -28.6% N/A
2026-06-25 47 $134.42 $99.85 -25.7% N/A
2026-06-23 47 $133.89 $99.85 -25.4% N/A