At the time of writing, Avalonbay Communities Inc [AVB] stock is trading at $208.83, up 1.11%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The AVB shares have gain 2.89% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.02%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Avalonbay Communities Inc [NYSE: AVB] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 04, 2025, when BMO Capital Markets downgraded its rating to a Market Perform but kept the price target unchanged to $220 for it. Previously, Morgan Stanley downgraded its rating to Equal-Weight on January 24, 2025, and dropped its price target to $223. On January 06, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform and revised its price target to $242 on the stock. JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Overweight and increased its price target to $262 on December 17, 2024. Barclays initiated its recommendation with a Equal Weight and recommended $243 as its price target on December 17, 2024. Exane BNP Paribas started tracking with a Outperform rating for this stock on September 11, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $250. In a note dated May 13, 2024, Evercore ISI downgraded an In-line rating on this stock but restated the target price of $202.
For the past year, the stock price of Avalonbay Communities Inc fluctuated between $180.40 and $239.10. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $234 within the next 12 months. Avalonbay Communities Inc [NYSE: AVB] shares were valued at $208.83 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 12.05% based on the average AVB price forecast.
Analyzing the AVB fundamentals
According to Avalonbay Communities Inc [NYSE:AVB], the company’s sales were 2.99B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 4.58% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.63% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.32%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.39%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.39%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.05. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.71.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Avalonbay Communities Inc [NYSE:AVB] has a current ratio of 0.21. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.21, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.05. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 9.93, the price to book ratio is 2.49 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 26.00.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Lockridge Joanne M, Former officer, that happened on Mar 05 ’25 when 1753.0 shares were purchased. Director, NAUGHTON TIMOTHY J completed a deal on Nov 13 ’24 to sell 23697.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director NAUGHTON TIMOTHY J sold 2261.0 shares on Nov 11 ’24.
