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About AvalonBay Communities Inc
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, … Read full Trend Edge analysis →
Sector: Real Estate
Industry: REIT-Residential
Exchange: NYSE
IPO Date: March 10, 1994
Headquarters: 4040 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1000, Arlington, VA, United States, 22203-2120
Hidden Gem: Yes — undiscovered relative to its market cap tier
Founder-Led: No
Key Metrics
Current Price
$186.23
Market Cap
$26.12B
Float
130.2M
Shares Outstanding
141.9M
P/E (Forward)
41.32
P/E (TTM)
22.84
Price/Sales (TTM)
8.54
vs. Analyst Target
+4.4% to analyst PT
Profit Margin
37.27%
Operating Margin (TTM)
29.32%
Revenue (TTM)
$3.06B
Earnings Growth (YoY)
40.30%
Dividend Rate
7.1%
Analyst Target Price
$194.50 (24 analysts)
Financial History
Annual Revenue & Earnings History
Year
Revenue
Net Income
Gross Profit
EBITDA
2020
$2.30B
$828M
$1.48B
$1.75B
2021
$2.29B
$1.00B
$1.44B
$1.99B
2022
$2.59B
$1.14B
$1.67B
$2.20B
2023
$2.77B
$929M
$1.78B
$1.96B
2024
$2.91B
$1.08B
$1.84B
$2.16B
2025
$3.04B
$1.05B
$2.04B
$2.23B
Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income
Quarter
Revenue
Net Income
Jun 2025
$760M
$269M
Sep 2025
$765M
$381M
Dec 2025
$768M
$166M
Mar 2026
$770M
$326M
Ownership & Float
Insider Ownership
0.4%
Institutional Ownership
98.9%
Short Float
3.4%
% of All Funds Holding
8.48%
Number of Funds Holding
697
Current Moving Averages
Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.
Timeframe
SMA
Value
Trend Context
Weekly
10-Week SMA
$176.31
Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly
40-Week SMA
$180.24
Medium-term trend
Weekly
80-Week SMA
$195.02
Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly
200-Week SMA
$190.64
Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly
10-Month SMA
$181.37
Near-term monthly trend
Monthly
20-Month SMA
$197.97
Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly
40-Month SMA
$192.51
Secular monthly trend
Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance
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creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative
volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.
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