profit from every $100 of sales.
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AvalonBay Communities
We have no price for AvalonBay Communities since 24 August 2026. It may have been taken over, merged or renamed, so the figures below are from then.
$68.14+2.02% today
-63.4% since Oct 8, 25
1-year low $57.581-year high $189.43
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $25.00 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What AvalonBay Communities sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.59 billion in 2022 to $3.04 billion in 2025, with $1.05 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
AvalonBay Communities handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $488M$992M
Free cash flow 2025$1.4B
Bought back its own shares$488M
Paid as dividends$992M
Cash vs. debt$187M vs. $9.5B
AvalonBay Communities vs. similar companies
AvalonBay Communities grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| AvalonBay Communities | 25.0× · Fair price | ||
 Equity Residential | 22.0× · Fair price | ||
 Essex Property | 28.2× · Fair price | ||
 Invitation Homes | 26.4× · Fair price | ||
 Sun Communities | 10.8× · Cheap |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads AvalonBay Communities's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,593 | 2,768 | 2,914 | 3,041 | |
| 1,674 | 1,780 | 1,840 | 1,920 | |
| 785 | 886 | 916 | 920 | |
| 2,196 | 1,962 | 2,156 | 2,228 | |
| 1,137 | 929 | 1,082 | 1,051 | |
| 8.12 | 6.56 | 7.60 | 7.40 | |
| 64.6% | 64.3% | 63.2% | 63.1% | |
| 30.3% | 32.0% | 31.4% | 30.2% | |
| 43.8% | 33.6% | 37.1% | 34.6% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 20,458 | 20,678 | 21,001 | 22,192 |
| Cash | 613 | 398 | 109 | 187 |
| Total debt | 8,479 | 8,135 | 8,251 | 9,494 |
| Total liabilities | 9,202 | 8,893 | 9,060 | 10,358 |
| 11,253 | 11,783 | 11,941 | 11,611 | |
| 140 | 142 | 142 | 143 | |
| 5.5% | 4.5% | 5.1% | 4.9% | |
| 10.1% | 7.9% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,422 | 1,560 | 1,608 | 1,671 | |
| 175 | 197 | 198 | 265 | |
| 1,247 | 1,363 | 1,410 | 1,406 | |
| Dividends paid | 890 | 923 | 962 | 992 |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 488 | |
| 34 | 27 | 25 | 26 |
Valuation
- 25.0×
- 37.4×
- –
- 2.2×
- 8.6×
- 18.7×
- 16.0×
- 5.4%
- 4.0%
- 3.9%
Profitability
- 63.1%
- 30.2%
- 34.6%
- 65.0%
- 4.0%
- 5.2%
- 9.7%
- 5.2%
- 4.2%
- –
Growth
- +5.4%
- −3.0%
- +0.3%
- +1.9%
- +0.3%
Financial health
- 4.6×
- 0.80
- 42.3%
- 3.3×
- 0.35
- 0.35
- 0.14
How it ranks in Real Estate
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 45%of 746
Bottom 41%of 752
Bottom 29%of 666
Bottom 43%of 762
Bottom 47%of 763
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $190.78
- Range
- $172.00 – $206.00
- 7 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2026 | 2.33 | 1.27 | +83.5% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 1.17 | 1.23 | −4.9% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 2.75 | 2.81 | −2.1% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 2.82 | 2.80 | +0.7% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 2.83 | 2.80 | +1.1% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | 2.80 | 2.83 | −1.1% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 2.77 | 2.71 | +2.2% |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 2.70 | 2.64 | +2.3% |
3.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$39a year at today's yield, before tax
+1.9%2020 to 2025
Raised3 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$5.00 in 2015 → $7.00 in 2025
How safe it looks
94.4% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 70.6%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
55No pass
Benjamin Graham
49No pass
Philip Fisher
47No pass
Peter Lynch
53No pass
Joel Greenblatt
46No pass
Charlie Munger
51No pass
Terry Smith
49No pass
Questions about AvalonBay Communities
Is AvalonBay Communities a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the AvalonBay Communities AI analysis
What does AvalonBay Communities do?
As of December 31, 2020, the Company owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 291 apartment communities containing 86,025 apartment homes in 11 states and the District of Columbia, of which 18 communities were under development and one community was under redevelopment. It is in REIT - Residential, based in Arlington, VA, United States, with 3,011 employees.
Does AvalonBay Communities pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 3.9% a year, about 94% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $992 million in dividends.
Is AvalonBay Communities stock halal?
No. AvalonBay Communities does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 36% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
Who are AvalonBay Communities's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Equity Residential, Essex Property, Invitation Homes and Sun Communities. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with AvalonBay Communities's.
Prices: daily closes to Aug 24, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.