profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Mid-America Apartment Communities
$118.19-0.56% today
-10.2% in 1 year
1-year low $114.211-year high $142.19
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, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $31.45 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 Mid-America Apartment Communities sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.02 billion in 2022 to $2.21 billion in 2025, with $447 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Mid-America Apartment Communities handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
$713M
Free cash flow 2025$718M
Bought back its own shares$27M
Paid as dividends$713M
Cash vs. debt$60M vs. $5.4B
Mid-America Apartment Communities vs. similar companies
Mid-America Apartment Communities grows in the middle of these 5 and is the most expensive for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-America Apartment Communities | 31.5× · Expensive | ||
 AvalonBay Communities | 25.0× · Fair price | ||
 Equity Residential | 22.0× · Fair price | ||
 Essex Property | 28.2× · Fair price | ||
 Invitation Homes | 26.4× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Mid-America Apartment 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 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,678 | 1,778 | 2,020 | 2,148 | 2,191 | 2,209 | |
| – | – | 688 | 747 | 713 | 674 | |
| – | – | 629 | 689 | 657 | 619 | |
| 945 | 1,254 | 1,346 | 1,286 | 1,300 | 1,267 | |
| 255 | 534 | 637 | 553 | 528 | 447 | |
| 2.19 | 4.61 | 5.48 | 4.71 | 4.49 | 3.78 | |
| – | – | 34.0% | 34.8% | 32.6% | 30.5% | |
| – | – | 31.1% | 32.1% | 30.0% | 28.0% | |
| 15.2% | 30.0% | 31.6% | 25.7% | 24.1% | 20.2% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 11,195 | 11,285 | 11,241 | 11,485 | 11,812 | 11,975 |
| Cash | 25 | 54 | 39 | 41 | 43 | 60 |
| Total debt | – | – | 4,444 | 4,568 | 5,007 | 5,430 |
| Total liabilities | 5,091 | 5,101 | 5,031 | 5,185 | 5,665 | 6,136 |
| 5,872 | 5,965 | 6,026 | 6,113 | 5,964 | 5,683 | |
| 115 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 117 | 117 | |
| 5.8% | 9.5% | 6.0% | 5.3% | 5.1% | 4.6% | |
| 4.3% | 8.9% | 10.6% | 9.0% | 8.8% | 7.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 824 | 895 | 1,058 | 1,137 | 1,098 | 1,078 | |
| 226 | 280 | 296 | 341 | 322 | 360 | |
| 598 | 615 | 762 | 796 | 776 | 718 | |
| Dividends paid | 457 | 470 | 543 | 655 | 691 | 713 |
| – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 27 | |
| 14 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
Valuation
- 31.5×
- 35.2×
- 2.73
- 2.6×
- 6.4×
- 19.6×
- 15.3×
- 5.1%
- 3.2%
- 4.8%
Profitability
- 30.5%
- 28.0%
- 20.2%
- 56.2%
- 4.9%
- 5.0%
- 6.8%
- 3.2%
- 5.1%
- –
Growth
- +5.7%
- +11.5%
- −7.5%
- +8.7%
- +0.5%
Financial health
- 4.5×
- 1.02
- 47.2%
- 3.2×
- –
- –
- 0.18
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.
Top 43%of 746
Bottom 39%of 752
Bottom 21%of 666
Bottom 44%of 762
Bottom 45%of 763
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $143.31
- Range
- $132.00 – $158.00
- 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 29, 2026 | 2.13 | 2.12 | +0.5% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 2.23 | 2.22 | +0.5% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 2.16 | 2.17 | −0.5% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 2.15 | 2.14 | +0.5% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 2.20 | 2.16 | +1.9% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | 2.23 | 1.04 | +114.4% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | 2.21 | 2.18 | +1.4% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 2.22 | 2.20 | +0.9% |
4.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$48a year at today's yield, before tax
+8.7%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$3.08 in 2015 → $6.06 in 2025
How safe it looks
159.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 99.3%
News
MAA to Participate in the BofA Securities 2026 Global Real Estate ConferenceYahoo Finance · Sep 10, 2026The newest story we have is from Sep 10, 2026.
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
1/7Passes 1 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
66Pass
Philip Fisher
45No pass
Peter Lynch
24No pass
Joel Greenblatt
44No pass
Charlie Munger
51No pass
Terry Smith
45No pass
Questions about Mid-America Apartment Communities
Is Mid-America Apartment Communities a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, but the price is high. 1 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 Mid-America Apartment Communities AI analysis
What does Mid-America Apartment Communities do?
MAA, an S&P 500 company, is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, focused on delivering full-cycle and superior investment performance for shareholders through the ownership, management, acquisition, development and redevelopment of quality apartment communities in the Southea… It is in REIT - Residential, based in Germantown, TN, United States, with 2,507 employees.
Does Mid-America Apartment Communities pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 4.8% a year, about 159% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $713 million in dividends.
Is Mid-America Apartment Communities stock halal?
No. Mid-America Apartment Communities does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 38% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Mid-America Apartment Communities stock done over the past year?
Down 10.2% over the past twelve months, to $118.19. It traded between $114.21 and $142.19 and is 16.9% below its high.
Who are Mid-America Apartment Communities's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are AvalonBay Communities, Equity Residential, Essex Property and Invitation Homes. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Mid-America Apartment Communities's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.