profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Sun Communities
$118.28-0.81% today
-7.5% in 1 year
1-year low $110.001-year high $137.18
Trading in the middle of its range for 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 $10.78 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 Sun Communities sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.93 billion in 2022 to $2.26 billion in 2025, with $1.36 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Sun Communities handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $551M$1.0B
Free cash flow 2025$864M
Bought back its own shares$551M
Paid as dividends$1.0B
Cash vs. debt$636M vs. $4.3B
Sun Communities vs. similar companies
Sun Communities grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Communities | 10.8× · Cheap | ||
 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 Sun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,935 | 2,239 | 2,240 | 2,258 | |
| 1,416 | 1,174 | 1,171 | 1,181 | |
| 557 | 466 | 450 | 436 | |
| 1,106 | 523 | 838 | 680 | |
| 242 | -213 | 89 | 1,361 | |
| 2.00 | -1.72 | 0.71 | 10.84 | |
| 48.3% | 52.4% | 52.2% | 52.3% | |
| 19.0% | 20.8% | 20.1% | 19.3% | |
| 8.2% | -9.5% | 4.0% | 60.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 17,084 | 16,941 | 16,549 | 12,523 |
| Cash | 73 | 29 | 57 | 636 |
| Total debt | 7,128 | 7,777 | 7,353 | 4,259 |
| Total liabilities | 9,196 | 9,768 | 9,357 | 5,450 |
| 7,810 | 7,083 | 7,082 | 6,956 | |
| 123 | 124 | 127 | 125 | |
| 2.7% | 0.2% | 1.9% | 1.2% | |
| 3.1% | -3.0% | 1.3% | 19.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 735 | 791 | 861 | 864 | |
| 921 | 7 | 30 | 457 | |
| 735 | 791 | 861 | 864 | |
| Dividends paid | 434 | 475 | 491 | 1,044 |
| 19 | 12 | 8 | 551 | |
| 38 | 35 | 33 | 37 |
Valuation
- 10.8×
- 45.0×
- 0.14
- 2.2×
- 6.5×
- 17.0×
- 26.9×
- 5.9%
- 9.3%
- 6.8%
Profitability
- 52.3%
- 19.3%
- 60.3%
- 30.2%
- -1.4%
- 3.9%
- 19.8%
- 11.3%
- 4.8%
- –
Growth
- −8.4%
- +75.7%
- −2.8%
- +20.6%
- +2.6%
Financial health
- 5.1×
- 0.62
- 34.1%
- 3.2×
- 1.88
- 1.64
- 0.19
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 5%of 746
Bottom 28%of 752
Top 29%of 666
Bottom 9%of 762
Top 48%of 763
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $140.00
- Range
- $127.00 – $151.00
- 4 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 | 1.40 | 1.31 | +6.9% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | 0.99 | 0.39 | +153.0% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 2.28 | 2.18 | +4.6% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 1.76 | 1.67 | +5.4% |
| May 5, 2025 | 1.26 | 1.18 | +6.8% |
| Feb 26, 2025 | 1.41 | 1.39 | +1.4% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | 2.31 | 1.61 | +43.5% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 1.86 | 1.87 | −0.5% |
6.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$68a year at today's yield, before tax
+20.6%2020 to 2025
Raised9 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$2.60 in 2015 → $8.06 in 2025
How safe it looks
76.7% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 120.8%
News
Century Communities Non-GAAP EPS of $1.01 misses by $0.21, revenue of $864.4M misses by $93.7MSeeking Alpha · Oct 28, 2026Pa. Gov. Shapiro says too many data center developers 'don't care about our communities'CNBC · Sep 1, 2026Insider 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
43No pass
Benjamin Graham
34No pass
Philip Fisher
54No pass
Peter Lynch
42No pass
Joel Greenblatt
53No pass
Charlie Munger
46No pass
Terry Smith
37No pass
Questions about Sun Communities
Is Sun Communities a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 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 Sun Communities AI analysis
What does Sun Communities do?
Sun Communities, Inc. is a REIT that, as of March 31, 2022, owned, operated, or had an interest in a portfolio of 603 developed MH, RV and marina properties comprising nearly 159,300 developed sites and over 45,700 wet slips and dry storage spaces in 39 states, Canada, Puerto Rico and the UK. It is in REIT - Residential, based in Southfield, MI, United States, with 3,607 employees.
Does Sun Communities pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 6.8% a year, about 77% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $1.04 billion in dividends.
Is Sun Communities stock halal?
Yes. Sun Communities passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 29% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Sun Communities stock done over the past year?
Down 7.5% over the past twelve months, to $118.28. It traded between $110.00 and $137.18 and is 13.8% below its high.
Who are Sun 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 Sun Communities's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 11, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.