Avalonbay Communities Inc (NYSE: AVB) is -1.07% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $180.40 and a high of $239.10 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The AVB stock was last observed hovering at around $206.13 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 702.16%.
Currently trading at $908.29K, the stock is -2.20% and -2.09% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.48 million and changing 1483888% at the moment leaves the stock -7.32% off its SMA200. AVB registered -8.52% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -7.27%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $205.5182 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $217.2037.
The stock witnessed a 1.61% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -5.38%, and is -2.46% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.27% over the week and 1.06% over the month.
Avalonbay Communities Inc (AVB) has around 2988 employees, a market worth around $28.65B and $2.99B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 25.06 and Fwd P/E is 35.06. Profit margin for the company is 38.18%. Distance from 52-week low is 11.54% and -15.84% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (5.84%).
The EPS is expected to shrink by -26.17% this year
1189.0 institutions hold shares in Avalonbay Communities Inc (AVB), with institutional investors hold 96.53% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 142.37M, and float is at 141.84M with Short Float at 1.98%. Institutions hold 96.18% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 22.56 million shares valued at $4.67 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 15.8896 of the AVB Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 16.49 million shares valued at $3.41 billion to account for 11.6143 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 9.05 million shares representing 6.3717 and valued at over $1.89 billion, while NORGES BANK holds 4.8042 of the shares totaling 6.82 million with a market value of $1.41 billion.
Avalonbay Communities Inc (AVB) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by SCHULMAN EDWARD M, the company’s EVP-General Counsel. SEC filings show that SCHULMAN EDWARD M sold 5,945 shares of the company’s common stock on Jun 13 ’25 at a price of $205.67 per share for a total of $1.22 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 17617.0 shares.
Avalonbay Communities Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Jun 16 ’25 that O’Shea Kevin P. (Chief Financial Officer) sold a total of 6,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Jun 16 ’25 and was made at $207.57 per share for $1.25 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 22782.0 shares of the AVB stock.
