Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Mid-America Apartment Communities in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" MAA shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MAA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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15 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Mid-America Apartment Communities' shares. Their MAA share price targets range from $112.00 to $181.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $143.18 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.1% from the stock's current price.
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Mid-America Apartment Communities' stock was trading at $134.46 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, MAA stock has decreased by 5.8% and is now trading at $126.62.
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Mid-America Apartment Communities saw a drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,390,000 shares, a drop of 19.0% from the February 29th total of 2,950,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 912,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 1st 2024.
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Mid-America Apartment Communities will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 2nd at 10:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at 609-800-9909 with passcode "5215035".

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 8th. The real estate investment trust reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $2.30 by $0.93. The real estate investment trust had revenue of $542.25 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $542.64 million. Mid-America Apartment Communities had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.74% and a net margin of 25.73%. Mid-America Apartment Communities's revenue for the quarter was up 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.32 earnings per share.
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Mid-America Apartment Communities announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 19th. Investors of record on Monday, April 15th will be given a dividend of $1.47 per share on Tuesday, April 30th. This represents a $5.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 12th.
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Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) pays an annual dividend of $5.88 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.59%. MAA has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 15 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 124.84%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, MAA will have a dividend payout ratio of 63.84% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) stock in their portfolio include Intelligent Real Estate ETF (PRVT), Kelly Residential & Apartment Real Estate ETF (RESI), SP Funds S&P Global REIT Sharia ETF (SPRE), Nuveen Short-Term REIT ETF (NURE), Invesco Active U.S. Real Estate ETF (PSR), iShares Residential and Multisector Real Estate ETF (REZ), Residential REIT ETF (HAUS) and Fidelity Real Estate Investment ETF (FPRO).

Mid-America Apartment Communities updated its first quarter 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 7th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.120-2.280 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.280. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

172 employees have rated Mid-America Apartment Communities Chief Executive Officer H. Eric Bolton Jr. on Glassdoor.com. H. Eric Bolton Jr. has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees.

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Mid-America Apartment Communities' stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.17%), CWM LLC (0.10%), Perpetual Ltd (0.10%), Global Assets Advisory LLC (0.06%), Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.05%) and Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC (0.03%). Insiders that own company stock include Albert M Campbell III, David P Stockert, H Eric Bolton Jr, Melanie Carpenter, Monica Houle Mcgurk, Robert J Delpriore, Russell R French, Thomas L Grimes Jr, Timothy Argo and William Reid Sanders.
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Shares of MAA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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