What is Wedbush’s Estimate for MAA Q2 Earnings?

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA) – Stock analysts at Wedbush issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities in a research note issued on Monday, May 5th. Wedbush analyst R. Anderson forecasts that the real estate investment trust will post earnings of $2.16 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Mid-America Apartment Communities’ current full-year earnings is $8.84 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Mid-America Apartment Communities’ Q3 2025 earnings at $2.18 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.22 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $8.76 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.15 EPS.

Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The real estate investment trust reported $2.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.16 by $0.04. Mid-America Apartment Communities had a net margin of 24.03% and a return on equity of 8.53%. The business had revenue of $549.30 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $551.21 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.22 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other brokerages also recently issued reports on MAA. Barclays reduced their price objective on Mid-America Apartment Communities from $163.00 to $160.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, April 11th. Raymond James raised their price target on shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities from $180.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 20th. Scotiabank upgraded shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $173.00 to $182.00 in a research note on Friday, February 14th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities from $174.00 to $164.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lowered their price target on shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities from $157.00 to $155.00 and set a “market perform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating, eleven have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $168.45.

Mid-America Apartment Communities Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:MAA opened at $164.69 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $19.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.72 and a beta of 0.80. The company’s fifty day moving average is $161.40 and its two-hundred day moving average is $157.65. The company has a quick ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 0.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81. Mid-America Apartment Communities has a 12-month low of $126.77 and a 12-month high of $173.38.

Institutional Trading of Mid-America Apartment Communities

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Larson Financial Group LLC increased its holdings in Mid-America Apartment Communities by 107.1% during the 1st quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 176 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 91 shares in the last quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities by 94.9% in the fourth quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 230 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 112 shares in the last quarter. GoalVest Advisory LLC raised its holdings in shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities by 200.0% in the first quarter. GoalVest Advisory LLC now owns 240 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $40,000 after buying an additional 160 shares during the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc lifted its position in Mid-America Apartment Communities by 37.2% during the 4th quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 251 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock worth $39,000 after buying an additional 68 shares in the last quarter. Finally, NBC Securities Inc. bought a new stake in Mid-America Apartment Communities during the 1st quarter worth about $46,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.60% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Mid-America Apartment Communities

In other Mid-America Apartment Communities news, CEO H Eric Bolton, Jr. sold 2,643 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, April 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $149.93, for a total value of $396,264.99. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 319,813 shares in the company, valued at $47,949,563.09. This represents a 0.82 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Amber Fairbanks sold 173 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $166.85, for a total transaction of $28,865.05. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 3,012 shares in the company, valued at $502,552.20. This represents a 5.43 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 7,313 shares of company stock valued at $1,171,707 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 1.20% of the company’s stock.

Mid-America Apartment Communities Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 15th were paid a dividend of $1.515 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, April 15th. This represents a $6.06 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.68%. Mid-America Apartment Communities’s dividend payout ratio is 126.25%.

About Mid-America Apartment Communities

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the operation, acquisition, and development of apartment communities. It operates through the Same Store and Non-Same Store segments. The Same Store Communities segment represents those apartment communities that have been owned and stabilized for at least 12 months as of the first day of the calendar year.