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How AvalonBay Communities Inc stacks up
AVB · against 35 other Real Estate companies of similar size
Profitability
45/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #25 of 36 · scores higher than 26% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score4 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including AVB · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 45?
Weighted metrics compared with all Real Estate companies.Its metrics sit close to the Real Estate norm.
- Return on invested capital is close to the peer norm. Return on invested capital: 3.5% vs peer median 3.4%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 30.2% vs peer median 26.8%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 61% of peers. Return on assets: 2.6% vs peer median 2.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = AVB, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | AVB | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 35 reported | 3.5% | 4.7% | 32% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 35 reported | 30.2% | 30.2% | 50% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 36 reported | 2.6% | 2.9% | 37% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 33 reported | 8.5% | 8.0% | 56% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 36 reported | 62.7% | 62.5% | 51% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around AVB| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13.7B USD | 99 | 70 | |
| 2 | 19.6B USD | 98 | 48 | |
| 3 | 15.9B USD | 96 | 49 | |
| 4 | 37.8B USD | 91 | 45 | |
| 4 | 14.1B USD | 91 | 69 | |
| 21 | 14.0B USD | 54 | 40 | |
| 22 | 12.3B GBP (≈$16.0B) | 53 | 41 | |
| 23 | 15.7B USD | 51 | 48 | |
| 24 | 16.8B USD | 50 | 46 | |
| 25 | 26.3B USD | 45 | 41 | |
| 25 | 24.6B USD | 45 | 42 | |
| 25 | 14.8B USD | 45 | 51 | |
| 28 | 148.3B HKD (≈$19.0B) | 40 | 51 | |
| 29 | 4.28T JPY (≈$29.1B) | 39 | 47 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score