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How AvalonBay Communities, Inc. stacks up
VMRK · against 15 other Real Estate companies of similar size
Profitability
70/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #9 of 16 · scores higher than 47% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score1 peers with a profitability score of 70–79, including VMRK · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 70?
Weighted metrics compared with all Real Estate companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets, which is stronger than most Real Estate peers.
- Return on invested capital is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 30.2% vs peer median 26.8%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 85% of peers. Return on assets: 4.3% vs peer median 2.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = VMRK, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | VMRK | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 15 reported | Not reported | 7.1% | — | — | 33% |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 16 reported | 30.2% | 32.1% | 40% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 16 reported | 4.3% | 3.6% | 67% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 14 reported | 8.5% | 8.5% | 46% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 16 reported | 62.3% | 68.2% | 33% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around VMRK| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 62.3B USD | 96 | 49 | |
| 2 | 84.3B USD | 93 | 56 | |
| 3 | 87.3B USD | 92 | 55 | |
| 4 | 37.8B USD | 91 | 45 | |
| 5 | 26.9B USD | 89 | 78 | |
| 6 | 39.2B USD | 84 | 56 | |
| 6 | 34.5B USD | 84 | 51 | |
| 8 | 56.1B AUD (≈$37.0B) | 83 | 70 | |
| 9 | 48.0B USD | 70 | 44 | |
| 10 | 34.7B USD | 56 | 45 | |
| 11 | 26.3B USD | 45 | 41 | |
| 11 | 24.6B USD | 45 | 42 | |
| 13 | 54.4B USD | 41 | 57 |
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