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AVB — AvalonBay Communities

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2. Company Fundamentals

2.1 Competitiveness

Metric Value
Operating Margins 29.32%
Profit Margins 37.27%
Return on Equity 9.72%
Return on Assets 2.65%
Free Float 0.13B
Dividend Yield 3.75%
Short Int % Utilisation 3.5%

2.2 Growth

Metric Value
Revenue Growth 2.5%
Free Cash Flow 1.39B
EBITDA 19.25 (Ratio)
Enterprise Value 35.55B
EV/Revenue 11.62
EV/EBITDA 19.25

Revenue growth of 2.5% suggests mature or challenged top-line momentum.

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* 2.52%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 20.37%
1-Year Price Return* 0.41%

Latest Market Data (as of 2026-08-14, US Eastern time):

Metric Value
Last Price $184.06
52-Week Range $160.10 – $198.63
Observation Count 251 trading days

The return and risk statistics use daily adjusted closes from the retrieved one-year series and annualise daily moments using 252 trading days. The last price is the latest regular-market price reported for the stated date. Source: Yahoo Finance market data.

2.5 FCFF DCF Valuation

FCFF DCF exception: FCFF DCF is not the primary valuation method for financial institutions or REITs. This post deliberately does not publish a mechanical enterprise value or implied per-share value on an unsuitable basis.

Available valuation input Value
Last market price $184.06
Market capitalisation $26.28B
Revenue $3.04B
EBIT $1.31B
Reported free cash flow $1.41B
FCF yield 5.35%
Net debt / EBITDA 4.18x

2.6 Investor-Style Research Screen

Educational screen Result
Buffett-inspired cash-quality checks not rated — FCFF DCF suitability or data-integrity condition not met
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks not rated — FCFF DCF suitability or data-integrity condition not met

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and reported-statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-18 17:23:22.772890 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2025-12-31 00:00:00. Financial institutions and REITs require sector-specific methods rather than a mechanical FCFF DCF. This is research and analysis only, not personalized financial advice.

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