Is AvalonBay Communities (AVB) overvalued or fairly valued?

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What is the share price of AvalonBay Communities (AVB)?

AvalonBay Communities last traded at $189.89 (-0.4% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

AvalonBay Communities

AVB · NYSE · Real Estate · United States

$189.89-0.4%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 5:19 PM

Snapshot

TickerAVB

ExchangeNYSE

SectorReal Estate

IndustryREIT - Residential

CountryUnited States

Employees3,011

HeadquartersArlington, United States

Market cap$27.0B

P/B2.3

Volume220.01K

Websitewww.avaloncommunities.com

Filings tracked0

About AvalonBay Communities

AvalonBay Communities, Inc., a member of S&P 500, is an equity REIT. The firm develops, redevelops, acquires and manages apartment communities in leading metropolitan areas in Boston, Massachusetts, the New York/New Jersey Metro area, the Mid-Atlantic, Seattle, Washington, and Northern and Southern California, as well as in the Company's expansion regions of Raleigh-Durham and Charlotte, North Carolina, Southeast Florida, Dallas and Austin, Texas, and Denver, Colorado. As of March 31, 2026, the Company owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 319 apartment communities containing 98,271 apartment homes in 11 states and the District of Columbia, of which 25 communities were under development and one community was under redevelopment. AvalonBay Communities, Inc. was incorporated in 1978 in Maryland and is based in Arlington, Virginia.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders0.4%
Institutions96.7%
Public & other2.9%

1,128 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.12.34%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC8.56%
State Street Corporation6.53%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.48%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO3.14%
Principal Financial Group, Inc.3.13%
Geode Capital Management, LLC3.01%
Price (T.Rowe) Associates Inc2.77%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $780.9M · EPS 1.10

Est. earnings growth -21.8%

Next fiscal year

Rev $3.2B · EPS 4.87

Est. earnings growth +7.7%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$160.1052-wk range$204.68

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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