During 2018 Q4 the big money sentiment increased to 1.17. That’s change of 0.18, from 2018Q3’s 0.99. 33 investors sold all, 137 reduced holdings as AvalonBay Communities, Inc. ratio improved. 143 increased holdings while 56 funds acquired holdings. Funds hold 126.14 million shares thus 3.24% more from 2018Q3’s 122.18 million shares.
6,674 are owned by Gateway Investment Advisers Limited Liability Company. Qs Ltd Com has invested 0.02% in AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB). Employees Retirement System Of Texas invested 0.3% in AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB). Duff & Phelps Inv Mngmt Co, Illinois-based fund reported 440,846 shs. Cwm Ltd Liability has 0.01% invested in AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB) for 1,260 shs. Arizona State Retirement Sys holds 0.11% or 48,470 shs in its capital. British Columbia Inv Mngmt, British Columbia – Canada-based fund reported 39,852 shs. Veritable Lp reported 0.04% of its capital in AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB). Lpl Finance Ltd Llc holds 0% of its capital in AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB) for 5,057 shs. Mariner Ltd Llc reported 0.01% stake. Amalgamated National Bank & Trust has invested 0.08% in AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB). Scout Invs Inc reported 1.27% stake. 105 were reported by Moody Fincl Bank Division. 16,730 are held by Fort Washington Inv Advisors Inc Oh. Ls Advsr Lc has invested 0.11% of its capital in AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB).

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. registered $6.96 million net activity with 0 buys and 8 sales since November 6, 2018. $540,010 worth of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB) was sold by Wilson Stephen W on Monday, November 26. 1,000 shs valued at $182,240 were sold by O’Shea Kevin P. on Wednesday, November 7. The insider Shea Keri A sold $347,983. McLaughlin William M sold 23,302 shs worth $4.35 million. The insider Breslin Sean J. sold 3,366 shs worth $636,444. On Monday, November 19 $373,760 worth of stock was sold by HOREY LEO S III.

A one-year high was broke into by AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB). Today’s stock price was $201.42. It’s 9.00 % above our $219.55. Barchart.com published it on Mar, 22. It has $27.83B MC. The valuation of NYSE:AVB can change by $2.50 billion if our $219.55 target is broke into.

Ticker’s shares touched $201.42 during the last trading session after 1.38% change.AvalonBay Communities, Inc. has volume of 160,701 shares. Since March 22, 2018 AVB has risen 26.20% and is uptrending. The stock outperformed the S&P500 by 21.83%.

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB) is awaited to announce earnings on April, 24., according to Faxor. Analysts predict 4.13 % diference or $2.27 from the $2.18 EPS from 2018. AVB’s profit could be $313.62 million with 22.18 P/E in case $2.27 earnings per share is revealed. Wall Street sees -1.73 % negative EPS growth as of April, 24.

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB) Ratings Coverage

Total analysts of 7 have positions in AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) as follows: 4 rated it a “Buy”, 0 with “Sell” and 3 with “Hold”. The positive are 57%. The firm has $216 highest while $194 is the lowest price target. The average target $205.40 is 1.98% above the last ($201.42) price. Since October 22, 2018 according to StockzIntelligence Inc AvalonBay Communities has 11 analyst reports. The stock rating was upgraded by BTIG Research to “Buy” on Thursday, December 6. On Friday, November 2 BMO Capital Markets upgraded the shares of AVB in report to “Outperform” rating. In Thursday, February 21 report Citigroup downgraded it to “Neutral” rating and $205 target. On Monday, October 22 the rating was downgraded by Evercore to “In-Line”. On Wednesday, November 21 the rating was maintained by Argus Research with “Buy”. On Thursday, December 20 KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB) rating. KeyBanc Capital Markets has “Overweight” rating and $199 target. On Monday, December 17 the rating was maintained by Morgan Stanley with “Equal-Weight”. On Tuesday, March 19 the company was maintained by KeyBanc Capital Markets.

For more AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB) news released recently go to: Benzinga.com, 247Wallst.com, Globenewswire.com, Seekingalpha.com or Seekingalpha.com. The titles are as follows: “Benzinga’s Top Upgrades, Downgrades For February 21, 2019 – Benzinga” released on February 21, 2019, “Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Agilent, American Water, Apple, Biogen, Garmin, GoDaddy, Tilray, UBS, Walmart and More – 24/7 Wall St.” on February 21, 2019, “Recent Analysis Shows General Motors, AvalonBay Communities, AerCap Holdings NV, KBR, Ternium SA, and Kadant Market Influences — Renewed Outlook, Key Drivers of Growth – GlobeNewswire” with a publish date: March 04, 2019, “4 Dividend Stocks To Take A Look At Today – Seeking Alpha” and the last “AvalonBay Is A Sell – Seeking Alpha” with publication date: February 26, 2019.

As of September 30, 2017, the Company owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 286 apartment communities containing 82,964 apartment homes in 11 states and the District of Columbia, of which 23 communities were under development and ten communities were under redevelopment.The company has $27.83 billion market cap. The Firm is an equity REIT in the business of developing, redeveloping, acquiring and managing apartment communities in leading metropolitan areas primarily in New England, the New York/New Jersey Metro area, the Mid-Atlantic, the Pacific Northwest, and the Northern and Southern California regions of the United States.28.58 is the P/E ratio.