AvalonBay Communities

AVB

REIT - Residential · Real Estate

Also trades as: 0HJO.L

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Winston Score

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Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Mixed

Growth

Mixed

Cash Flow

Exceptional

Stability

Good

Valuation

Mixed

Dividends

Mixed

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Winston Score History

The full picture

AvalonBay Communities owns and operates apartment buildings across the United States. It builds, buys, and manages large residential communities, renting units to individuals and families who want to live in them. The company focuses on high-cost coastal markets like New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Seattle, and California, where demand for rental housing tends to stay strong.

AvalonBay makes money by collecting monthly rent from its tenants. It operates as a Real Estate Investment Trust, meaning it must pay out most of its profits as dividends to shareholders. With roughly 90,000 apartment homes across about 300 communities, it is one of the largest apartment landlords in the country, giving it scale advantages in construction and property management. The main risk the company faces is that rising interest rates increase its borrowing costs, which can squeeze profits and make it harder to fund new development projects.

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Growth Profile

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When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+2.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-41.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

Insider Activity

6.3%ownership

↓ Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$315M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

AvalonBay Communities is growing revenue at 2% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

3.3%

Thin — 3.3% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

27.2%

Excellent — 27.2% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

4.2%

Weak — 4.2% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+3.4%

Slow sales growth (+3.4% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-10.6%

Earnings shrinking (-10.6% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

163%

Turns 163% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

41.6%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (41.6%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.81

Moderate — manageable debt (0.81)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

3.17x

Tight — interest eats into profit (3.2x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

25.2x

no trend

Growth-priced — P/E 25.2

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

-7.3

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

3.76%

no trend

Moderate income — 3.76% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+2.3%

no trend

Dividend flat

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