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Preferred Apartment Communities Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 3/6

Key information

206.9%

Debt to equity ratio

US$2.39b

Debt

Interest coverage ratio	1x
Cash	US$117.22m
Equity	US$1.15b
Total liabilities	US$2.59b
Total assets	US$3.74b

Recent financial health updates

Recent updates

Merger Arbitrage Mondays: 3 Potential Deals Come To Fruition

Feb 21

Preferred Apartment: Huge Portfolio Restructuring Can Bear Fruit For Investors

Jan 06

Preferred Apartment Communities: You Have To Buy A Lot Of 'Rough' To Get The Diamond

Oct 15

Have Insiders Been Buying Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:APTS) Shares This Year?

Mar 18

Reflecting on Preferred Apartment Communities' (NYSE:APTS) Share Price Returns Over The Last Three Years

Feb 11

Financial Position Analysis

Short Term Liabilities: APTS's short term assets ($260.2M) exceed its short term liabilities ($63.5M).

Long Term Liabilities: APTS's short term assets ($260.2M) do not cover its long term liabilities ($2.5B).

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Debt Level: APTS's net debt to equity ratio (196.7%) is considered high.

Reducing Debt: APTS's debt to equity ratio has increased from 154.6% to 206.9% over the past 5 years.

Balance Sheet

Cash Runway Analysis

For companies that have on average been loss-making in the past, we assess whether they have at least 1 year of cash runway.

Stable Cash Runway: Whilst unprofitable APTS has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years if it maintains its current positive free cash flow level.

Forecast Cash Runway: APTS is unprofitable but has sufficient cash runway for more than 3 years, due to free cash flow being positive and growing by 15.5% per year.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2022/06/26 19:08
End of Day Share Price	2022/06/24 00:00
Earnings	2022/03/31
Annual Earnings	2021/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. is covered by 13 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Merrill Ross	Boenning & Scattergood, Inc.
Gaurav Mehta	B. Riley Securities, Inc.
Gaurav Mehta	B. Riley Wealth

This company has been acquired

Preferred Apartment Communities Balance Sheet Health

Financial Health criteria checks 3/6

Key information

Recent financial health updates

Preferred Apartment Communities Common Stock No Longer Be Listed on the New York Stock Exchange

Recent updates

Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (BREIT) completed the acquisition of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:APTS).

Preferred Apartment Communities Common Stock No Longer Be Listed on the New York Stock Exchange

Merger Arbitrage Mondays: 3 Potential Deals Come To Fruition

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. Provides Dividend Guidance for the First Quarter of 2022

Price target increased to US$17.60

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. to Report Q4, 2021 Results on Feb 28, 2022

Price target increased to US$16.40

Price target increased to US$15.80

Preferred Apartment: Huge Portfolio Restructuring Can Bear Fruit For Investors

Upcoming dividend of US$0.17 per share

Price target increased to US$13.67

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: US$0.32 FFO loss per share (vs US$0.18 profit in 3Q 2020)

Preferred Apartment Communities: You Have To Buy A Lot Of 'Rough' To Get The Diamond

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:APTS) acquired The Kingson, 240 Unit Class A Multifamily Community in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Northwood Investors LLC completed the acquisition of Armour Yards Portfolio from Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:APTS).

Upcoming dividend of US$0.17 per share

Consensus forecasts updated

Price target increased to US$11.80

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: US$0.65 loss per share (vs US$1.06 loss in 2Q 2020)

An unknown buyer acquired Vineyards, a 369-unit multifamily community located in Houston, Texas from Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:APTS) acquired The Ellison multifamily community in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Consensus forecasts updated

Independent Director recently bought US$53k worth of stock

Upcoming dividend of US$0.17 per share

Executive Chairman Daniel DuPree has left the company

First quarter 2021 earnings released: FFO US$0.16 per share (vs US$3.61 loss in 1Q 2020)

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend , Payable on July 15, 2021

Price target increased to US$10.20

Consensus EPS estimates fall to -US$3.28

Have Insiders Been Buying Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:APTS) Shares This Year?

Analysts update estimates

Full year 2020 earnings released: US$6.95 loss per share (vs US$2.73 loss in FY 2019)

Revenue beats expectations, earnings disappoint

New 90-day high: US$8.62

Reflecting on Preferred Apartment Communities' (NYSE:APTS) Share Price Returns Over The Last Three Years

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. to Report Q4, 2020 Results on Mar 01, 2021

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:APTS) acquired The Menlo.

Preferred Apartment sums up November, December capital actions

Freddie apartment investment market index rebounds in Q3

Preferred Apartment Communities goes ex-dividend on Monday

Bipartisan relief plan includes extended eviction moratorium, rental aid

Preferred Apartment Communities: The Riskiest Bet On Apartments

Preferred Apartment to redeem $208.8M of preferred stock

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:APTS) acquired The Blake in Orlando, Florida.

Third quarter 2020 earnings released: FFO US$0.18 per share

Revenue and earnings beat expectations

Preferred Apartment +1.5% after Q3 results beat, rise from Q2

TPG Real Estate Partners Investments LLC completed the acquisition of portfolio of eight student housing communities from Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:APTS).

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. to Report Q3, 2020 Results on Nov 09, 2020

Analysts update estimates

Price target lowered to US$7.20

TPG Real Estate Partners Investments LLC entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire portfolio of eight student housing communities from Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:APTS) for approximately $480 million.

New 90-day low - US$6.44

Upcoming Dividend of US$0.17 Per Share

New 90-day low - US$6.92

First half earnings released

Price target lowered to US$8.10

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:APTS) acquired Parkside at the Beach.

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. to Report Q2, 2020 Results on Aug 10, 2020

Financial Position Analysis

Debt to Equity History and Analysis

Balance Sheet

Cash Runway Analysis

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