Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

NYSE:MAA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$18.1b

Mid-America Apartment Communities Valuation

Is MAA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MAA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$222.83
Fair Value
32.5% undervalued intrinsic discount
25
Number of Analysts

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MAA?

Key metric:

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for MAA. This is calculated by dividing MAA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is MAA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio34x
EarningsUS$517.46m
Market CapUS$18.06b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does MAA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for MAA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average52x
ESS Essex Property Trust
33.4x-6.2%US$18.9b
UDR UDR
111x13.9%US$15.4b
EQR Equity Residential
28.8x-5.4%US$27.3b
CPT Camden Property Trust
34.9x-9.8%US$12.2b
MAA Mid-America Apartment Communities
34x-0.1%US$18.1b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MAA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Residential REITs Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
MAA 34.0xIndustry Avg. 26.0xNo. of Companies8PE01632486480+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MAA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MAA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio34x
Fair PE Ratio32.3x

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 25 Analysts
US$164.50
Fair Value
8.5% undervalued intrinsic discount
25
Number of Analysts

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/21 23:03
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/21 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. is covered by 56 analysts. 19 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Wesley GolladayBaird
Richard HightowerBarclays
Anthony PowellBarclays