AvalonBay Communities, Inc. · AVB · FY2025 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2025

AvalonBay lowers FFO outlook as demand and expenses soften

The quarter weakens the near-term growth case: management lowered core FFO guidance amid softer demand and higher expenses. Longer-term support comes from the development pipeline, liquidity, and technology initiatives, but execution and regional demand remain key tests.

Reported After market closeNYSEReal Estate $26.28B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $2.75 Consensus $2.81
EPS surprise -2.1% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $764.9M Consensus $766.4M
Revenue surprise -0.2% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move -0.9% Event window
SPY move -1.1% Same window
Abnormal move +0.2% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.2× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +4.1% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior quarter, management's tone shifted from confident to cautious, guidance sentiment moved from maintained to lowered, and concerns around demand softness and operating expenses became more prominent.

Guidance delta

Lowered: full-year core FFO guidance was cut to $11.25 per share.

Key takeaways

  • Management cited softer demand and slower rent growth in the Mid-Atlantic and Los Angeles.
  • The company highlighted more than $3 billion of liquidity and low leverage.
  • A $3 billion development pipeline remains focused on future earnings and cash-flow growth.
  • Technology initiatives target incremental NOI, while share repurchases continue.

Management priorities

  • Advance the development pipeline and target approximately $1 billion of new development starts in 2026.
  • Continue the share repurchase program with $500 million of additional authorization.
  • Advance AvalonConnect and other technology initiatives to improve NOI.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
AVB EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $2.64 Q1 '24 actual $2.70, beat Q2 '24 estimate $2.71 Q2 '24 actual $2.77, beat Q3 '24 estimate $1.45 Q3 '24 actual $2.74, beat Q2 '25 estimate $2.80 Q2 '25 actual $2.82, beat Q3 '25 estimate $2.81 Q3 '25 actual $2.75, miss Q4 '25 estimate $1.23 Q4 '25 actual $1.17, miss Q1 '26 estimate $1.27 Q1 '26 actual $2.33, beat Q2 '26 estimate $1.23 Q2 '26 actual $1.11, miss Q3 '26 estimate $1.22 Q4 '26 estimate $1.26 Q1 '27 estimate $1.37 Q2 '27 estimate $1.36
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold40 ratings
Bullish1640.0%
Neutral2357.5%
Bearish12.5%

1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$184.06Previous close
$172Low
$217.69Average
$307High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Aug 18, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Barclays Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainAug 17, 2026
Evercore ISI Group In Line In LineMaintainJul 23, 2026
Piper Sandler Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 21, 2026
Scotiabank Sector Perform Sector PerformMaintainJul 9, 2026
Truist Securities Buy BuyMaintainJun 16, 2026
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainMay 14, 2026
Cantor Fitzgerald Neutral NeutralMaintainMay 4, 2026
RBC Capital Sector Perform Sector PerformMaintainApr 29, 2026
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainApr 23, 2026
Morgan Stanley Equal Weight OverweightDowngradeMar 26, 2026
Citigroup Neutral NeutralMaintainFeb 13, 2026
Colliers Securities Neutral BuyDowngradeDec 4, 2025
Mizuho Neutral NeutralMaintainNov 24, 2025
JP Morgan Overweight OverweightMaintainJun 17, 2025
BMO Capital Market Perform OutperformDowngradeApr 4, 2025
Zelman & Assoc Outperform NeutralUpgradeFeb 13, 2025
Deutsche Bank Buy BuyMaintainSep 10, 2024
Argus Research Buy BuyMaintainApr 30, 2024
Keybanc Sector Weight OverweightDowngradeJan 5, 2024
Wolfe Research Peer Perform OutperformDowngradeJan 2, 2024
B of A Securities Buy NeutralUpgradeMay 15, 2023
Goldman Sachs Neutral BuyDowngradeDec 8, 2022
Jefferies Hold HoldMaintainOct 19, 2022
Credit Suisse Neutral NeutralMaintainJun 23, 2022
BTIG Buy BuyMaintainAug 2, 2021
Stifel Buy BuyMaintainMay 8, 2020
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Buy BuyMaintainApr 2, 2020
Baird Outperform NeutralUpgradeMay 16, 2019
BTIG Research Buy NeutralUpgradeDec 6, 2018
Argus Buy BuyMaintainNov 21, 2018
Stifel Nicolaus Buy BuyMaintainAug 2, 2018
Bank of America Neutral NeutralMaintainJun 8, 2018
Zelman Hold SellUpgradeFeb 9, 2018
JMP Securities Market Perform Market OutperformDowngradeApr 19, 2017
Sandler O'Neill Buy HoldUpgradeSep 6, 2016
Cowen & Co. Market Perform OutperformDowngradeJan 12, 2016
BB&T Capital Underweight UnderweightMaintainNov 10, 2015
Janney Capital Neutral NeutralMaintainApr 9, 2015
ISI Group Buy NeutralUpgradeJul 24, 2014
Compass Point Neutral NeutralMaintainApr 28, 2014
Imperial Capital In Line In LineMaintainOct 25, 2013
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $184.06. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$196$191.44 +6.5%Jul 23, 2026
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$210$191.84 +14.1%Jul 21, 2026
Deutsche BankAnalyst unavailable$205$191.84 +11.4%Jul 20, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$205$194.53 +11.4%Jul 14, 2026
ScotiabankAnalyst unavailable$195$189.68 +5.9%Jul 9, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$202$184.48 +9.7%Jun 16, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$192$186.85 +4.3%Jun 10, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$198$190.3 +7.6%Jun 8, 2026
Wolfe ResearchAndrew Rosivach$209$182.51 +13.5%Jun 1, 2026
Piper SandlerAlexander Goldfarb$195$184.83 +5.9%May 29, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$205$182.85 +11.4%May 15, 2026
ScotiabankNicholas Yulico$187$185.52 +1.6%May 14, 2026
UBSMichael Goldsmith$189$185.99 +2.7%May 14, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$203$184.08 +10.3%May 11, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldAnalyst unavailable$190$183.45 +3.2%May 4, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$188$183.5 +2.1%Apr 29, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$206$172.38 +11.9%Apr 27, 2026
Truist FinancialMichael Lewis$201$177.32 +9.2%Mar 3, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldAnalyst unavailable$186$173.14 +1.1%Feb 9, 2026
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$183$173.83 -0.6%Feb 9, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$187$171.61 +1.6%Feb 6, 2026
Deutsche BankOmotayo Okusanya$172$182.42 -6.6%Jan 20, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$203$182.42 +10.3%Jan 20, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$217$176.8 +17.9%Jan 13, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$191$179.5 +3.8%Jan 8, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldAnalyst unavailable$179$180.48 -2.7%Jan 5, 2026
Colliers SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$195$181.52 +5.9%Dec 3, 2025
Truist FinancialMichael Lewis$205$179.65 +11.4%Dec 2, 2025
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$216$180.41 +17.4%Nov 25, 2025
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$191$180.68 +3.8%Nov 24, 2025
RBC CapitalBrad Heffern$197$174.52 +7.0%Nov 4, 2025
Evercore ISISteve Sakwa$204$171.54 +10.8%Nov 3, 2025
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$190$173.92 +3.2%Nov 3, 2025
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$214$184.53 +16.3%Oct 13, 2025
Cantor FitzgeraldAnalyst unavailable$205$193.17 +11.4%Oct 1, 2025
BarclaysRichard Hightower$229$193.56 +24.4%Sep 30, 2025
ScotiabankNicholas Yulico$236$206.18 +28.2%Jun 13, 2025
Morgan StanleyAdam Kramer$228$205.58 +23.9%May 15, 2025
Morgan StanleyAdam Kramer$223$213.8 +21.2%Jan 24, 2025
JefferiesLinda Tsai$240$219.97 +30.4%Jan 1, 2025
RBC CapitalBrad Heffern$234$225.25 +27.1%Oct 1, 2024
BNP ParibasJohn Paul Flangos$250$229.36 +35.8%Sep 11, 2024
Truist FinancialMichael Lewis$230$219.92 +25.0%Aug 26, 2024
Wells FargoJames Feldman$244$221.73 +32.6%Aug 26, 2024
Piper SandlerAlexander Goldfarb$255$211.78 +38.5%Aug 2, 2024
Wells FargoJames Feldman$222$203.88 +20.6%Jun 27, 2024
Truist FinancialMichael Lewis$213$203.89 +15.7%Jun 24, 2024
Truist FinancialMichael Lewis$207$193.96 +12.5%May 24, 2024
ScotiabankNicholas Yulico$213$198.14 +15.7%May 14, 2024
Argus ResearchMarie Ferguson$212$190.07 +15.2%Apr 30, 2024
J.P. MorganAnalyst unavailable$197$164.38 +7.0%Dec 16, 2022
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$187$167.97 +1.6%Dec 8, 2022
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$187$174.18 +1.6%Dec 2, 2022
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$220$201.98 +19.5%Sep 19, 2022
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$235$205.08 +27.7%Sep 15, 2022
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$248$218.81 +34.7%Aug 16, 2022
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$242$217.85 +31.5%Aug 11, 2022
UBSAnalyst unavailable$224$214.13 +21.7%Jul 29, 2022
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$205$195.46 +11.4%Jul 20, 2022
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$210$191.4 +14.1%Jul 15, 2022
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$212$195.15 +15.2%Jun 27, 2022
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$225$203.97 +22.2%May 25, 2022
ScotiabankAnalyst unavailable$238$200.8 +29.3%May 19, 2022
BMO CapitalJohn Kim$285$250.08 +54.8%Feb 2, 2022
BTIGJames Sullivan$307$244.46 +66.8%Jan 19, 2022
BarclaysAnthony Powell$263$246.45 +42.9%Jan 18, 2022
KeyBancAustin Wurschmidt$275$249.52 +49.4%Jan 13, 2022
CitigroupNicholas Joseph$260$244.99 +41.3%Dec 13, 2021
Wells FargoTammi Fique$265$235.42 +44.0%Nov 22, 2021
Evercore ISISteve Sakwa$240$229.88 +30.4%Oct 25, 2021
Goldman SachsChandni Luthra$257$222.84 +39.6%Sep 23, 2021
ScotiabankNicholas Yulico$233$219.35 +26.6%Sep 13, 2021
Piper SandlerAlexander Goldfarb$220$223.02 +19.5%Jul 28, 2021
SMBC NikkoRichard Anderson$210$185.25 +14.1%Apr 19, 2021
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

At the close of 2020, AvalonBay Communities held a direct or indirect ownership stake in a substantial portfolio encompassing 291 apartment communities. These properties collectively contained 86,025 residential units across 11 states and the District of Columbia. Among these, 18 communities were actively under development, and one was undergoing redevelopment. As an equity REIT, AvalonBay's primary activities involve the development, redevelopment, acquisition, and management of apartment communities. The company strategically targets prominent metropolitan areas such as New England, the New York/New Jersey metro region, the Mid-Atlantic states, the Pacific Northwest, and both Northern and Southern California. Furthermore, AvalonBay is expanding its presence into key growth markets, specifically Southeast Florida and Denver, Colorado.

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