Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) Updates Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.080-2.240 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.190. The company issued revenue guidance of -. Mid-America Apartment Communities also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 8.610-8.930 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MAA has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Barclays dropped their price objective on shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities from $166.00 to $152.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Mizuho decreased their price target on Mid-America Apartment Communities from $163.00 to $159.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, January 6th. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on Mid-America Apartment Communities from $174.00 to $173.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Morgan Stanley upgraded shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price target for the stock from $159.50 to $168.00 in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities from $157.00 to $155.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have given a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Mid-America Apartment Communities currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $166.00.

Mid-America Apartment Communities Trading Up 0.4 %

Shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities stock traded up $0.67 on Thursday, hitting $157.54. 249,365 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 659,898. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 0.09 and a quick ratio of 0.09. The company has a market capitalization of $18.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.46 and a beta of 0.91. Mid-America Apartment Communities has a one year low of $121.51 and a one year high of $167.39. The company has a fifty day moving average of $153.89 and a two-hundred day moving average of $155.10.

Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The real estate investment trust reported $2.23 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.04 by $1.19. Mid-America Apartment Communities had a net margin of 23.84% and a return on equity of 8.38%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Mid-America Apartment Communities will post 8.89 earnings per share for the current year.

Mid-America Apartment Communities Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 31st. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 15th were given a $1.515 dividend. This represents a $6.06 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.85%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, January 15th. This is a positive change from Mid-America Apartment Communities’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.47. Mid-America Apartment Communities’s payout ratio is currently 136.79%.

About Mid-America Apartment Communities

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc is a real estate investment trust, which engages in the operation, acquisition, and development of apartment communities. It operates through the Same Store and Non-Same Store segments. The Same Store Communities segment represents those apartment communities that have been owned and stabilized for at least 12 months as of the first day of the calendar year.