Zacks Research Has Pessimistic View of MAA FY2025 Earnings

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:MAA) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities in a report released on Wednesday, August 20th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the real estate investment trust will post earnings per share of $8.74 for the year, down from their prior forecast of $8.77. The consensus estimate for Mid-America Apartment Communities’ current full-year earnings is $8.84 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Mid-America Apartment Communities’ Q4 2025 earnings at $2.23 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.23 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.22 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.33 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $9.05 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $2.41 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $2.31 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $9.53 EPS.

MAA has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Piper Sandler dropped their price target on Mid-America Apartment Communities from $170.00 to $153.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, August 4th. JMP Securities raised their target price on shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities from $160.00 to $170.00 and gave the stock a “market outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. Evercore ISI dropped their target price on shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities from $155.00 to $152.00 and set an “in-line” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, August 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price objective on shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities from $158.00 to $155.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, August 1st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lowered shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $165.00 price objective on the stock. in a report on Friday, July 11th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, ten have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $163.21.

Mid-America Apartment Communities Stock Performance

Shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities stock opened at $142.0890 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $16.63 billion, a PE ratio of 29.24, a PEG ratio of 3.83 and a beta of 0.75. The company has a current ratio of 0.10, a quick ratio of 0.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $146.63 and its 200 day simple moving average is $154.92. Mid-America Apartment Communities has a 12 month low of $137.32 and a 12 month high of $173.38.

Mid-America Apartment Communities (NYSE:MAA) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The real estate investment trust reported $2.15 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.14 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $549.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $552.19 million. Mid-America Apartment Communities had a net margin of 25.98% and a return on equity of 9.35%. Mid-America Apartment Communities’s revenue for the quarter was up .6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.22 EPS. Mid-America Apartment Communities has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 2.080-2.240 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 8.650-8.890 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Mid-America Apartment Communities

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Stance Capital LLC raised its holdings in shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities by 46.5% in the second quarter. Stance Capital LLC now owns 11,600 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $1,717,000 after purchasing an additional 3,683 shares during the last quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC increased its stake in Mid-America Apartment Communities by 7.3% in the 2nd quarter. Pathway Financial Advisers LLC now owns 4,863 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $720,000 after buying an additional 330 shares during the last quarter. State of Wyoming increased its stake in Mid-America Apartment Communities by 172.8% in the 2nd quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 2,401 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $355,000 after buying an additional 1,521 shares during the last quarter. Hudson Bay Capital Management LP increased its stake in Mid-America Apartment Communities by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. Hudson Bay Capital Management LP now owns 51,042 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $7,555,000 after buying an additional 195 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Mid-America Apartment Communities in the second quarter valued at about $45,000. 93.60% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.