Skip to Content
Opening Bell

Side by Side

Compare

Read two to four stocks on the same scale — return, valuation and volatility in one table.

1MPast Month3MPast 3 Months6MPast 6 MonthsYTDYear to Date1YPast Year5YPast 5 Years
Selected1Y Return
  • AVBAvalonBay Communities Inc− 2.62%
  • EQREquity Residential− 0.55%
  • ESSEssex Property Trust Inc+ 6.91%
  • MAAMid-America Apartment Communities Inc− 9.82%

Four symbols is the limit; remove one to add another.

Period Return

Each series is converted to a percentage of its own starting point, so all of them begin at zero. What is compared is the return over the period, not price levels.

AVB− 2.6%EQR− 0.5%ESS+ 6.9%MAA− 9.8%Tap or hover the chart for values along the way
MetricAVBEQRESSMAA
Return
Last Price184.0663.80278.61128.32
Daily Change——− 0.01%− 0.19%
Period ReturnPast Year
− 2.62%
− 0.55%
+ 6.91%
− 9.82%
Valuation
Market Cap$26.1 B$23.9 B$17.9 B$14.9 B
P/E Ratio—28.3043.3637.14
Dividend Yield—4.26%4.30%4.57%
Net MarginTrailing 12M—28.0%21.5%18.2%
Risk
Beta—0.730.700.70
52-Week Range—63.68 — $68.62238.46 — $303.35120.30 — $146.41

Company

  • AVBReal Estate · Real Estate
  • EQRReal Estate · Real Estate
  • ESSReal Estate · Real Estate
  • MAAReal Estate · Real Estate

Metrics could not be loaded for AVB: P/E, dividend, beta and the 52-week range stay empty in that column.

Alpaca · SIPUpdated 02:0015 Minutes Delayed

To Understand This

P/E and the Valuation RatiosYou can't tell whether a stock is cheap or expensive by looking at its price.Diversification: How Many Baskets Are Enough?Owning ten different stocks is not the same as owning ten different risks.