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1MPast Month3MPast 3 Months6MPast 6 MonthsYTDYear to Date1YPast Year5YPast 5 Years
Selected6M Return
  • MAAMid-America Apartment Communities Inc− 5.56%
  • EQREquity Residential− 0.72%
  • ESSEssex Property Trust Inc+ 6.04%

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.

MAA− 5.6%EQR− 0.7%ESS+ 6.0%Tap or hover the chart for values along the way
MetricMAAEQRESS
Return
Last Price128.3265.64278.61
Daily Change− 0.19%+ 1.04%− 0.01%
Period ReturnPast 6 Months
− 5.56%
− 0.72%
+ 6.04%
Valuation
Market Cap$14.9 B$24.6 B$17.9 B
P/E Ratio—29.1143.36
Dividend Yield—4.26%4.30%
Net MarginTrailing 12M—28.0%21.5%
Risk
Beta—0.730.70
52-Week Range—63.68 — $68.62238.46 — $303.35

Company

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

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