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Mid-America Apartment CommunitiesMAACompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Real Estate›Real Estate Investment Trusts

Owns and operates apartment communities concentrated in Sunbelt US markets.

Momentum neutral 42
Mkt cap
$13.8B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
99%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$120M
20-day average traded
P/B
2.45×
price to book
ROE
7.0%
delivered
Implied ROE
16.1%
what the price asks
Official | Implied
A- / A-
agencies · bond market
Close · USD$118.93
1D-2.3%
1W+1.5%
1M+2.4%
3M-10.1%
6M-8.0%
YTD-12.3%
1Y-5.2%
ATR %2.2%
Beta0.13
52w lowhigh17.6% off high

What Mid-America Apartment Communities does

Owns and operates apartment communities concentrated in Sunbelt US markets.

Collects rent on apartments under leases of about a year, so income follows occupancy and how much rent can be raised on new and renewing leases. Merging with Colonial Properties Trust in 2013 widened its footprint across the Southeast and Texas. As a REIT, it pays out most taxable income.

Products and services

  • Apartment community leasing (Sunbelt)
  • Selective development

Customers

  • Renters in Sunbelt US markets

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Real estate
  • Apartment REIT
  • Multifamily rental housing

What could go right

  • Sunbelt population/job migration driving rental demand
  • Rent growth from below-market lease renewals

What could go wrong

  • New apartment supply in fast-growing Sunbelt metros
  • Interest-rate sensitivity of REIT valuations

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). A large, diversified Sunbelt apartment portfolio benefiting from population and job growth in those markets.

Headquarters: Memphis, Tennessee, United States · Founded: 1977 · Employees: 2,507

Named competitors

Mid-America Apartment Communities at a glance

Size Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) is a United States Real Estate company (Real Estate Investment Trusts) with a market value of $13.8B, the 643rd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $118.93 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 8.0%, against -1.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 5th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 1.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.8%); the operating margin is 27.3% (peer median 33.0%).

Valuation It trades at 2.45× book value against a peer median of 1.93× (9th most expensive of 21).

Price implies The share price implies a return on equity of about 16.1%; Mid-America Apartment Communities delivers 7.0%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.

Credit Mid-America Apartment Communities has 10 bonds outstanding ($4.00B), rated A- by the agencies and trading like A- at a weighted spread of 68 bp.

Short interest Short interest is 4.2% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Relative performance

9010011011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 99MAA 92
Six months, rebased to 100: Mid-America Apartment Communities against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Mid-America Apartment Communities financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$2.22B$2.21B$2.19B$2.15B$2.02B
Revenue growth—+1%+2%+6%—
Gross profit$644M$674M$713M$747M$688M
EBITDA$1.26B$1.24B$1.22B$1.27B$1.15B
Net income$387M$447M$527M$553M$637M
Free cash flow$625M$718M$776M$796M$763M
Capital expenditure$274M$360M$322M$341M$296M
Total debt$5.86B$5.43B$5.01B$4.57B$4.44B

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Mid-America Apartment Communities competitor charts

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Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

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Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Mid-America Apartment Communities is the large dot.

Fundamentals: return on equity against price-to-book

5%10%15%20%20×40×60×0823REGCPTDOCSUISCGOHIC38UNLYAHRWPCWYELSLAMRUDRSGROGLPIHSTMAAReturn on equity →Price / book →
A bank or insurer earning more on its equity usually trades at a higher multiple of book; points far above the trend are priced for more. Mid-America Apartment Communities is the large dot.

Capital: ROE delivered against the ROE the price implies

10%20%30%10%20%30%0823REGCPTDOCSCGOHIC38UNLYAHRWYELSLAMRUDRSGROGLPIHSTMAAROE delivered →ROE the price implies →
Above the diagonal = the price asks for a higher return on equity than the business earns today. Mid-America Apartment Communities is the large dot.

Mid-America Apartment Communities competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (MAA vs CPT vs EQR vs ESS)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROE
Mid-America Apartment Communities MAA$13.8B-8%+1%7%2.45×16.1%
Camden Property Trust CPT$13.4B-3%+1%8%2.68×18.2%
Equity Residential EQRn/a+2%n/an/an/an/a
Essex Property Trust ESS$17.5B+4%+5%6%3.30×20.8%

How Mid-America Apartment Communities compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Mid-America Apartment Communities against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureMAAPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+2.4%+7.3%4th lowest of 21
6-month return-8.0%-1.0%5th lowest of 21
Return on equity7.0%7.6%8th lowest of 21
Price / book2.45×1.93×9th most expensive of 21
ROE the price implies16.1%14.9%8th most demanding of 21
ROE delivered7.0%7.7%8th lowest of 21
Bond spread68 bp96 bp3rd tightest of 16

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthROEPrice / bookImplied ROEDelivered ROE
Mid-America Apartment Communities MAAUnited States$13.8B-8%+1%7%2.45×16.1%7.0%
Link REIT 0823.HKHong Kong$13.8B+3%-3%-5%0.71×5.9%-4.7%
Regency Centers REGUnited States$13.7B-3%+8%8%2.06×15.2%8.2%
Camden Property Trust CPTUnited States$13.4B-3%+1%8%2.68×18.2%7.8%
Healthpeak Properties DOCUnited States$14.3B+4%+9%5%1.78×15.1%4.9%
Sun Communities SUIUnited States$14.4B-4%-19%5%2.76×18.4%5.3%
Scentre SCG.AXAustralia$13.1B-1%-4%10%0.97×11.6%10.4%
Omega Healthcare Investors OHIUnited States$14.6B+2%+14%14%2.66×15.3%14.2%
CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust C38U.SISingapore$14.6B+2%+5%8%1.09×6.1%7.6%
Annaly Capital Management NLYUnited States$14.8B-17%+23%7%1.05×11.8%7.3%
American Healthcare REIT AHRUnited States$12.7B+12%+16%4%3.05×20.7%4.0%
W. P. Carey WPCUnited States$15.0B-12%+9%8%1.71×12.9%7.7%
Weyerhaeuser WYUnited States$15.1B-10%-1%5%1.61×13.6%4.8%
Equity LifeStyle Properties ELSUnited States$12.3B0%+3%22%6.99×37.4%22.3%
Invitation Homes INVHUnited States$15.6B-5%+5%7%1.79×13.6%7.4%
Lamar Advertising LAMRUnited States$15.8B-1%+4%59%16.13×134.1%58.9%
American Homes 4 Rent AMHUnited States$11.8B+2%+4%7%1.73×12.9%6.8%
UDR UDRUnited States$11.6B-1%+1%22%3.76×22.9%21.8%
SEGRO SGRO.LUnited Kingdom$16.6B+33%+7%2%1.03×14.8%2.5%
Gaming and Leisure Properties GLPIUnited States$11.3B-19%+7%20%2.28×14.8%19.6%
Host Hotels & Resorts HSTUnited States$16.9B+15%+5%16%2.64×22.6%15.8%

Mid-America Apartment Communities bonds and credit

Mid-America Apartment Communities has 10 bonds outstanding with $4.00B face value. The agencies rate it A-; its bonds trade like A-. Weighted yield 5.30%, a spread of 68 bp over government bonds.

Every bond, yield and spread in the cockpit →

Questions

Who are Mid-America Apartment Communities's main competitors?
Named competitors: Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Link REIT (0823.HK), Regency Centers (REG), Camden Property Trust (CPT), Healthpeak Properties (DOC), Sun Communities (SUI), Scentre (SCG.AX).
Is Mid-America Apartment Communities expensive compared with its peers?
On price / book it trades at 2.45× against a peer median of 1.93×, 9th most expensive of 21 in its peer set. The share price implies a return on equity of about 16.1%; Mid-America Apartment Communities delivers 7.0%, so the price asks more than the business earns today.
How has Mid-America Apartment Communities stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -8.0% against -1.0% for the median peer; over one year -5.2%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.