Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (MAA) Stock Recommendation | Score, Valuation, Technicals & Financial Trend

Score

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Strong Sell

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Comparison

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Score

Quality

Valuation

Financial

Technical

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Why is Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. ?

Poor long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 5.75% and Operating profit at 7.60%

Flat results in Jun 25

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Lowest at USD 1,098.84 MM
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY) Highest at 84.66 %
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y) Grown by 8.82% (YoY)

With ROE of 9.37%, it has a expensive valuation with a 3.01 Price to Book Value

The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -16.02%, its profits have risen by 2.3% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 15.3
At the current price, the company has a high dividend yield of 386.9

Consistent Underperformance against the benchmark over the last 3 years

Along with generating -16.02% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in each of the last 3 annual periods

Real-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

Overall Portfolio exposure to Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. should be less than 10%
Overall Portfolio exposure to Realty should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Realty)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. for you?

Low Risk, Low Return

Absolute

Risk Adjusted

Volatility

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

-8.01%

-0.19

21.11%

S&P 500

22.99%

0.70

20.15%

Quality

Management Risk

Growth

Capital Structure

Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor

Value

Sales Growth (5y)

5.65%

EBIT Growth (5y)

10.07%

EBIT to Interest (avg)

4.56

Debt to EBITDA (avg)

Negative Net Debt

Net Debt to Equity (avg)

Sales to Capital Employed (avg)

Tax Ratio

0.77%

Dividend Payout Ratio

160.39%

Pledged Shares

Institutional Holding

100.00%

ROCE (avg)

12.07%

ROE (avg)

8.85%

Valuation

Valuation Scorecard

Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors

Factor

Value

P/E Ratio

Industry P/E

Price to Book Value

2.54

EV to EBIT

24.42

EV to EBITDA

11.87

EV to Capital Employed

2.56

EV to Sales

6.51

PEG Ratio

Dividend Yield

126.02%

ROCE (Latest)

10.50%

ROE (Latest)

8.94%

Technicals

Technical key factors

Indicator

Weekly

Monthly

MACD

Bearish

RSI

No Signal

Bollinger Bands

Bearish

Mildly Bearish

Moving Averages

Bearish (Daily)

KST

Bearish

Dow Theory

Mildly Bullish

No Trend

OBV

Mildly Bullish

No Trend

Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish Turned

Technical Movement

Analyse All Technical Factors

Financial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard

Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

4What is working for the Company

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 0

DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 144.69%

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 193.92 MM

-9What is not working for the Company

OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at USD 1,031.54 MM

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 6.75%

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 100.66 %

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 7.36% (YoY

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at USD 51.03 MM

Here's what is working for Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

Dividend per share

Highest at USD 0 and Grown

In each year in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Pre-Tax Profit

Highest at USD 193.92 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Dividend Payout Ratio

Highest at 144.69%

in the last five years

MOJO Watch

Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Depreciation

Highest at USD 161.87 MM

in the last five periods

MOJO Watch

The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

Operating Cash Flow

Lowest at USD 1,031.54 MM and Fallen

In each year in the last three years

MOJO Watch

The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio

Highest at 100.66 % and Grown

In each half year in the last five Semi-Annual periods

MOJO Watch

The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Interest

Highest at USD 51.03 MM

in the last five periods and Increased by 5.63% (QoQ)

MOJO Watch

Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost

Grown by 7.36% (YoY)

MOJO Watch

The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales