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AvalonBay Communities (AvalonBay Communities) Altman Z-Score

: 2.11 (As of Today)
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The Altman Z-Score is a model designed to predict the likelihood of a company going bankrupt within the next two years. Created by American finance professor Edward Altman in 1968, the model is specifically designed for publicly traded manufacturing companies with assets greater than $1 million.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 2.09 is in the grey area. This implies that the company is under some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.8, the company may face bankruptcy risk.

AvalonBay Communities has a Altman Z-Score of 2.11, indicating it is in Grey Zones. This implies that AvalonBay Communities is in some kind of financial stress. If it is below 1.81, the company may face bankrupcy risk.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Altman Z-Score <= 1.8, it is in Distress Zones.
When Altman Z-Score >= 3, it is in Safe Zones.
When Altman Z-Score is between 1.8 and 3, it is in Grey Zones.

The historical rank and industry rank for AvalonBay Communities's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

AVB' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.86   Med: 2.18   Max: 2.7
Current: 2.09

During the past 13 years, AvalonBay Communities's highest Altman Z-Score was 2.70. The lowest was 1.86. And the median was 2.18.


AvalonBay Communities Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for AvalonBay Communities's Altman Z-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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AvalonBay Communities Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.46 1.88 2.70 1.86 2.13

AvalonBay Communities Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Altman Z-Score Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.86 1.92 2.21 1.99 2.13

Competitive Comparison

For the REIT - Residential subindustry, AvalonBay Communities's Altman Z-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Altman Z-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


AvalonBay Communities Altman Z-Score Distribution

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, AvalonBay Communities's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AvalonBay Communities's Altman Z-Score falls into.



AvalonBay Communities Altman Z-Score Calculation

Altman Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

AvalonBay Communities's Altman Z-Score for today is calculated with this formula:

Z=1.2*X1+1.4*X2+3.3*X3+0.6*X4+1.0*X5
=1.2*-0.0079+1.4*0.0231+3.3*0.0554+0.6*2.9438+1.0*0.1339
=2.11

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency. GuruFocus does not calculate Altman Z-Score when X4 or X5 value is 0.

Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023:
Total Assets was $20,678 Mil.
Total Current Assets was $531 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was $695 Mil.
Retained Earnings was $478 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was 244.504 + 176.162 + 367.59 + 150.335 = $939 Mil.
Interest Expense was -49.471 + -48.115 + -51.585 + -56.821 = $-206 Mil.
Revenue was 704.705 + 697.635 + 690.86 + 674.708 = $2,768 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was $26,180 Mil.
Total Liabilities was $8,893 Mil.

* Note that for stock reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data.

X1=Working Capital/Total Assets
=(Total Current Assets - Total Current Liabilities)/Total Assets
=(530.96 - 694.554)/20678.214
=-0.0079

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=478.156/20678.214
=0.0231

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(938.591 - -205.992)/20678.214
=0.0554

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=26180.290/8893.423
=2.9438

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=2767.908/20678.214
=0.1339

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones

AvalonBay Communities has a Altman Z-Score of 2.11 indicating it is in Grey Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


AvalonBay Communities  (NYSE:AVB) Altman Z-Score Explanation

X1: The Working Capital/Total Assets (WC/TA) ratio is a measure of the net liquid assets of the firm relative to the total capitalization. Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Ordinarily, a firm experiencing consistent operating losses will have shrinking current assets in relation to total assets. Altman found this one proved to be the most valuable liquidity ratio comparing with the current ratio and the quick ratio. This is however the least significant of the five factors.

X2: Retained Earnings/Total Assets: the RE/TA ratio measures the leverage of a firm. Retained earnings is the account which reports the total amount of reinvested earnings and/or losses of a firm over its entire life. Those firms with high RE, relative to TA, have financed their assets through retention of profits and have not utilized as much debt.

X3, Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets (EBIT/TA): This ratio is a measure of the true productivity of the firm's assets, independent of any tax or leverage factors. Since a firm's ultimate existence is based on the earning power of its assets, this ratio appears to be particularly appropriate for studies dealing with corporate failure. This ratio continually outperforms other profitability measures, including cash flow.

X4, Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities (MVE/TL): The measure shows how much the firm's assets can decline in value (measured by market value of equity plus debt) before the liabilities exceed the assets and the firm becomes insolvent.

X5, Revenue/Total Assets (S/TA): The capital-turnover ratio is a standard financial ratio illustrating the sales generating ability of the firm's assets.

Read more about Altman Z-Score and the original research.


Be Aware

Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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AvalonBay Communities (AvalonBay Communities) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4040 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1000, Arlington, VA, USA, 22203
AvalonBay Communities owns a portfolio of 276 apartment communities with over 82,000 units and is developing 18 additional properties with over 5,700 units. The company focuses on owning large, high-quality properties in major metropolitan areas of New England, New York/New Jersey, Washington D.C., California, and the Pacific Northwest.
Executives
Joanne M Lockeridge officer: Executive Vice President 4040 WILSON BOULEVARD, SUITE 1000, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Matthew H. Birenbaum officer: EVP, Strategy & Portfolio Mgmt 671 NORTH GLEBE ROAD, SUITE 800, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Mueller Charles E Jr director C/O AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC., 4040 WILSON BLVD., SUITE 1000, ARLINGTON VA 22027
Edward M Schulman officer: Vice President-General Counsel
William M Mclaughlin officer: Executive Vice President AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC., 2900 EISENHOWER AVENUE, SUITE 300, ALEXANDRIA VA 22314
Timothy J Naughton officer: Chief Operating Officer 2900 ELSENHOWER AVE 3RD FL, ALEXANDRIA VA 22314
Sean J. Breslin officer: Senior Vice President 2900 EISENHOWER AVE., SUITE 300, ALEXANDRIA VA 22314
Keri A Shea officer: VP-Finance and Treasurer 2900 EISEHOWER AVE., SUITE 300, ALEXANDRIA VA 22314
Kevin P. O'shea officer: Executive Vice President 671 N. GLEBE ROAD, SUITE 800, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Nnenna Lynch director 4040 WILSON BOULEVARD, SUITE1000, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Christopher B. Howard director 4040 WILSON BOULEVARD, SUITE 1000, ARLINGTON VA 22203
Benjamin Schall director, officer: President 261 BROADWAY, NO.11B, NEW YORK NY 10007
W Edward Walter director
Horey Leo S Iii officer: Senior Vice President 2900 ELSENHOWER AVE 3RD FL, ALEXANDRIA VA 22314
Stephen W Wilson officer: Executive Vice President C/O PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC., 701 WESTERN AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91201

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