Avalonbay Communities Inc’s recently made public that its Former officer Lockridge Joanne M acquired Company’s shares for reported $0.39 million on Mar 05 ’25. In the deal valued at $221.74 per share,1,753 shares were bought.
Then, NAUGHTON TIMOTHY J sold 23,697 shares, generating $5,532,494 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $233.47, the Director now owns 87,239 shares.
Before that, NAUGHTON TIMOTHY J sold 2,261 shares. Avalonbay Communities Inc shares valued at $528,577 were divested by the Director at a price of $233.78 per share. As a result of the transaction, NAUGHTON TIMOTHY J now holds 111,436 shares, worth roughly $21.04 million.
BMO Capital Markets downgraded its Avalonbay Communities Inc [AVB] rating to a Market perform from a an Outperform in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Morgan Stanley’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in late January from “an Overweight” to “an Equal-weight”. Mizuho also remained covering AVB and has increased its forecast on January 06, 2025 with a “an Outperform” recommendation from previously “Neutral” rating. JP Morgan revised its rating on December 17, 2024. It rated AVB as “an Overweight” which previously was an “a Neutral”.
Price Performance Review of AVB
On Monday, Avalonbay Communities Inc [NYSE:AVB] saw its stock fall -1.51% to $188.81. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -12.03%. Avalonbay Communities Inc shares have fallen nearly -14.17% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 5.05% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $239.10 was reached on 03/04/25, a 52-week low of $176.97 was recorded on 04/07/25. SMA at 50 days reached $216.18, while 200 days put it at $218.74.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For AVB Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 182.45, which if violated will result in even more drops to 176.09. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 195.28. A further resistance level may holdings at 201.75. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 22.27, which indicates oversold technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -13.89, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 82.02%. Stochastics %K at 8.13% indicates the stock is a buying.
How much short interest is there in Avalonbay Communities Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Avalonbay Communities Inc stocks on 2025-03-14, growing by 52127.0 shares to a total of 3.43 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-14 was 3.38 million shares. There was a rise of 1.52%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on December 17, 2024 when Barclays began covering the stock and recommended ‘”an Equal weight”‘ rating along with a $243 price target.
