Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA)

Real Estate · REIT - Residential · S&P 500
$116.99 +0.45% on the day Market cap $13.9B 52-week range $114.39 to $144.41 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
5% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $13.9B, Mid-America Apartment Communities's free cash flow of $718M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 5% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 13 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Mid-America Apartment Communities's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price4.5% a year
Free cash flow, last 13 years12.0% a year
Revenue, same period12.2% a year
Price to free cash flow19.3x

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from MAA's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation4
Profitability6
Growth2
Financial health3
Cash efficiency9

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)35.2x
P/E (forward)30.7x
Price / free cash flow19.3x
EV / EBITDA15.5x
Price / sales6.26x
Price / book2.43x
Revenue growth+0.8%
Operating margin—
Net margin17.6%
Return on equity7.0%
Dividend yield5.2%
Debt / equity1.13x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Mid-America Apartment Communities's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$1.8B$2.0B$2.1B$2.2B$2.2B
Net income$534M$637M$553M$528M$447M
Free cash flow$615M$762M$796M$776M$718M
EPS (diluted)$4.61$5.48$4.71$4.49$3.78
Operating margin—————

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Same Store$2.1B94%
Non-Same Store and Other$132M6%

Superinvestors who own MAA

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 5 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Andreas Halvorsen
Viking Global Investors
Added $701M2.0%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $524M0.18%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $63M0.15%Q2 2026
Ric Dillon
Diamond Hill Capital Management
Trimmed $37M0.29%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $277,8800.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Mid-America Apartment Communities's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Dec 12, 2025 Adrian Hill
758$131.83$99,927
Oct 31, 2025 H Eric Bolton Jr
578$129.36$74,770

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Questions

What growth does Mid-America Apartment Communities's stock price imply?

At a market value of $13.9B, Mid-America Apartment Communities would need its free cash flow to grow about 5% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 13 years its free cash flow grew 12% a year.

Are Mid-America Apartment Communities insiders buying the stock?

2 open-market insider purchases of MAA in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Mid-America Apartment Communities?

5 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold MAA in their latest 13F, including Andreas Halvorsen, Cliff Asness, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.