Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for MAA in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Sep 28 close
Mid-America Apartment Communities drew a fresh "Sell" rating from Wall Street Zen this week, a downgrade from "hold" that stands apart from the broader analyst consensus, which remains a "hold" with an average price target cited at $142.31. The move comes alongside commentary tying the stock's weakness to an influx of new apartment supply in the Sun Belt region, even as the company approved its regular quarterly cash dividend of $1.53 per share, payable 30 October 2026. Q2 2026 revenue of $555.13 million slightly missed consensus estimates, and shares have traded near their 52-week low.
MAA closed at $118.34, below both its 50-day average of $129.03 and 200-day average of $131.37, with the 50-day sitting under the 200-day. The stock's 52-week range spans $116.67 to $144.41, and it has returned -15.9% over three months and -14.7% over the past year. The GekkoIndex reads 72.4, placing it in the Buying zone, while price sits 20.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $149.
The next earnings date falls on 28 October 2026, 29 days out and beyond a typical 20-trading-day hold. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the current windows, though a director acquired 121 phantom stock shares on 22 September at $119.15. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days have averaged -1.6% over five years, rising in 2 of them, a pattern worth noting alongside the current analyst split of 6 buy, 10 hold, and 1 sell ratings.
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Mid-America Apartment Communities scores 3 supportive, 0 mixed and 2 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
3 supportive0 mixed2 headwinds
Below 50 and 200-day
Close $118.34 is below the 50-day ($129.03) and 200-day ($131.37) averages, and the 50-day is below the 200-day.
See the chart72.4, Buying
Reading 72.4 is in the Buying zone.
See the GekkoIndex20.6% below
Price is 20.6% below Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% below).
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No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart moneyReports in 29 days
Next report Oct 28, 2026, 29 days away — outside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings−1.6% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −1.6% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
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Mid-America Apartment Communities closed at $118.34 on Sep 28, 2026, −14.7% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $116.67 to $144.41.
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Mid-America Apartment Communities operates as a real estate investment trust that buys, builds, upgrades, and manages apartment communities. Its holdings are concentrated across the Southeast, Southwest, and Mid-Atlantic parts of the United States, and it is this focus on multifamily housing in those regions that defines the business.
The company earns money through owning and running these residential properties rather than through one-off sales, generating returns for shareholders as rental income flows in from tenants across its portfolio. As of the end of 2020, it held interests in 102,772 apartment units, including some still under development, spread across 16 states and the District of Columbia. This scale reflects an operating model built on managing a wide, geographically spread base of properties rather than a small number of large developments.
Mid-America Apartment Communities is included in the S&P 500. Its shares trade under the ticker MAA.
Mid-America Apartment Communities’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 72.4, in the Buying zone, down 7.7 points over five sessions.
Down 7.7 points over five sessions.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying (current zone) | 30 | −0.1% | +3.1% | ||
| Accumulation | 228 | +0.1% | +0.3% | ||
| Neutral | 350 | −0.1% | −0.3% | ||
| Distribution | 17 | −0.6% | −1.3% | ||
| Selling | 0 | Not available | |||
Average MAA share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Buying readings averaged +3.2% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Buying zone: Smart money likely accumulating heavily. About the five zones →
Mid-America Apartment Communities trades 20.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $149.00, so the shares are undervalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Mid-America Apartment Communities shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$149.00
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026
20.6% Undervalued
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Mid-America Apartment Communities, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for MAA in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in MAA were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Mid-America Apartment Communities has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
2of the funds Gekko tracks hold MAA.
Mid-America Apartment Communities reports on Oct 28, 2026 (29 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports.
Oct 28, 2026
29 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $2.08 est $2.08 | $555.1M est $556.2M | −1.7% |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $1.06 est $0.81 | $553.7M est $555.8M | −0.9% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $2.23 est $2.22 | $555.6M est $556.4M | −1.1% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $2.16 est $2.17 | $554.4M est $556.8M | −1.5% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $2.15 est $2.14 | $549.9M est $558.4M | −6.5% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $2.20 est $2.16 | $549.3M est $551.1M | +2.9% |
| Feb 5, 2025 | $2.23 est $1.04 | $549.8M est $552.1M | +2.7% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $2.21 est $2.18 | $551.1M est $552.3M | +0.2% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Mid-America Apartment Communities is $141.44, +19.5% from the last close, from 17 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 17 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21 | Evercore ISI | $123 | +3.9% |
| Sep 17 | Truist Financial | $132 | +11.5% |
| Sep 17 | Scotiabank | $125 | +5.6% |
| Sep 15 | UBS | $129 | +9.0% |
| Sep 14 | Evercore ISI | $129 | +9.0% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, Mid-America Apartment Communities averaged −1.6% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | −0.7% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −1.0% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −1.0% | 1 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −1.6% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +0.6% | 3 of 5 |
For scale, MAA’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 3.9%.
Mid-America Apartment Communities’s market cap is $13.77B, with a P/E ratio of 34.5 and revenue of $2.22B over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Mid-America Apartment Communities this week reads neutral: 4 positive, 11 neutral and 5 negative headlines.
Mid-America Apartment Communities’s market cap is $13.77B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $118.34, with 116.0M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 34.5.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Mid-America Apartment Communities is $141.44, +19.5% from the last close. Of the 17 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 6 rate it a buy, 10 a hold and 1 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Mid-America Apartment Communities is undervalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $118.34 is 20.6% below Gekko Fair Value of $149.00. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Mid-America Apartment Communities is expected to report on Oct 28, 2026 (29 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.77 per share on revenue of $558.9M. Mid-America Apartment Communities beat the earnings estimate in 6 of its last 8 reports, moving 2.2% on average across the report.
Mid-America Apartment Communities’s 52-week high is $144.41 and its 52-week low is $116.67; it closed at $118.34 on Sep 28, 2026, −14.7% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $231.63 on Dec 31, 2021.
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