AVB - AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
As of December 31, 2020, the Company owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 291 apartment communities containing 86,025 apartment homes in 11 states and the District of Columbia, of which 18 communities were under development and one community was under redevelopment. The Company is an equity REIT in the business of developing, redeveloping, acquiring and managing apartment communities in leading metropolitan areas in New England, the New York/New Jersey Metro area, the Mid-Atlantic, the Pacific Northwest, and Northern and Southern California, as well as in the Company's expansion markets consisting of Southeast Florida and Denver, Colorado (the Expansion Markets).
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $180.63, ATM IV 19.7%, max pain $185.00, net GEX $2.2M.
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Industry
- REIT - Residential
- Market Cap
- $25.94B
- P/E Ratio
- 22.84
- Beta
- 0.80
- 52-Week Range
- 160.1-209.86
- Dividend Yield
- $7.03
- CEO
- Benjamin W. Schall
- Employees
- 2,928
- IPO Date
- Mar 11, 1994
- Exchange
- NYSE
What AVB Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 22.3% is subdued relative to the 1-year history, conditions that typically favor premium-buying or long-volatility structures (debit spreads, calendar spreads, long straddles); positive net gamma exposure ($2.2M) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.046) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The AVB overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked AVB overview questions
- What is AVB?
- AVB is the ticker symbol for AvalonBay Communities, Inc., a listed security. As of December 31, 2020, the Company owned or held a direct or indirect ownership interest in 291 apartment communities containing 86,025 apartment homes in 11 states and the District of Columbia, of which 18 communities were under development and one community was under redevelopment. The Company is an equity REIT in the business of developing, redeveloping, acquiring and managing apartment communities in leading metropolitan areas in New England, the New York/New Jersey Metro area, the Mid-Atlantic, the Pacific Northwest, and Northern and Southern California, as well as in the Company's expansion markets consisting of Southeast Florida and Denver, Colorado (the Expansion Markets). Listed on NYSE. AVB is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the AVB options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the AVB options snapshot shows spot at $180.63, ATM IV 19.7%, IV rank 22.3%, max pain $185.00, net GEX $2.2M, expected move 5.65%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are AVB's key statistics?
- AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (AVB) carries a market capitalization of $25.94B, trailing P/E ratio of 22.84, beta of 0.80 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 160.1-209.86. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does AVB belong to?
- AvalonBay Communities, Inc. operates in the Real Estate sector, in the REIT - Residential industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare AVB's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the AVB data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).