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Apartment Investment and Management Company is a reit—residential business based in the US. Apartment Investment and Management Company shares (AIV) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Apartment Investment and Management Company employs 950 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$904.1 million.

How to buy shares in Apartment Investment and Management Company

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3. Search for Apartment Investment and Management Company. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: AIV. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Apartment Investment and Management Company reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$33.05, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Apartment Investment and Management Company, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Apartment Investment and Management Company. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Apartment Investment and Management Company's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Apartment Investment and Management Company's share price has had significant negative movement.

Its last market close was USD$33.05, which is 40.44% down on its pre-crash value of USD$55.49 and 34.73% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$24.5301.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Apartment Investment and Management Company shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$479.25 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$626.30.

Apartment Investment and Management Company share price

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Apartment Investment and Management Company shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$33.05
52-week range	USD$24.5301 - USD$55.68
50-day moving average	USD$35.5449
200-day moving average	USD$36.7651
Wall St. target price	USD$40.7
PE ratio	28.4215
Dividend yield	USD$1.64 (4.77%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.217

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Is it a good time to buy Apartment Investment and Management Company stock?

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Apartment Investment and Management Company price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $33.05 from 2020-10-19

1 week (2020-11-25)	4.92%
1 month (2020-11-02)	2.90%
3 months (2020-09-02)	-9.90%
6 months (2020-06-02)	-12.31%

1 year (2019-12-02)	-36.87%
2 years (2018-11-30)	-29.82%
3 years (2017-12-01)	-24.87%
5 years (2015-12-02)	-13.28%

Is Apartment Investment and Management Company under- or over-valued?

Valuing Apartment Investment and Management Company stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Apartment Investment and Management Company's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Apartment Investment and Management Company's P/E ratio

Apartment Investment and Management Company's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 28x. In other words, Apartment Investment and Management Company shares trade at around 28x recent earnings.

That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29).

Apartment Investment and Management Company's PEG ratio

Apartment Investment and Management Company's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 839.3182. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Apartment Investment and Management Company's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Apartment Investment and Management Company's EBITDA

Apartment Investment and Management Company's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$536.6 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Apartment Investment and Management Company's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Apartment Investment and Management Company financials

Revenue TTM	USD$904.1 million
Operating margin TTM	15.9%
Gross profit TTM	USD$603.9 million
Return on assets TTM	1.34%
Return on equity TTM	10.42%
Profit margin	20.07%
Book value	$11.406
Market capitalisation	USD$5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Apartment Investment and Management Company shares

There are currently 3.1 million Apartment Investment and Management Company shares held short by investors – that's known as Apartment Investment and Management Company's "short interest". This figure is 40.1% up from 2.2 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Apartment Investment and Management Company shares can be evaluated.

Apartment Investment and Management Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Apartment Investment and Management Company's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Apartment Investment and Management Company shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Apartment Investment and Management Company shares traded daily (recently around 1.6 million). Apartment Investment and Management Company's SIR currently stands at 1.87. In other words for every 100,000 Apartment Investment and Management Company shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1870 shares are currently held short.

However Apartment Investment and Management Company's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Apartment Investment and Management Company shares, or, against the total number of tradable Apartment Investment and Management Company shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Apartment Investment and Management Company's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Apartment Investment and Management Company shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0248% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Apartment Investment and Management Company shares, roughly 25 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Apartment Investment and Management Company.

Find out more about how you can short Apartment Investment and Management Company stock.

Apartment Investment and Management Company's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Apartment Investment and Management Company.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Apartment Investment and Management Company's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 15.86

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Apartment Investment and Management Company's overall score of 15.86 (as at 10/01/2020) is excellent – landing it in it in the 16th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Apartment Investment and Management Company is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Apartment Investment and Management Company's environmental score

Environmental score: 2.98/100

Apartment Investment and Management Company's social score

Social score: 3.34/100

Apartment Investment and Management Company's governance score

Governance score: 4.54/100

Apartment Investment and Management Company's controversy score

Controversy score: 1/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Apartment Investment and Management Company scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that Apartment Investment and Management Company has managed to keep its nose clean.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Apartment Investment and Management Company was last rated for ESG on: 2020-10-01.

Total ESG score	15.86
Total ESG percentile	15.6
Environmental score	2.98
Social score	3.34
Governance score	4.54
Level of controversy	1

Apartment Investment and Management Company share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 133.88% of net profits

Recently Apartment Investment and Management Company has paid out, on average, around 133.88% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 4.77% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Apartment Investment and Management Company shareholders could enjoy a 4.77% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Apartment Investment and Management Company's case, that would currently equate to about $1.64 per share.

Apartment Investment and Management Company's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Apartment Investment and Management Company's most recent dividend payout was on 28 August 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 13 August 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Apartment Investment and Management Company's shares ever split?

Apartment Investment and Management Company's shares were split on 21 February 2019.

Apartment Investment and Management Company share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Apartment Investment and Management Company's shares have ranged in value from as little as $24.5301 up to $55.68. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Apartment Investment and Management Company's is 0.7865. This would suggest that Apartment Investment and Management Company's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Apartment Investment and Management Company overview

Aimco is a real estate investment trust focused on the ownership and management of quality apartment communities located in select markets in the United States. Aimco is one of the country's largest owners and operators of apartments, with ownership interests in 125 apartment communities in 17 states and the District of Columbia. Aimco common shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol AIV and are included in the S&P 500.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Apartment Investment and Management Company is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 0.836% of Apartment Investment and Management Company shares are held by insiders and 101.943% by institutions.

• How many people work for Apartment Investment and Management Company?

  Latest data suggests 950 work at Apartment Investment and Management Company.

• When does the fiscal year end for Apartment Investment and Management Company?

  Apartment Investment and Management Company's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Apartment Investment and Management Company based?

  Apartment Investment and Management Company's address is: 4582 South Ulster Street, Denver, CO, United States, 80237

• What is Apartment Investment and Management Company's ISIN number?

  Apartment Investment and Management Company's international securities identification number is: US03748R1014

• What is Apartment Investment and Management Company's CUSIP number?

  Apartment Investment and Management Company's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 03748R101