How to buy Preferred Apartment Communities stock

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc is a reit-residential business based in the US. Preferred Apartment Communities shares (APTS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Preferred Apartment Communities employs 402 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$501.9 million.

Preferred Apartment Communities share price

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Preferred Apartment Communities shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-04-08.

52-week range	USD$4.8206 - USD$10.97
50-day moving average	USD$9.4712
200-day moving average	USD$7.5789
Wall St. target price	USD$9.46
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	USD$0.787 (7.53%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-1.632

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Preferred Apartment Communities financials

Revenue TTM	USD$501.9 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$332.8 million
Return on assets TTM	-1.11%
Return on equity TTM	-10.77%
Profit margin	-35.42%
Book value	$29.117
Market capitalisation	USD$516.4 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Preferred Apartment Communities shares

There are currently 1.1 million Preferred Apartment Communities shares held short by investors – that's known as Preferred Apartment Communities's "short interest". This figure is 19.7% down from 1.4 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Preferred Apartment Communities shares can be evaluated.

Preferred Apartment Communities's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Preferred Apartment Communities's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Preferred Apartment Communities shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Preferred Apartment Communities shares traded daily (recently around 583657.29166667). Preferred Apartment Communities's SIR currently stands at 1.92. In other words for every 100,000 Preferred Apartment Communities shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1920 shares are currently held short.

However Preferred Apartment Communities's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Preferred Apartment Communities shares, or, against the total number of tradable Preferred Apartment Communities shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Preferred Apartment Communities's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Preferred Apartment Communities shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0229% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Preferred Apartment Communities shares, roughly 23 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 Preferred Apartment Communities.

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Preferred Apartment Communities share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Preferred Apartment Communities's shares have ranged in value from as little as $4.8206 up to $10.97. 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 Preferred Apartment Communities's is 1.1942. This would suggest that Preferred Apartment Communities's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Preferred Apartment Communities overview

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE: APTS) is a real estate investment trust engaged primarily in the ownership and operation of Class A multifamily properties, with select investments in grocery anchored shopping centers, Class A office buildings, and student housing properties. Preferred Apartment Communities' investment objective is to generate attractive, stable returns for stockholders by investing in income-producing properties and acquiring or originating real estate loans for multifamily properties. As of September 30, 2020, the Company owned or was invested in 125 properties in 15 states, predominantly in the Southeast region of the United States.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Preferred Apartment Communities is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 2.735% of Preferred Apartment Communities shares are held by insiders and 53.347% by institutions.

• How many people work for Preferred Apartment Communities?

  Latest data suggests 402 work at Preferred Apartment Communities.

• When does the fiscal year end for Preferred Apartment Communities?

  Preferred Apartment Communities's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Preferred Apartment Communities based?

  Preferred Apartment Communities's address is: 3284 Northside Parkway NW, Atlanta, GA, United States, 30327

• What is Preferred Apartment Communities's ISIN number?

  Preferred Apartment Communities's international securities identification number is: US74039L1035

• What is Preferred Apartment Communities's CUSIP number?

  Preferred Apartment Communities's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 74039L103