AvalonBay Communities Ownership | Who Owns AvalonBay Communities?


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AvalonBay Communities Ownership Summary


AvalonBay Communities is owned by 86.50% institutional investors, 0.42% insiders, and 13.08% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 15.99% of AVB shares. Vanguard Real Estate Index Investor is the top mutual fund, with 3.78% of its assets in AvalonBay Communities shares.

AVB Ownership Benchmark


TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockAvalonBay Communities86.50%0.42%13.08%
SectorReal Estate Stocks 48.86%9.88%41.26%
IndustryResidential REIT Stocks 47.94%6.24%45.82%

Institutional Shareholders


Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Vanguard group22.76M15.99%$4.13B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de17.54M12.45%$2.86B
Blackrock16.49M11.62%$3.41B
State street9.27M6.58%$1.53B
Norges bank7.69M5.46%$1.39B
Jpmorgan chase4.47M3.17%$721.55M
Principal financial group4.44M3.15%$725.54M
Geode capital management4.28M3.04%$697.26M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/3.93M2.79%$642.77M
Charles schwab investment management3.43M2.44%$561.43M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
Waterfall asset management75.15K6.87%$12.28M
Aew capital management l p525.34K6.23%$85.81M
Sophron capital management119.16K5.74%$19.47M
Waterfront capital partners45.26K5.72%$8.74M
Adelante capital management340.29K4.39%$65.73B
B&i capital68.53K3.81%$11.19M
Vert asset management69.77K3.62%$11.40M
Gsi capital advisors31.97K2.84%$5.22M
Lasalle investment management securities344.77K2.23%$56.32M
Pggm investments743.50K2.13%$121.45M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Norges bank7.69M0.15%7.69M
Citadel advisors1.46M0.04%1.25M
Vanguard fiduciary trust796.95K0.03%796.95K
Goldman sachs group2.24M0.04%727.27K
Bank of america corp /de/718.08K0.01%484.12K

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Clearbridge investments---1.61M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de17.54M0.05%-1.02M
Canada pension plan investment board158.09K0.02%-982.88K
Wellington management group llp603.73K0.02%-972.73K
Capital world investors---795.50K

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Norges bank7.69M0.15%7.69M$1.39B
Vanguard fiduciary trust796.95K0.03%796.95K$130.18M
Blackstone465.00K0.30%465.00K$75.96M
Vanguard global advisers310.00K0.03%310.00K$50.64M
Point72 asset management296.55K0.06%296.55K$48.44M

Sold Out

HolderChange
Redwood wealth management group-1.00
New millennium group-1.00
Westend advisors-1.00
Sugar maple asset management-1.00
Halbert hargrove global advisors-1.00

Institutional Ownership Trends


DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
Mar 31, 2026736-3.79%121,819,346-18.05%860.79%3484.50%276-12.10%
Dec 31, 2025317-57.62%41,882,618-66.56%290.38%128-63.94%131-50.38%
Sep 30, 2025384-49.93%44,920,304-65.92%310.37%178-53.52%128-51.88%
Jun 30, 2025754-3.95%131,575,2434.49%921.18%378-2.07%2621.16%
Mar 31, 20257700.39%125,540,713-6.03%881.00%3802.98%253-6.64%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders


HolderShares% HoldingChange
Vanguard Real Estate Index Investor5.25M3.78%-17.22K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv4.51M3.24%10.39K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF4.50M3.16%3.07K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust4.04M2.84%27.68K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor3.67M2.64%66.08K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional3.07M2.20%7.00K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF1.83M1.32%5.39K
Fidelity 500 Index1.81M1.30%8.47K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF1.77M1.24%-25.73K
State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF1.69M1.21%-1.80K

Recent Insider Transactions


DateNameRoleActivityValue
Dec 02, 2025Willson Sean Thomas Senior Vice PresidentSell$27.04K
Aug 07, 2025Willson Sean Thomas Senior Vice PresidentSell$28.25K
Jun 13, 2025SCHULMAN EDWARD M EVP-General CounselSell$392.03K
Jun 13, 2025SCHULMAN EDWARD M EVP-General CounselSell$830.67K
Jun 16, 2025O'Shea Kevin P. Chief Financial OfficerSell$336.71K

Insider Transactions Trends


DateBuySell
2026 Q2--
2026 Q1--
2025 Q4-1
2025 Q3-1
2025 Q2-4

AVB Ownership FAQ


Who Owns AvalonBay Communities?

AvalonBay Communities shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 86.50%, followed by 0.42% insiders and 13.08% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in AvalonBay Communities's industry, Residential REIT Stocks , is 47.94%, which AvalonBay Communities exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of AvalonBay Communities?

AvalonBay Communities’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (22.76M shares, 15.99%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (17.54M shares, 12.45%), and Blackrock (16.49M shares, 11.62%). Together, they hold 40.06% of AvalonBay Communities’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own AvalonBay Communities?

Yes, BlackRock owns 11.62% of AvalonBay Communities, totaling 16.49M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.08% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 3.41B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 256.68K shares, a 1.58% change.

Who is AvalonBay Communities’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Waterfall asset management is AvalonBay Communities’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 6.87% of its assets in 75.15K AvalonBay Communities shares, valued at 12.28M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of AvalonBay Communities shares?

Vanguard Real Estate Index Investor is the top mutual fund holder of AvalonBay Communities shares, with 3.78% of its total shares outstanding invested in 5.25M AvalonBay Communities shares.

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