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Mid-America Apartment Communities key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Mid-America Apartment Communities had return on equity of 7.7%, a net margin of 20.2% and debt equal to 95.5% of equity. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2008Dec 20082009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Operating margin25.9%24.6%22.4%22.1%26.2%——————————
Net margin8.2%9.9%7.8%11.3%21.2%21.5%14.2%21.6%15.2%30.0%31.6%25.7%24.1%20.2%17.4%
Free-cash-flow margin26.4%26.9%28.2%29.1%32.9%20.7%30.5%36.0%35.7%34.6%37.7%37.0%35.4%32.5%28.0%
Return on equity6.8%8.5%6.3%7.9%12.9%8.8%3.5%5.8%4.3%9.0%10.7%9.1%8.8%7.7%7.1%
Return on assets—1.9%1.4%2.1%4.0%—2.0%3.1%2.3%4.7%5.7%4.9%4.5%3.8%3.2%
Asset turnover—0.190.180.180.19—0.140.150.150.160.180.190.190.190.19
Debt to equity0.0%0.0%289.3%229.7%183.1%0.0%73.6%73.4%77.7%75.7%73.5%74.5%83.8%95.5%110.5%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)1.5x1.6x1.6x1.7x2.2x——————————
Effective tax rate—————0.8%1.1%1.0%1.3%2.4%−1.0%0.8%1.0%1.0%2.0%
Capital spending as % of revenue11.4%10.6%7.0%10.9%9.5%22.5%16.2%11.6%13.4%15.7%14.7%15.9%14.7%16.3%17.0%
Free cash flow ÷ net income322.9%270.8%360.5%256.7%155.6%96.5%215.2%167.1%234.7%115.3%119.6%144.0%147.1%160.6%160.6%
Dividends ÷ net income217.6%186.8%259.2%188.5%102.4%120.4%188.4%123.7%179.4%88.1%84.7%117.9%130.2%158.7%183.6%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow68.1%69.9%73.0%75.5%67.0%124.7%87.5%74.0%76.4%76.4%70.8%81.9%88.5%102.6%146.5%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Moat

72 /100

Strong moat

How hard Mid-America Apartment Communities's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 4 / 20

    Net income has been a median 4.1% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Durability 17 / 20

    Net margin has been a median 24.4%; its worst year was 16.4%.

  • Cash conversion 20 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 33.3% of revenue.

  • Discipline 16 / 20

    The diluted share count rose 1.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.8% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Mid-America Apartment Communities's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Mid-America Apartment Communities.