AVB
StockAvalonBay Communities, Inc.
One email when a drop — in price or in valuation — is historically rare for AVB. Otherwise we stay quiet.
Bigger than its usual dip. Not yet rare.
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. is 14.7% off its high — deeper than its 3.5% average pullback, but it has been through 252 drawdowns before. Not historically significant yet — we'll say so if that changes.
And it's not just the price: AvalonBay Communities, Inc.'s P/S Severity Score is 13.5 — its valuation is near record lows vs its own history.
Elevated
Current Drawdown
-14.7%
Days in Drawdown
633
Avg Max Drawdown
3.5%
Avg Length
42
Drawdown Severity Score™
3.4
AVB - Price & High Water Mark
AVB - Drawdown Timeline
How to read this chart: Negative values indicate drawdowns from all-time highs. Values closer to 0% mean the stock is near its high water mark.
Valuation vs Its Own History
Data as of October 4, 2026 · updated daily
Where today's valuation sits within AVB's own multi-year range, scored with the same Drawdown Severity Score language as price, measured from its typical level rather than its record high — a higher score means it has rarely been cheaper. This is context, not a recommendation.
Price to Sales
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. has been cheaper on this measure only about 1% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
Price to Sales history
EV to EBITDA
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. has been cheaper on this measure only about 1% of the time in 20 years of daily history.
EV to EBITDA history · log scale
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (AVB) Analysis: Current Drawdown Insights
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. is currently in a drawdown that is unusual by its own historical standards. As of 2026-08-24, the stock is trading at $68.14, which represents a 14.7% decline from its all-time high of $79.90. This drawdown has persisted for 633 days.
Based on its full tracked price history, AvalonBay Communities, Inc. typically experiences drawdowns averaging 3.5% in depth, with an average duration of 42 days. AvalonBay Communities, Inc. has gone through 252 total drawdown events in its tracked history. The largest drawdown on record for AvalonBay Communities, Inc. was 70.0%, beginning in 2007. The longest drawdown duration on record was 1527 days.
The Drawdown Severity Score™ for AvalonBay Communities, Inc. currently stands at 3.43. This is our proprietary indicator that shows the relative severity of the current drawdown based on the asset's unique historical patterns. A score between 3.0 and 5.0 indicates an elevated drawdown that's larger than this asset's historical averages.
Understanding Drawdowns: A drawdown measures how far a stock has fallen from its peak price. Every stock experiences drawdowns: periods when the price declines from all-time highs before recovering. By analyzing AvalonBay Communities, Inc.'s historical drawdown patterns, investors can identify when the stock is experiencing a typical market fluctuation versus an unusual decline that is rare by that stock's own historical standards.
📜 Historical Drawdown Events
Current drawdown shown in blue. Showing the most recent and the deepest of 252 tracked pullbacks (65 listed).
| Start Date | End Date | Duration | Max Depth | Start Price | Lowest Price | Recovery Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-29 | Ongoing | 633 days | -14.7% | $79.90 | $68.14 | n/a |
| 2022-03-30 | 2024-11-26 | 973 days | -38.4% | $78.87 | $48.62 | $79.09 |
| 2022-01-05 | 2022-03-29 | 83 days | -8.2% | $77.91 | $71.51 | $78.87 |
| 2021-12-16 | 2021-12-27 | 12 days | -3.0% | $75.53 | $73.30 | $75.77 |
| 2021-12-14 | 2021-12-15 | 2 days | -1.5% | $75.28 | $74.12 | $75.53 |
| 2021-11-26 | 2021-12-13 | 18 days | -6.8% | $74.91 | $69.83 | $75.28 |
| 2021-11-19 | 2021-11-24 | 6 days | -3.1% | $74.69 | $72.34 | $74.91 |
| 2021-11-16 | 2021-11-18 | 3 days | -1.4% | $74.48 | $73.40 | $74.69 |
| 2021-11-12 | 2021-11-15 | 4 days | -0.0% | $73.14 | $73.14 | $74.48 |
| 2021-10-29 | 2021-11-09 | 12 days | -2.3% | $72.59 | $70.93 | $72.87 |
| 2021-10-21 | 2021-10-26 | 6 days | -0.4% | $70.71 | $70.41 | $71.13 |
| 2021-10-15 | 2021-10-20 | 6 days | -1.7% | $70.52 | $69.34 | $70.71 |
| 2021-09-03 | 2021-10-14 | 42 days | -5.6% | $70.21 | $66.25 | $70.52 |
| 2021-07-30 | 2021-09-01 | 34 days | -3.5% | $69.27 | $66.82 | $70.08 |
| 2021-07-21 | 2021-07-29 | 9 days | -1.9% | $68.92 | $67.62 | $69.27 |
| 2021-07-19 | 2021-07-20 | 2 days | -1.2% | $68.05 | $67.24 | $68.92 |
| 2021-07-13 | 2021-07-14 | 2 days | -1.2% | $67.48 | $66.65 | $67.51 |
| 2020-02-19 | 2021-07-07 | 504 days | -46.9% | $64.89 | $34.45 | $65.00 |
| 2019-10-22 | 2020-02-10 | 112 days | -7.0% | $62.71 | $58.33 | $63.09 |
| 2019-10-17 | 2019-10-18 | 2 days | -0.1% | $61.91 | $61.88 | $62.18 |
| 2019-10-08 | 2019-10-16 | 9 days | -0.8% | $61.91 | $61.39 | $61.91 |
| 2019-10-01 | 2019-10-03 | 3 days | -0.6% | $60.82 | $60.44 | $61.56 |
| 2019-09-05 | 2019-09-30 | 26 days | -4.2% | $60.62 | $58.08 | $60.82 |
| 2019-07-11 | 2019-09-03 | 55 days | -6.2% | $59.95 | $56.26 | $60.04 |
| 2019-07-05 | 2019-07-08 | 4 days | -0.7% | $58.71 | $58.30 | $58.92 |
| 2019-06-21 | 2019-07-03 | 13 days | -4.4% | $58.58 | $56.02 | $58.71 |
| 2019-06-18 | 2019-06-20 | 3 days | -0.5% | $58.35 | $58.07 | $58.58 |
| 2019-06-11 | 2019-06-17 | 7 days | -1.1% | $58.27 | $57.64 | $58.35 |
| 2019-05-28 | 2019-06-05 | 9 days | -1.9% | $57.14 | $56.03 | $57.83 |
| 2019-04-16 | 2019-05-24 | 39 days | -5.1% | $56.82 | $53.90 | $57.14 |
| 2019-04-04 | 2019-04-11 | 8 days | -0.9% | $56.32 | $55.83 | $56.54 |
| 2019-03-29 | 2019-04-02 | 5 days | -0.1% | $55.92 | $55.86 | $56.28 |
| 2019-03-27 | 2019-03-28 | 2 days | -0.0% | $55.49 | $55.48 | $55.92 |
| 2019-03-15 | 2019-03-26 | 12 days | -1.8% | $55.26 | $54.26 | $55.49 |
| 2019-02-20 | 2019-03-11 | 19 days | -1.2% | $54.26 | $53.62 | $54.54 |
| 2019-02-14 | 2019-02-15 | 2 days | -0.2% | $54.16 | $54.06 | $54.16 |
| 2019-02-08 | 2019-02-13 | 6 days | -0.9% | $53.94 | $53.44 | $54.16 |
| 2019-02-06 | 2019-02-07 | 2 days | -0.3% | $53.73 | $53.58 | $53.94 |
| 2019-02-01 | 2019-02-05 | 5 days | -1.4% | $53.29 | $52.54 | $53.73 |
| 2018-12-07 | 2019-01-29 | 54 days | -11.9% | $52.50 | $46.24 | $52.68 |
| 2018-12-04 | 2018-12-06 | 3 days | -1.8% | $52.23 | $51.30 | $52.50 |
| 2017-06-06 | 2018-11-30 | 543 days | -20.9% | $51.89 | $41.06 | $52.19 |
| 2017-05-08 | 2017-06-02 | 26 days | -1.1% | $50.24 | $49.68 | $50.99 |
| 2017-05-03 | 2017-05-05 | 3 days | -1.1% | $49.83 | $49.28 | $50.24 |
| 2017-04-26 | 2017-04-28 | 3 days | -0.6% | $49.33 | $49.06 | $49.48 |
| 2017-04-18 | 2017-04-25 | 8 days | -1.3% | $49.21 | $48.56 | $49.33 |
| 2017-04-13 | 2017-04-17 | 5 days | -0.5% | $48.85 | $48.60 | $49.21 |
| 2017-04-07 | 2017-04-10 | 4 days | -0.6% | $48.43 | $48.16 | $48.68 |
| 2017-03-24 | 2017-04-05 | 13 days | -1.1% | $48.30 | $47.78 | $48.31 |
| 2016-05-11 | 2017-03-23 | 317 days | -15.1% | $48.28 | $41.00 | $48.30 |
| 2016-04-01 | 2016-05-10 | 40 days | -7.1% | $48.08 | $44.69 | $48.28 |
| 2015-12-30 | 2016-03-17 | 78 days | -13.2% | $46.56 | $40.43 | $47.42 |
| 2015-08-19 | 2015-10-09 | 52 days | -10.7% | $44.46 | $39.72 | $44.60 |
| 2015-03-24 | 2015-08-17 | 147 days | -10.7% | $44.09 | $39.36 | $44.19 |
| 2014-09-09 | 2014-10-31 | 53 days | -10.0% | $37.61 | $33.84 | $37.73 |
| 2012-07-18 | 2014-06-04 | 687 days | -19.5% | $33.96 | $27.33 | $33.97 |
| 2011-07-25 | 2012-02-02 | 193 days | -20.0% | $30.51 | $24.40 | $30.66 |
| 2007-02-08 | 2011-04-15 | 1527 days | -70.0% | $26.28 | $7.87 | $26.29 |
| 2005-07-29 | 2005-11-10 | 105 days | -10.7% | $14.90 | $13.31 | $15.19 |
| 2005-01-03 | 2005-05-16 | 133 days | -12.3% | $12.51 | $10.97 | $12.53 |
| 2002-04-15 | 2003-10-06 | 540 days | -29.4% | $7.45 | $5.26 | $7.52 |
| 2001-08-24 | 2002-03-21 | 210 days | -14.2% | $7.05 | $6.05 | $7.07 |
| 2001-01-02 | 2001-08-03 | 213 days | -13.8% | $6.62 | $5.71 | $6.65 |
| 1997-12-05 | 2000-01-07 | 764 days | -20.6% | $4.45 | $3.53 | $4.45 |
| 1997-01-23 | 1997-06-12 | 140 days | -9.8% | $3.96 | $3.57 | $3.98 |
| 1994-06-07 | 1995-08-31 | 451 days | -18.8% | $1.99 | $1.62 | $2.03 |
How to read: Each row shows a complete drawdown from peak to recovery. Red rows = most severe drawdowns (worst 20% or 5x+ average), yellow rows = moderate (2x-5x worse than average).
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AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (AVB) is trading at $68.14 as of Aug 24, 2026. It is 14.7% below its high of $79.90. The drawdown has lasted 633 days. Severity score: 3.4 (Elevated).
AVB Price History and Drawdown Data
Latest price
$68.14
High-water mark
$79.90
Current drawdown
-14.7%
Days in drawdown
633
This AVB page is built around daily price history, the latest high-water mark, current drawdown depth, drawdown duration, and comparable historical drawdown events. The chart above provides the price-history context, while the sections below explain how the current move compares with prior AvalonBay Communities, Inc. drawdowns.
What History Says About AVB
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. has dropped 15%+ from its high 10 times in its tracked history. These events lasted an average of 650 days with an average max drop of -30.0%.
The current drawdown of -14.7% has lasted 633 days, which is within the typical range for comparable events.
| Period | Max Drop | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 2007 to Apr 2011 | -70.0% | 1527 days |
| Feb 2020 to Jul 2021 | -46.9% | 504 days |
| Mar 2022 to Nov 2024 | -38.4% | 973 days |
| Apr 2002 to Oct 2003 | -29.4% | 540 days |
| Jun 2017 to Nov 2018 | -20.9% | 543 days |
| Dec 1997 to Jan 2000 | -20.6% | 764 days |
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