---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000915912-22-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AVB"
cik: "0000915912"
company_name: "AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T12:09:14.207894+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# AvalonBay Q4 Core FFO $2.27 beats outlook, up 12.4% YoY; FY EPS $7.19

## Summary
- Q4 2021 EPS $2.40 (down 1.6% YoY) but above October outlook of $2.30.
- Q4 Core FFO per share $2.27, up 12.4% YoY and $0.03 above $2.24 outlook.
- Full-year 2021 EPS $7.19 (+22.1% YoY); Core FFO $8.26 (-4.9% YoY).
- Same Store Residential NOI contributed $0.17 to Q4 EPS vs Q4 2020.
- Initial 2022 financial outlook announced; specific guidance not in excerpt.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000915912-22-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AVB
- cik: 0000915912
- company_name: AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915912/000091591222000003/0000915912-22-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915912/000091591222000003/avb-20220202.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000915912-22-000003.txt

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