UDR US S&P 500Russell 1000 Earnings call · transcribed from the recording
UDR, Inc. (UDR) · Q3 2026 results and valuation
Share price: $36.56 · 2026-11-11
UDR, Inc. is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates, develops, and manages multifamily apartment communities. The company operates in targeted markets across the United States. Source: 10-K annual report (2026-02-17)
Results Q3 2026 vs Q2 2026 · previous quarter · published 2 Nov 2026 and 28 Jul 2026
Net income up 213.0% on the previous quarter, guidance cut. Management sounded about as positive as a typical company call, in its script and in answers to analysts.
Only a basic analysis is available for this company at the moment.
1 · Numbers
+213.0%
Net income vs Q2 2026
Guidance cut
Net income 216.1M vs 69.0M
Revenue +0.6%
Against the same quarter last year (Q3 2025) it is +434.8%, so it is not just seasonal.
2 · How management spoke
Typical
Less upbeat than 54% of company calls
Answers to analysts: restrained, in line with the script.
Similar to last call.
3 · What stood out
Guidance ↓
Moving on to same-store expense growth, UDR reduced its full-year guidance midpoint by 35 basis points to 2.9%, with a range of 2.7% to 3.1%.
Valuation
Is UDR, Inc. undervalued?
Reverse DCF on net income from the last full fiscal year (no meaningful free cash flow: a bank, insurer or a year of negative cash flow) (2025-12-31), grown for 10 years, discounted back, plus a terminal value. “Implied growth” is the rate the current price assumes.
At 4.1% growth a year (3-year revenue growth), the model's fair value is $17.63 a share — the stock trades 107% above it. Today's price assumes 14.0% growth a year.
Current price
$36.56
close of 2026-11-11
Market implies growth of iThe yearly free-cash-flow growth, for the next 10 years, that today’s share price already assumes. If you believe the company grows faster than this, the stock is cheap under this model; slower, and it is expensive.
+14.0% for 10 yrs
Fair value / share
$17.63
Buy below
$13.22
Price vs fair value
Overvalued 107%
Price vs buy-below price
Overvalued 176%
Read between the lines
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Key theme
Specific to the quarter, year-over-year same-store revenue growth of 1.8% was driven by 2% blended lease rate growth, which was similar to the second quarter…
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“Specific to the quarter, year-over-year same-store revenue growth of 1.8% was driven by 2% blended lease rate growth, which was similar to the second quarter... With that, third quarter results reflected better late quarter leasing trends as compared to recent years. healthy occupancy in the mid-96% range, and delinquency of around 60 basis points, which is down 50 basis points year over year, reflective of our AI and data-enhanced approach to attract and retain credit-worthy residents.”
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Guidance
Based on its team's strong execution that drove its revised outlook and its expectations for fourth quarter blended lease rate growth, UDR expects a 2027 same-store revenue earn-in...
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Figure
To begin, I'm pleased to announce that UDR's previously announced $2 billion joint venture with Apollo has closed.
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Fading
To your point, UDR has seen demand a little bit weaker in that MSA with occupancy dropping right around 95%…
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“And to your point, we have seen demand a little bit weaker in that MSA with occupancy dropping right around 95%... We are diversified across Virginia, Maryland and D.C. But on a positive note, our markets are performing relatively well.”
Tone
How upbeat the language was, compared with other companiesiTone counts positive minus negative finance words, adjusted for length. Executives mostly speak positively, so the labels compare each call with every company's latest call: “typical” is the middle third, “very upbeat” the top tenth, “cautious” the bottom tenth.. Dot: Q3 2026. Ring: Q2 2026.
Script and answers carried a similar tone, so the script's message held up under questioning.
Sentences that drove the tone
“Combining our improved revenue and expense growth guidance, we increased our same-store NOI growth guidance by 37.5 basis points at the midpoint to a range of positive 0.8% to 1.2%.”
“And what we'll follow up in February and provide guidance, what I'd leave you with for now is, no, we don't need material job growth improvement from here for rent...”
“Despite continued new lease rate growth weakness, Austin showed strong positive momentum and was our only Sunbelt market to deliver positive year-over-year NOI growth for the quarter.”
Full figures
USD · SEC EDGAR XBRL (10-Q, period end 2026-09-30)
| Metric | Q3 2026period end 2026-09-30 | Q2 2026period end 2026-06-30 | Change | Q3 2025 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 428.1M | 425.4M | +0.6% | 431.9M | −0.9% |
| Operating income | 270.2M | 115.9M | +133.2% | 76.4M | +253.9% |
| Net income | 216.1M | 69.0M | +213.0% | 40.4M | +434.8% |
| EPS | 0.67 | 0.21 | +219.0% | 0.12 | +458.3% |
| P/E today 17.3 | 15.8 | 25.3 | −9.5 | 84.7 | −68.9 |
Topics
Most discussed now
- Scott joins us later this week and brings a wealth of investment experience and strategic insight, and will work with...
- Mike will elaborate on how UDR's data-driven capabilities, continuous innovation, and discipline execution allow UDR to capitalize on the…
- Improved revenue growth guidance reflects both year-to-date outperformance as well as higher quality portfolio after removing the apartment…
- Despite continued new lease rate growth weakness, Austin showed strong positive momentum and was UDR's only Sunbelt market to deliver...
- Its teams across the country have delivered strong results, and I'm confident UDR will continue to innovate, expand the operating...
Faded since Q2 2026
- Fading The second quarter exceeded its outlook as UDR leverages real-time data to drive total revenue and cash flow growth.
- Dropped Similar type circumstances with assets
- Fading To begin, the fundamentals of the apartment industry have been favorable in 2026, specifically employment growth has exceeded consensus…
- Fading This not only supported occupancy and improved bad debt but also led to constrained same-store expense growth of only 2.6%.
Latest announcements
Official filings, newest first. Summaries are generated from each filing and its attachment; every figure is checked against the source.
- Results of operations · SEC 8-K
- Results of operations; Regulation FD disclosure · SEC 8-K
UDR, Inc. raised its full-year 2026 Net Income guidance to a range of $1.58 to $1.60 per diluted share, up from the previous range of $1.03 to $1.11.
- Regulation FD disclosure · SEC 8-K
- Results of operations · SEC 8-K
UDR, Inc. reported net income of $0.21 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2026, compared to $0.11 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2025.
- Regulation FD disclosure · SEC 8-K
- Shareholder vote results · SEC 8-K · routine
- Other events · SEC 8-K
UDR, Inc. expanded its share repurchase program by 25 million shares, increasing the total authorized amount to approximately 30 million shares, which equates to more than $1 billion.
- Results of operations; Regulation FD disclosure · SEC 8-K
UDR, Inc. reported net income per diluted share of $0.57 for the first quarter of 2026, which represents a 148% increase compared to $0.23 in the first quarter of 2025.