UDR Earnings Predictions — 2026-07-27

Ticker Report or Guide KPI Prediction Answer Confidence
UDR Report FFOA per diluted share (Q2 2026) IN-LINE pred ~$0.63 vs. cons $0.63 HIGH
UDR Report Same-Store Revenue Growth YoY (Q2 2026) MISS pred ~1.0% vs. cons 1.3% MEDIUM
UDR Report Blended Lease Rate Growth (new+renewal, Q2 2026) MISS pred ~1.3% vs. cons 1.7% MEDIUM
UDR Guide FY2026 FFOA per share guidance UNCHANGED guide ~$2.52 vs. cons $2.53 (FY2026) MEDIUM
UDR Guide FY2026 Same-Store Revenue growth guidance LOWER guide ~1.25% vs. cons 1.5% (FY2026) MEDIUM
UDR Guide FY2026 Same-Store NOI growth guidance LOWER guide ~0.13% vs. cons 0.5% (FY2026) MEDIUM
UDR Guide Cumulative share repurchases since Sep-2025 (buyback pace commentary) BETTER guide ~$350M vs. cons $300M (FY2026, cumulative through Q2 print) LOW
UDR Return Day-1 residual (stock − beta × S&P 500) -1.0% MEDIUM
UDR Return 5-day cumulative residual -2.2% (FADE) Q2 FFOA should print roughly in-line with the $0.62-0.64 guide/consensus, but UDR's Q1 same-store NOI already ran negative YoY (-0.8%) with Southeast/Southwest/Mid-Atlantic dragging, and preview flagged Sunbelt (FL/Nashville) deteriorating further into April. Peers AVB and EQR both beat and raised full-year same-store guidance on San Francisco strength and easing supply, resetting sector expectations higher; if UDR merely reaffirms (rather than raises) its FY26 SS revenue/NOI guide - which the Q1 trajectory and Sunbelt commentary suggest is likely - it will read as a relative disappointment against the newly-raised peer bar. UDR shares have already rallied ~8-10% off March lows into the print, front-running sector optimism, so a reaffirm-only outcome plus soft same-store prints likely triggers sell-side trims to 2H26 NOI/FFOA estimates over the following days (implicit cut via unchanged full-year ranges despite peer raises), producing a fade rather than follow-through, tempered by continued buyback/disposition arbitrage and monthly-dividend narrative providing some support against a sharper decline. MEDIUM