CPT vs. ELS, UDR, SUI, MAA, ESS, EQR, AVB, REG, LAMR, and NLY
Should you be buying Camden Property Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Camden Property Trust include Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), UDR (UDR), Sun Communities (SUI), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Regency Centers (REG), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), and Annaly Capital Management (NLY). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) and Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
Camden Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Equity LifeStyle Properties. Camden Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity LifeStyle Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Camden Property Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Equity LifeStyle Properties. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Camden Property Trust and 5 mentions for Equity LifeStyle Properties. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Equity LifeStyle Properties' score of 1.06 indicating that Camden Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Camden Property Trust has a net margin of 28.78% compared to Equity LifeStyle Properties' net margin of 22.69%. Equity LifeStyle Properties' return on equity of 22.71% beat Camden Property Trust's return on equity.
Camden Property Trust received 243 more outperform votes than Equity LifeStyle Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.49% of users gave Camden Property Trust an outperform vote while only 57.65% of users gave Equity LifeStyle Properties an outperform vote.
Camden Property Trust presently has a consensus price target of $108.36, suggesting a potential upside of 4.47%. Equity LifeStyle Properties has a consensus price target of $68.85, suggesting a potential upside of 11.37%. Given Equity LifeStyle Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Equity LifeStyle Properties is more favorable than Camden Property Trust.
97.2% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Equity LifeStyle Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Camden Property Trust pays out 101.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equity LifeStyle Properties pays out 104.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Camden Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity LifeStyle Properties has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Camden Property Trust beats Equity LifeStyle Properties on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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