CPT vs. ELS, UDR, ESS, EQR, AVB, REG, LAMR, GLPI, REXR, and CUBE
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), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Regency Centers (REG), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), and CubeSmart (CUBE). 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 superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Camden Property Trust presently has a consensus target price of $104.29, indicating a potential upside of 5.83%. Equity LifeStyle Properties has a consensus target price of $69.55, indicating a potential upside of 14.11%. Given Equity LifeStyle Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Equity LifeStyle Properties is more favorable than Camden Property Trust.
Camden Property Trust received 240 more outperform votes than Equity LifeStyle Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.61% of users gave Camden Property Trust an outperform vote while only 57.74% of users gave Equity LifeStyle Properties an outperform vote.
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.
Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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 111.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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 has a net margin of 26.15% 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.
In the previous week, Camden Property Trust and Camden Property Trust both had 10 articles in the media. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Equity LifeStyle Properties' score of 0.20 indicating that Camden Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity LifeStyle Properties has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Camden Property Trust beats Equity LifeStyle Properties on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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