AvalonBay Communities (AVB) Competitors

AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AVB or CPT?

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Camden Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Camden Property Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is AVB or CPT a better dividend stock?

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 86.2% 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 pays out 293.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AvalonBay Communities has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Camden Property Trust has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Camden Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts recommend AVB or CPT?

AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus target price of $217.46, indicating a potential upside of 17.02%. Camden Property Trust has a consensus target price of $121.73, indicating a potential upside of 19.46%. Given Camden Property Trust's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Camden Property Trust is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AvalonBay Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29
Camden Property Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.24

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AVB or CPT?

AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Camden Property Trust. AvalonBay Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Camden Property Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
AvalonBay Communities	$2.91B	9.08	$1.08B	$8.12	22.89
Camden Property Trust	$1.54B	7.05	$163.29M	$1.43	71.26

Does the media refer more to AVB or CPT?

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities and AvalonBay Communities both had 11 articles in the media. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.03 indicating that Camden Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AvalonBay Communities	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Camden Property Trust	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Is AVB or CPT more profitable?

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 38.91% compared to Camden Property Trust's net margin of 9.99%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.70% beat Camden Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AvalonBay Communities	38.91%	9.70%	5.45%
Camden Property Trust	9.99%	3.30%	1.74%

Which has more risk & volatility, AVB or CPT?

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Camden Property Trust on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.