Campus Crest Communities (CCG) Competitors

AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and Campus Crest Communities (NYSE:CCG) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVB or CCG?

AvalonBay Communities received 561 more outperform votes than Campus Crest Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.86% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 48.33% of users gave Campus Crest Communities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AvalonBay Communities	Outperform Votes 677 59.86%	Underperform Votes 454 40.14%
Campus Crest Communities	Outperform Votes 116 48.33%	Underperform Votes 124 51.67%

Do analysts recommend AVB or CCG?

AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus target price of $236.79, indicating a potential upside of 14.95%. Campus Crest Communities has a consensus target price of $176.25, indicating a potential upside of 22,352.23%. Given Campus Crest Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Campus Crest Communities is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AvalonBay Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47
Campus Crest Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has higher earnings and valuation, AVB or CCG?

AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Campus Crest Communities. Campus Crest Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AvalonBay Communities, 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	$2.95B	9.95	$1.08B	$8.03	25.65
Campus Crest Communities	$464.99M	0.10	-$22.55M	-$0.15	-5.23

Is AVB or CCG more profitable?

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 37.13% compared to Campus Crest Communities' net margin of -2.45%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.15% beat Campus Crest Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AvalonBay Communities	37.13%	9.15%	5.15%
Campus Crest Communities	-2.45%	-21.76%	-8.12%

Which has more risk and volatility, AVB or CCG?

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campus Crest Communities has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AVB or CCG?

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of Campus Crest Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Campus Crest Communities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor AVB or CCG?

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 12 more articles in the media than Campus Crest Communities. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 1 mentions for Campus Crest Communities. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Campus Crest Communities' score of 0.00 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AvalonBay Communities	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Campus Crest Communities	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Campus Crest Communities on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.