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COPT Defense Properties (CDP) Competitors

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$28.36 -0.06 (-0.19%)
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CDP vs. AMH, HST, JEF, FRHC, REXR, LINE, BRX, STEP, CTRE, and AHR

Should you be buying COPT Defense Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of COPT Defense Properties include American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), Jefferies Financial Group (JEF), Freedom (FRHC), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Lineage (LINE), Brixmor Property Group (BRX), StepStone Group (STEP), CareTrust REIT (CTRE), and American Healthcare REIT (AHR). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.

COPT Defense Properties vs. Its Competitors

American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) and COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.

American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 23.72% compared to COPT Defense Properties' net margin of 19.23%. COPT Defense Properties' return on equity of 9.38% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Homes 4 Rent23.72% 5.60% 3.29%
COPT Defense Properties 19.23%9.38%3.39%

American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, COPT Defense Properties has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. COPT Defense Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 108.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. COPT Defense Properties pays out 95.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Homes 4 Rent has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. COPT Defense Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

American Homes 4 Rent currently has a consensus target price of $39.36, suggesting a potential upside of 18.00%. COPT Defense Properties has a consensus target price of $33.75, suggesting a potential upside of 18.98%. Given COPT Defense Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe COPT Defense Properties is more favorable than American Homes 4 Rent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Homes 4 Rent
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53
COPT Defense Properties
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, American Homes 4 Rent had 11 more articles in the media than COPT Defense Properties. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent and 5 mentions for COPT Defense Properties. COPT Defense Properties' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat American Homes 4 Rent's score of 0.98 indicating that COPT Defense Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Homes 4 Rent
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
COPT Defense Properties
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of COPT Defense Properties shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

American Homes 4 Rent has higher revenue and earnings than COPT Defense Properties. COPT Defense Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Homes 4 Rent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Homes 4 Rent$1.80B6.88$412.43M$1.1130.05
COPT Defense Properties$753.27M4.25$138.93M$1.2822.16

Summary

American Homes 4 Rent beats COPT Defense Properties on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CDP vs. The Competition

MetricCOPT Defense PropertiesREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.21B$8.65B$12.64B$22.01B
Dividend Yield4.29%5.46%5.57%3.57%
P/E Ratio22.16151.1922.0633.18
Price / Sales4.255.1330.0261.67
Price / Cash10.6117.8322.3624.54
Price / Book2.081.652.204.66
Net Income$138.93M$128.86M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.24%1.48%1.49%2.22%
1 Month Performance-3.75%-1.05%-0.26%1.17%
1 Year Performance-11.41%-10.21%536.91%13.47%

COPT Defense Properties Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CDP
COPT Defense Properties
3.3298 of 5 stars
$28.37
-0.2%
$33.75
+19.0%
-11.3%$3.21B$753.27M22.16400Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AMH
American Homes 4 Rent
4.8139 of 5 stars
$32.93
+1.2%
$39.57
+20.2%
-14.8%$12.07B$1.73B29.671,730Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
HST
Host Hotels & Resorts
4.1991 of 5 stars
$16.26
+2.8%
$17.88
+9.9%
-4.3%$10.88B$5.68B17.30160News Coverage
Positive News
JEF
Jefferies Financial Group
4.8722 of 5 stars
$53.81
+5.7%
$72.00
+33.8%
-14.5%$10.50B$7.03B18.497,822Trending News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
FRHC
Freedom
0.2059 of 5 stars
$169.77
+3.9%
N/A+46.4%$9.74B$2.05B128.618,764Positive News
Gap Up
REXR
Rexford Industrial Realty
4.0464 of 5 stars
$40.51
+2.9%
$41.83
+3.3%
-5.1%$9.32B$936.41M30.01220Analyst Forecast
LINE
Lineage
4.3793 of 5 stars
$39.94
+1.1%
$50.06
+25.3%
-48.7%$9.04B$5.34B-14.3226,000Analyst Forecast
BRX
Brixmor Property Group
4.6595 of 5 stars
$26.85
+1.2%
$30.75
+14.5%
+0.2%$8.12B$1.29B24.41500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
STEP
StepStone Group
3.266 of 5 stars
$65.42
+4.0%
$69.71
+6.6%
+3.9%$7.32B$1.17B-21.241,130Analyst Forecast
CTRE
CareTrust REIT
0.6431 of 5 stars
$32.94
-0.8%
N/AN/A$7.24B$277.03M27.4520News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
AHR
American Healthcare REIT
2.3122 of 5 stars
$41.28
+1.8%
$44.44
+7.7%
+69.6%$6.84B$2.07B-187.63110Analyst Forecast
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