Camden Property Trust (CPT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) is a real estate investment trust that owns, develops, acquires, and manages multifamily apartment communities. The company provides residential rental housing and related property-management services, with properties designed to serve a range of residents in major metropolitan areas.

Camden focuses primarily on high-growth markets in the Sun Belt, including communities in Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and Tennessee. Its operations include leasing apartments, managing onsite amenities and resident services, maintaining properties, and overseeing redevelopment and new-construction projects.

The company traces its history to 1981, when it was founded by Ric Campo and Keith Oden, and became a publicly traded real estate investment trust in the 1990s. Camden Property Trust is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Ric Campo has served as the company’s chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $96.70 to $97.82
• 50-Day Range: $96.86 to $116.44
• 52-Week Range: $96.53 to $119.81
• Volume: 1.27 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.11 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $9.74 billion
• P/E Ratio: 32.07
• Dividend Yield: 4.38%
• Price Target: $114.35
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Camden Property Trust Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Camden Property Trust scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 68th out of 186 stocks in the real estate sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Camden Property Trust has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.13, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 12 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Camden Property Trust has a consensus price target of $114.35, representing about 18.1% upside from its current price of $96.86.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Camden Property Trust has been the subject of 13 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 2.22%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Camden Property Trust are expected to grow by 2.22% in the coming year, from $6.75 to $6.90 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Camden Property Trust is 32.07, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.77.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Camden Property Trust is 32.07, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Real Estate sector average P/E ratio of about 27.36.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Camden Property Trust has a PEG Ratio of 7.33. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Camden Property Trust has a P/B Ratio of 2.32. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.25% of the float of Camden Property Trust has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Camden Property Trust has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.59.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Camden Property Trust has recently decreased by 2.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Camden Property Trust is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.31%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Camden Property Trust has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Camden Property Trust is 140.40%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Camden Property Trust will have a dividend payout ratio of 61.45% next year. This indicates that Camden Property Trust will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.14

News Sentiment

Camden Property Trust has a news sentiment score of 1.14. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Real Estate companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Camden Property Trust this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for CPT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Camden Property Trust insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.90% of the stock of Camden Property Trust is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

97.22% of the stock of Camden Property Trust is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/17 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/17 Dividend: 6/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/17/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Today: 9/30/2026
• Record date for 10/16 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/16 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/16/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Real Estate
• Industry: Residential REITs
• Sub-Industry: Multi-Family Residential REITs
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CPT
• CIK: 906345
• Web: www.camdenliving.com
• Phone: (713) 354-2500
• Fax: 713-354-2700
• Employees: 1,640
• Year Founded: 1982

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Camden Property Trust: $114.35
• High Price Target: $137.00
• Low Price Target: $102.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +18.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.13
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.02
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 32.07
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.35
• P/E Growth: 7.33
• Net Income: $384.46 million
• Net Margins: 20.80%
• Pretax Margin: 21.75%
• Return on Equity: 7.66%
• Return on Assets: 3.56%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.25
• Current Ratio: 0.18
• Quick Ratio: 0.18

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.57 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.19
• Cash Flow: $9.21 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.52
• Book Value: $41.72 per share
• Price / Book: 2.32

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 100,540,000
• Free Float: 98,629,000
• Market Cap: $9.74 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.77