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Camden Property Trust (CPT) Competitors

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$114.30 -1.23 (-1.06%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CPT vs. AVB, EQR, MAA, ESS, SUI, UDR, ELS, UMH, AIV, and O

Should you be buying Camden Property Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Camden Property Trust include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Sun Communities (SUI), UDR (UDR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), UMH Properties (UMH), Apartment Investment and Management (AIV), and Realty Income (O). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

Camden Property Trust vs.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Camden Property Trust$1.55B7.87$163.29M$1.09104.86
AvalonBay Communities$2.95B9.65$1.08B$8.0324.88

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 37.13% compared to Camden Property Trust's net margin of 10.58%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.15% beat Camden Property Trust's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Camden Property Trust10.58% 3.35% 1.82%
AvalonBay Communities 37.13%9.15%5.15%

Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

AvalonBay Communities received 74 more outperform votes than Camden Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.93% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave Camden Property Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Camden Property TrustOutperform Votes
602
57.94%
Underperform Votes
437
42.06%
AvalonBay CommunitiesOutperform Votes
676
59.93%
Underperform Votes
452
40.07%

Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Camden Property Trust pays out 385.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AvalonBay Communities pays out 87.2% 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 has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and AvalonBay Communities has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Camden Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Camden Property Trust and Camden Property Trust both had 20 articles in the media. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.35 indicating that Camden Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Camden Property Trust
17 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
AvalonBay Communities
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Camden Property Trust currently has a consensus target price of $129.94, suggesting a potential upside of 13.69%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus target price of $239.93, suggesting a potential upside of 20.12%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Camden Property Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Camden Property Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
AvalonBay Communities
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47

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

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Camden Property Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CPT vs. The Competition

MetricCamden Property TrustReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.21B$6.84B$11.47B$19.30B
Dividend Yield3.56%6.71%5.45%3.83%
P/E Ratio76.2060.0922.4234.53
Price / Sales7.878.3127.6234.83
Price / Cash17.3017.3217.6217.51
Price / Book2.571.642.774.69
Net Income$163.29M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.00%-2.58%-0.23%-1.74%
1 Month Performance0.98%1.18%6.11%7.50%
1 Year Performance8.49%0.67%536.61%4.15%

Camden Property Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.1912 of 5 stars
$114.30
-1.1%
$129.94
+13.7%
+8.5%$12.21B$1.55B76.201,650Positive News
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.1646 of 5 stars
$208.58
+1.5%
$239.57
+14.9%
+1.1%$29.70B$2.95B27.482,950Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
EQR
Equity Residential
4.4259 of 5 stars
$70.82
+1.3%
$79.12
+11.7%
+3.0%$26.91B$3.01B26.042,400Positive News
Analyst Revision
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.0748 of 5 stars
$163.61
+0.4%
$169.55
+3.6%
+13.5%$19.15B$2.20B36.522,390Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.2246 of 5 stars
$286.36
+1.3%
$308.89
+7.9%
+4.1%$18.44B$1.81B24.811,770Positive News
Analyst Revision
SUI
Sun Communities
4.3448 of 5 stars
$125.12
-0.3%
$138.70
+10.9%
-2.8%$15.96B$3.20B67.277,590Positive News
Analyst Forecast
UDR
UDR
4.1605 of 5 stars
$42.58
+0.7%
$46.29
+8.7%
+1.1%$14.10B$1.68B170.301,330Positive News
Analyst Revision
ELS
Equity LifeStyle Properties
4.0937 of 5 stars
$63.64
-1.1%
$74.33
+16.8%
-1.1%$12.17B$1.43B32.644,100Positive News
UMH
UMH Properties
4.4998 of 5 stars
$17.17
-0.6%
$21.00
+22.3%
+5.6%$1.44B$244.10M132.12460Analyst Downgrade
AIV
Apartment Investment and Management
0.6264 of 5 stars
$8.06
+2.4%
N/A-4.9%$1.14B$210.83M-4.6660Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
O
Realty Income
3.9428 of 5 stars
$55.94
-1.3%
$61.85
+10.6%
+2.8%$50.52B$5.39B53.28400Positive News

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