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$114.98 +1.18 (+1.04%)
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CPT vs. AVB, EQR, MAA, ESS, SUI, UDR, ELS, UMH, AIV, and SPG

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 Simon Property Group (SPG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

Camden Property Trust vs.

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

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 7 more articles in the media than Camden Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 18 mentions for Camden Property Trust. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.22 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
16 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Camden Property Trust
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 92.2% 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 280.0% 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 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
AvalonBay Communities37.13% 9.15% 5.15%
Camden Property Trust 10.58%3.35%1.82%

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
AvalonBay Communities$2.91B10.21$1.08B$7.5927.54
Camden Property Trust$1.54B8.10$163.29M$1.5076.65

AvalonBay Communities received 75 more outperform votes than Camden Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.11% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 58.03% of users gave Camden Property Trust an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AvalonBay CommunitiesOutperform Votes
675
60.11%
Underperform Votes
448
39.89%
Camden Property TrustOutperform Votes
600
58.03%
Underperform Votes
434
41.97%

AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus price target of $239.29, indicating a potential upside of 14.47%. Camden Property Trust has a consensus price target of $127.61, indicating a potential upside of 10.98%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Camden Property Trust.

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
Camden Property Trust
1 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.32

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

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

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Camden Property Trust on 14 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$12.51B$6.94B$11.10B$18.96B
Dividend Yield3.68%7.06%5.77%4.01%
P/E Ratio76.6559.3822.1032.87
Price / Sales8.108.3826.3128.03
Price / Cash17.3017.3217.6017.52
Price / Book2.581.662.674.47
Net Income$163.29M$177.71M$1.03B$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.86%1.31%0.72%0.59%
1 Month Performance-6.47%-5.62%-0.58%-3.54%
1 Year Performance14.38%3.61%537.58%3.80%

Camden Property Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CPT
Camden Property Trust
4.1273 of 5 stars
$114.98
+1.0%
$127.61
+11.0%
+16.7%$12.51B$1.54B76.651,650Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
AVB
AvalonBay Communities
4.1955 of 5 stars
$201.90
-0.7%
$237.47
+17.6%
+11.2%$28.74B$2.91B26.602,950Earnings Report
Positive News
EQR
Equity Residential
4.5246 of 5 stars
$67.59
-1.0%
$78.51
+16.2%
+10.4%$25.66B$2.98B24.852,400Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
MAA
Mid-America Apartment Communities
4.0759 of 5 stars
$154.98
-1.3%
$168.76
+8.9%
+24.2%$18.12B$2.19B34.592,390Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
ESS
Essex Property Trust
4.065 of 5 stars
$271.23
-1.5%
$307.11
+13.2%
+15.9%$17.45B$1.77B23.501,770Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
SUI
Sun Communities
3.3617 of 5 stars
$121.19
-1.7%
$135.70
+12.0%
+15.7%$15.46B$3.20B65.167,590Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
UDR
UDR
4.3463 of 5 stars
$40.78
-1.2%
$46.12
+13.1%
+13.7%$13.51B$1.67B163.121,330Earnings Report
ELS
Equity LifeStyle Properties
3.942 of 5 stars
$64.39
-1.4%
$74.20
+15.2%
+6.3%$12.31B$1.43B33.024,100Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
UMH
UMH Properties
4.4742 of 5 stars
$17.04
-1.4%
$21.17
+24.2%
+12.9%$1.41B$240.55M131.09460Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Positive News
AIV
Apartment Investment and Management
1.5998 of 5 stars
$7.63
-2.6%
N/A+2.0%$1.08B$208.68M-4.4160Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
SPG
Simon Property Group
4.1747 of 5 stars
$147.58
-1.9%
$181.39
+22.9%
+13.3%$48.15B$5.96B20.333,300Positive News

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