Camden Property Trust (CPT) Competitors

American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) and Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.

Is AMH or CPT more profitable?

American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 23.72% compared to Camden Property Trust's net margin of 9.99%. American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity of 5.60% beat Camden Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Homes 4 Rent	23.72%	5.60%	3.29%
Camden Property Trust	9.99%	3.30%	1.74%

Is AMH or CPT a better dividend stock?

American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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. Camden Property Trust pays out 293.7% 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 and Camden Property Trust has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend AMH or CPT?

American Homes 4 Rent currently has a consensus price target of $41.07, suggesting a potential upside of 14.94%. Camden Property Trust has a consensus price target of $124.94, suggesting a potential upside of 14.27%. Given American Homes 4 Rent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than Camden Property Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Homes 4 Rent	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
Camden Property Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.24

Which has more risk and volatility, AMH or CPT?

American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AMH or CPT?

In the previous week, American Homes 4 Rent and American Homes 4 Rent both had 19 articles in the media. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat American Homes 4 Rent's score of 1.31 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
American Homes 4 Rent	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Camden Property Trust	18 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AMH or CPT?

91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, AMH or CPT?

American Homes 4 Rent has higher revenue and earnings than Camden Property Trust. American Homes 4 Rent 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Homes 4 Rent	$1.73B	7.67	$412.43M	$1.11	32.19
Camden Property Trust	$1.54B	7.57	$163.29M	$1.43	76.46

Summary

American Homes 4 Rent beats Camden Property Trust on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.