Camden Property Trust (CPT) Competitors

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 businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.

Which has more risk and volatility, CPT or AVB?

Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend CPT or AVB?

Camden Property Trust currently has a consensus target price of $129.39, suggesting a potential upside of 13.49%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus target price of $235.86, suggesting a potential upside of 15.67%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

Is CPT or AVB more profitable?

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 38.86% compared to Camden Property Trust's net margin of 7.62%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.65% beat Camden Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Camden Property Trust	7.62%	2.47%	1.32%
AvalonBay Communities	38.86%	9.65%	5.42%

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, CPT or AVB?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Camden Property Trust	$1.54B	7.89	$163.29M	$1.09	104.60
AvalonBay Communities	$2.91B	9.96	$1.08B	$8.03	25.39

Is CPT or AVB a better dividend stock?

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 3.4%. 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.

Does the media refer more to CPT or AVB?

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 7 more articles in the media than Camden Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 8 mentions for Camden Property Trust. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.82 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.07 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	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
AvalonBay Communities	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CPT or AVB?

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

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Camden Property Trust on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.