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 better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and risk.

Do analysts recommend CPT or AVB?

Camden Property Trust presently has a consensus price target of $129.78, suggesting a potential upside of 9.54%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus price target of $237.86, suggesting a potential upside of 13.90%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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

Does the media refer more to CPT or AVB?

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 5 more articles in the media than Camden Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 5 mentions for Camden Property Trust. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.14 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	5 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher 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	$1.55B	8.16	$163.29M	$1.09	108.69
AvalonBay Communities	$2.95B	10.09	$1.08B	$8.03	26.01

Is CPT or AVB more profitable?

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 Trust	10.58%	3.35%	1.82%
AvalonBay Communities	37.13%	9.15%	5.15%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 3.5%. 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 increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and AvalonBay Communities has increased 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, CPT or AVB?

Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CPT or AVB?

AvalonBay Communities received 74 more outperform votes than Camden Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.91% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave Camden Property Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Camden Property Trust	Outperform Votes 603 57.93%	Underperform Votes 438 42.07%
AvalonBay Communities	Outperform Votes 677 59.91%	Underperform Votes 453 40.09%

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Camden Property Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.