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

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 3.7%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 111.1% 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 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. American Homes 4 Rent has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Camden Property Trust has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Which has higher 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	7.66	$412.43M	$1.08	33.12
Camden Property Trust	$1.54B	7.87	$163.29M	$1.09	104.37

Do analysts recommend AMH or CPT?

American Homes 4 Rent presently has a consensus price target of $40.90, suggesting a potential upside of 14.34%. Camden Property Trust has a consensus price target of $129.39, suggesting a potential upside of 13.74%. Given American Homes 4 Rent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
Camden Property Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AMH or CPT?

91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Camden Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent 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.

Is AMH or CPT more profitable?

American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 23.41% compared to Camden Property Trust's net margin of 7.62%. American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity of 5.45% beat Camden Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Homes 4 Rent	23.41%	5.45%	3.21%
Camden Property Trust	7.62%	2.47%	1.32%

Which has more volatility & risk, AMH or CPT?

American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor AMH or CPT?

In the previous week, Camden Property Trust had 3 more articles in the media than American Homes 4 Rent. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Camden Property Trust and 4 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.77 beat American Homes 4 Rent's score of 1.68 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	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Camden Property Trust	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

American Homes 4 Rent beats Camden Property Trust on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.