CPT vs. ELS, UDR, MAA, SUI, ESS, EQR, AVB, REG, REXR, and LAMR
Should you be buying Camden Property Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Camden Property Trust include Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), UDR (UDR), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Regency Centers (REG), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), and Lamar Advertising (LAMR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Equity LifeStyle Properties (NYSE:ELS) and Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and community ranking.
Camden Property Trust received 240 more outperform votes than Equity LifeStyle Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.63% of users gave Camden Property Trust an outperform vote while only 57.67% of users gave Equity LifeStyle Properties an outperform vote.
Equity LifeStyle Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.91 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Equity LifeStyle Properties pays out 113.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Camden Property Trust pays out 111.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equity LifeStyle Properties has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Camden Property Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Camden Property Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Equity LifeStyle Properties has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Equity LifeStyle Properties presently has a consensus target price of $70.15, indicating a potential upside of 11.83%. Camden Property Trust has a consensus target price of $104.29, indicating a potential upside of 8.21%. Given Camden Property Trust's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Equity LifeStyle Properties is more favorable than Camden Property Trust.
In the previous week, Equity LifeStyle Properties had 2 more articles in the media than Camden Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Equity LifeStyle Properties and 7 mentions for Camden Property Trust. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Equity LifeStyle Properties' score of 0.35 indicating that Equity LifeStyle Properties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Camden Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Equity LifeStyle Properties. Camden Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity LifeStyle Properties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
97.2% of Equity LifeStyle Properties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Equity LifeStyle Properties 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Camden Property Trust has a net margin of 26.15% compared to Camden Property Trust's net margin of 21.09%. Camden Property Trust's return on equity of 20.90% beat Equity LifeStyle Properties' return on equity.
Summary
Camden Property Trust beats Equity LifeStyle Properties on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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