CPT vs. UDR, ELS, MAA, ESS, SUI, EQR, AVB, CUBE, BXP, and NLY
Should you be buying Camden Property Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Camden Property Trust include UDR (UDR), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Sun Communities (SUI), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), CubeSmart (CUBE), Boston Properties (BXP), and Annaly Capital Management (NLY). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
UDR (NYSE:UDR) and Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
UDR has higher revenue and earnings than Camden Property Trust. Camden Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than UDR, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, UDR had 5 more articles in the media than Camden Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for UDR and 11 mentions for Camden Property Trust. UDR's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Camden Property Trust's score of 0.55 indicating that Camden Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
91.7% of UDR shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 4.5% of UDR shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
UDR has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% 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.
Camden Property Trust received 139 more outperform votes than UDR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.71% of users gave Camden Property Trust an outperform vote while only 55.32% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.
UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. UDR pays out 125.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Camden Property Trust 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. UDR has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Camden Property Trust has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. UDR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
UDR presently has a consensus price target of $41.53, indicating a potential upside of 12.82%. Camden Property Trust has a consensus price target of $103.65, indicating a potential upside of 6.33%. Given Camden Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe UDR is more favorable than Camden Property Trust.
UDR has a net margin of 27.30% compared to UDR's net margin of 26.15%. Camden Property Trust's return on equity of 11.26% beat UDR's return on equity.
Summary
UDR beats Camden Property Trust on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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