Camden Property Trust (CPT) Competitors

AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking and risk.

Is AVB or CPT 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
AvalonBay Communities	37.13%	9.15%	5.15%
Camden Property Trust	10.58%	3.35%	1.82%

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

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is AVB or CPT a better dividend stock?

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 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 3.5%. 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 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 has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Camden Property Trust has increased its dividend for 4 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, AVB or CPT?

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor AVB or CPT?

In the previous week, Camden Property Trust had 2 more articles in the media than AvalonBay Communities. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Camden Property Trust and 19 mentions for AvalonBay Communities. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.36 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
AvalonBay Communities	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Camden Property Trust	17 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AVB or CPT?

AvalonBay Communities received 74 more outperform votes than Camden Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.93% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 57.94% of users gave Camden Property Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AvalonBay Communities	Outperform Votes 676 59.93%	Underperform Votes 452 40.07%
Camden Property Trust	Outperform Votes 602 57.94%	Underperform Votes 437 42.06%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, AVB or CPT?

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
AvalonBay Communities	$2.95B	10.07	$1.08B	$8.03	25.97
Camden Property Trust	$1.55B	8.19	$163.29M	$1.09	109.04

Do analysts recommend AVB or CPT?

AvalonBay Communities presently has a consensus price target of $239.93, suggesting a potential upside of 15.07%. Camden Property Trust has a consensus price target of $129.94, suggesting a potential upside of 9.33%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Camden Property Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AvalonBay Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.47
Camden Property Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Camden Property Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.