National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA) Competitors

National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE:NSA) and Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.

Which has more risk & volatility, NSA or CPT?

National Storage Affiliates Trust has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate NSA or CPT?

National Storage Affiliates Trust currently has a consensus target price of $38.38, indicating a potential upside of 22.35%. Camden Property Trust has a consensus target price of $129.28, indicating a potential upside of 13.87%. Given National Storage Affiliates Trust's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe National Storage Affiliates Trust is more favorable than Camden Property Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Storage Affiliates Trust	5 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.69
Camden Property Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Is NSA or CPT more profitable?

National Storage Affiliates Trust has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Camden Property Trust's net margin of 7.62%. National Storage Affiliates Trust's return on equity of 4.59% beat Camden Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Storage Affiliates Trust	8.59%	4.59%	1.23%
Camden Property Trust	7.62%	2.47%	1.32%

Which has better valuation and earnings, NSA or CPT?

Camden Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than National Storage Affiliates Trust. National Storage Affiliates Trust 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
National Storage Affiliates Trust	$762.54M	3.15	$111.52M	$0.59	53.16
Camden Property Trust	$1.54B	7.86	$163.29M	$1.09	104.16

Is NSA or CPT a better dividend stock?

National Storage Affiliates Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. National Storage Affiliates Trust pays out 386.4% 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 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. National Storage Affiliates Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Camden Property Trust has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Does the media favor NSA or CPT?

In the previous week, National Storage Affiliates Trust and National Storage Affiliates Trust both had 8 articles in the media. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat National Storage Affiliates Trust's score of 1.31 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
National Storage Affiliates Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Camden Property Trust	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in NSA or CPT?

100.0% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Camden Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Camden Property Trust shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Camden Property Trust beats National Storage Affiliates Trust on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.