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

Which has stronger 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	$770.34M	3.03	$111.52M	$0.62	49.02
Camden Property Trust	$1.54B	7.39	$163.29M	$1.43	74.70

Is NSA or CPT more profitable?

Camden Property Trust has a net margin of 9.99% compared to National Storage Affiliates Trust's net margin of 8.92%. National Storage Affiliates Trust's return on equity of 4.91% beat Camden Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Storage Affiliates Trust	8.92%	4.91%	1.28%
Camden Property Trust	9.99%	3.30%	1.74%

Does the media refer more to NSA or CPT?

In the previous week, Camden Property Trust had 24 more articles in the media than National Storage Affiliates Trust. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Camden Property Trust and 9 mentions for National Storage Affiliates Trust. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat National Storage Affiliates Trust's score of 0.77 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Camden Property Trust	23 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend NSA or CPT?

National Storage Affiliates Trust presently has a consensus price target of $37.54, suggesting a potential upside of 23.53%. Camden Property Trust has a consensus price target of $124.94, suggesting a potential upside of 16.96%. Given National Storage Affiliates Trust's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)	11 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.24

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

100.0% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, NSA or CPT?

National Storage Affiliates Trust has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 7.5%. Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. National Storage Affiliates Trust pays out 367.7% 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 293.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Storage Affiliates Trust has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Camden Property Trust has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years.

Summary

Camden Property Trust beats National Storage Affiliates Trust on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.