UDR vs. CPT, ELS, ESS, MAA, SUI, EQR, AVB, REG, KIM, and REXR
Should you be buying UDR stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of UDR include Camden Property Trust (CPT), Equity LifeStyle Properties (ELS), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), Sun Communities (SUI), Equity Residential (EQR), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Regency Centers (REG), Kimco Realty (KIM), and Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) and UDR (NYSE:UDR) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Camden Property Trust received 134 more outperform votes than UDR when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.10% of users gave Camden Property Trust an outperform vote while only 55.70% of users gave UDR an outperform vote.
Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. UDR pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Camden Property Trust pays out 191.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. UDR pays out 122.6% 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 has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and UDR has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. UDR is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, UDR has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
95.0% of Camden Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.7% of UDR shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Camden Property Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 4.5% of UDR 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.
UDR has a net margin of 28.25% compared to UDR's net margin of 14.81%. Camden Property Trust's return on equity of 11.48% beat UDR's return on equity.
Camden Property Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than UDR. UDR 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.
Camden Property Trust presently has a consensus target price of $112.69, suggesting a potential upside of 21.67%. UDR has a consensus target price of $43.41, suggesting a potential upside of 26.20%. Given Camden Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe UDR is more favorable than Camden Property Trust.
In the previous week, Camden Property Trust had 9 more articles in the media than UDR. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Camden Property Trust and 2 mentions for UDR. UDR's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Camden Property Trust's score of 0.41 indicating that Camden Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
UDR beats Camden Property Trust on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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