CDP vs. CPT, REXR, NLY, BXP, CUBE, FRT, OHI, EGP, NNN, and COLD
Should you be buying COPT Defense Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of COPT Defense Properties include Camden Property Trust (CPT), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Annaly Capital Management (NLY), Boston Properties (BXP), CubeSmart (CUBE), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), EastGroup Properties (EGP), NNN REIT (NNN), and Americold Realty Trust (COLD). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) and Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Camden Property Trust had 10 more articles in the media than COPT Defense Properties. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Camden Property Trust and 3 mentions for COPT Defense Properties. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat COPT Defense Properties' score of 0.82 indicating that Camden Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Camden Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than COPT Defense Properties. COPT Defense Properties 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 has a net margin of 28.78% compared to COPT Defense Properties' net margin of -16.83%. Camden Property Trust's return on equity of 8.92% beat COPT Defense Properties' return on equity.
COPT Defense Properties has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
COPT Defense Properties currently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.44%. Camden Property Trust has a consensus price target of $108.03, indicating a potential upside of 5.24%. Given COPT Defense Properties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe COPT Defense Properties is more favorable than Camden Property Trust.
97.2% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of COPT Defense Properties 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
COPT Defense Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. COPT Defense Properties pays out -109.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Camden Property Trust pays out 101.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. COPT Defense Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Camden Property Trust received 581 more outperform votes than COPT Defense Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.00% of users gave COPT Defense Properties an outperform vote while only 59.47% of users gave Camden Property Trust an outperform vote.
Summary
Camden Property Trust beats COPT Defense Properties on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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