Campus Crest Communities (CCG) Competitors

AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and Campus Crest Communities (NYSE:CCG) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, AVB or CCG?

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Campus Crest Communities has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, AVB or CCG?

AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Campus Crest Communities. Campus Crest Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than AvalonBay Communities, 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	$2.88B	10.98	$928.83M	$7.31	30.39
Campus Crest Communities	$464.99M	0.10	-$22.55M	-$0.15	-5.51

Is AVB or CCG more profitable?

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 36.20% compared to Campus Crest Communities' net margin of -2.45%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 8.84% beat Campus Crest Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AvalonBay Communities	36.20%	8.84%	4.98%
Campus Crest Communities	-2.45%	-21.76%	-8.12%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AVB or CCG?

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.8% of Campus Crest Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Campus Crest Communities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVB or CCG?

AvalonBay Communities received 557 more outperform votes than Campus Crest Communities when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.43% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 48.12% of users gave Campus Crest Communities an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AvalonBay Communities	Outperform Votes 672 60.43%	Underperform Votes 440 39.57%
Campus Crest Communities	Outperform Votes 115 48.12%	Underperform Votes 124 51.88%

Do analysts prefer AVB or CCG?

AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus target price of $231.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.12%. Campus Crest Communities has a consensus target price of $2.50, suggesting a potential upside of 202.30%. Given Campus Crest Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Campus Crest Communities is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AvalonBay Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39
Campus Crest Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer AVB or CCG?

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 17 more articles in the media than Campus Crest Communities. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 0 mentions for Campus Crest Communities. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Campus Crest Communities' score of 0.00 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
AvalonBay Communities	Neutral
Campus Crest Communities	Neutral

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Campus Crest Communities on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.