CDP vs. AMH, REG, GLPI, LINE, HST, WPC, HLI, FUTU, REXR, and BRX
Should you be buying COPT Defense Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of COPT Defense Properties include American Homes 4 Rent (AMH), Regency Centers (REG), Gaming and Leisure Properties (GLPI), Lineage (LINE), Host Hotels & Resorts (HST), W. P. Carey (WPC), Houlihan Lokey (HLI), Futu (FUTU), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), and Brixmor Property Group (BRX). These companies are all part of the "trading" industry.
COPT Defense Properties vs.
American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) and COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, COPT Defense Properties has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. COPT Defense Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. American Homes 4 Rent pays out 108.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. COPT Defense Properties pays out 96.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. COPT Defense Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
American Homes 4 Rent currently has a consensus target price of $41.40, suggesting a potential upside of 17.64%. COPT Defense Properties has a consensus target price of $32.88, suggesting a potential upside of 11.11%. Given American Homes 4 Rent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than COPT Defense Properties.
In the previous week, American Homes 4 Rent had 9 more articles in the media than COPT Defense Properties. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent and 1 mentions for COPT Defense Properties. COPT Defense Properties' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat American Homes 4 Rent's score of 0.43 indicating that COPT Defense Properties is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Homes 4 Rent has higher revenue and earnings than COPT Defense Properties. COPT Defense Properties is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Homes 4 Rent, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Homes 4 Rent received 587 more outperform votes than COPT Defense Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.00% of users gave COPT Defense Properties an outperform vote while only 64.66% of users gave American Homes 4 Rent an outperform vote.
American Homes 4 Rent has a net margin of 21.51% compared to COPT Defense Properties' net margin of 18.34%. COPT Defense Properties' return on equity of 8.99% beat American Homes 4 Rent's return on equity.
91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.1% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of COPT Defense Properties shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
American Homes 4 Rent beats COPT Defense Properties on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CDP) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
