COPT Defense Properties (CDP) Competitors

COPT Defense Properties (NYSE:CDP) and American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE:AMH) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CDP or AMH?

91.9% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of COPT Defense Properties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.3% of American Homes 4 Rent shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, CDP or AMH?

COPT Defense Properties has a beta of 0.98, indicating that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Homes 4 Rent has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CDP or AMH?

American Homes 4 Rent received 587 more outperform votes than COPT Defense Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.79% of users gave American Homes 4 Rent an outperform vote while only 64.71% of users gave COPT Defense Properties an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
COPT Defense Properties	Outperform Votes 11 64.71%	Underperform Votes 6 35.29%
American Homes 4 Rent	Outperform Votes 598 64.79%	Underperform Votes 325 35.21%

Does the media favor CDP or AMH?

In the previous week, American Homes 4 Rent had 8 more articles in the media than COPT Defense Properties. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for American Homes 4 Rent and 9 mentions for COPT Defense Properties. American Homes 4 Rent's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat COPT Defense Properties' score of 1.11 indicating that American Homes 4 Rent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
COPT Defense Properties	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Homes 4 Rent	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is CDP or AMH a better dividend stock?

COPT Defense Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. American Homes 4 Rent pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts rate CDP or AMH?

COPT Defense Properties currently has a consensus target price of $30.86, suggesting a potential upside of 3.17%. American Homes 4 Rent has a consensus target price of $41.60, suggesting a potential upside of 10.64%. Given American Homes 4 Rent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Homes 4 Rent is more favorable than COPT Defense Properties.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
COPT Defense Properties	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
American Homes 4 Rent	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CDP or AMH?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
COPT Defense Properties	$684.98M	4.92	-$73.47M	$1.22	24.52
American Homes 4 Rent	$1.62B	8.56	$380.17M	$0.96	39.17

Is CDP or AMH more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
COPT Defense Properties	18.34%	8.99%	3.25%
American Homes 4 Rent	21.51%	4.76%	2.84%

Summary

American Homes 4 Rent beats COPT Defense Properties on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.