Camden Property Trust (CPT) Competitors

Camden Property Trust (NYSE:CPT) and AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has better earnings and valuation, CPT or AVB?

AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than Camden Property Trust. AvalonBay Communities 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Camden Property Trust	$1.55B	7.93	$403.31M	$3.16	36.36
AvalonBay Communities	$2.88B	10.98	$928.83M	$7.31	30.39

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPT or AVB?

AvalonBay Communities received 79 more outperform votes than Camden Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.43% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 58.42% of users gave Camden Property Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Camden Property Trust	Outperform Votes 593 58.42%	Underperform Votes 422 41.58%
AvalonBay Communities	Outperform Votes 672 60.43%	Underperform Votes 440 39.57%

Which has more risk and volatility, CPT or AVB?

Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CPT or AVB?

Camden Property Trust currently has a consensus target price of $125.81, suggesting a potential upside of 9.48%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus target price of $231.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.12%. Given Camden Property Trust's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Camden Property Trust is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Camden Property Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22
AvalonBay Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39

Is CPT or AVB more profitable?

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 36.20% compared to Camden Property Trust's net margin of 22.32%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 8.84% beat Camden Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Camden Property Trust	22.32%	6.97%	3.78%
AvalonBay Communities	36.20%	8.84%	4.98%

Does the media prefer CPT or AVB?

In the previous week, Camden Property Trust had 3 more articles in the media than AvalonBay Communities. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Camden Property Trust and 13 mentions for AvalonBay Communities. Camden Property Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 0.33 indicating that Camden Property Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Camden Property Trust	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AvalonBay Communities	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is CPT or AVB a better dividend stock?

Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Camden Property Trust pays out 130.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AvalonBay Communities pays out 93.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in CPT or AVB?

97.2% of Camden Property Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Camden Property Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Camden Property Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.