Camden Property Trust (CPT) Competitors

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

Is AVB or CPT 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
AvalonBay Communities	36.20%	8.84%	4.98%
Camden Property Trust	22.32%	6.97%	3.78%

Is AVB or CPT a better dividend stock?

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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. 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.

Do analysts rate AVB or CPT?

AvalonBay Communities currently has a consensus price target of $234.53, indicating a potential upside of 7.48%. Camden Property Trust has a consensus price target of $126.75, indicating a potential upside of 12.52%. Given Camden Property Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Camden Property Trust is more favorable than AvalonBay Communities.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AvalonBay Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Camden Property Trust	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.22

Does the media favor AVB or CPT?

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 5 more articles in the media than Camden Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 4 mentions for Camden Property Trust. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Camden Property Trust's score of 0.76 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AvalonBay Communities	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Camden Property Trust	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.2% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AVB or CPT?

AvalonBay Communities received 79 more outperform votes than Camden Property Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.47% of users gave AvalonBay Communities an outperform vote while only 58.46% of users gave Camden Property Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
AvalonBay Communities	Outperform Votes 673 60.47%	Underperform Votes 440 39.53%
Camden Property Trust	Outperform Votes 594 58.46%	Underperform Votes 422 41.54%

Which has more volatility and risk, AVB or CPT?

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.99, indicating that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, AVB or CPT?

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
AvalonBay Communities	$2.77B	11.21	$928.83M	$7.31	29.85
Camden Property Trust	$1.54B	7.79	$403.31M	$3.16	35.65

Summary

AvalonBay Communities beats Camden Property Trust on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.