Regency Centers (REG) Competitors

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

Is CPT or REG more profitable?

Camden Property Trust has a net margin of 28.78% compared to Camden Property Trust's net margin of 27.31%. Regency Centers' return on equity of 8.92% beat Camden Property Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Camden Property Trust	28.78%	8.92%	4.80%
Regency Centers	27.31%	5.57%	3.15%

Is CPT or REG a better dividend stock?

Camden Property Trust pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Regency Centers pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Camden Property Trust pays out 101.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Regency Centers pays out 130.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Camden Property Trust has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Regency Centers has increased its dividend for 10 consecutive years. Regency Centers is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CPT or REG?

Camden Property Trust has higher revenue and earnings than Regency Centers. Camden Property Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Regency Centers, 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	$1.54B	7.42	$403.31M	$4.08	25.75
Regency Centers	$1.32B	8.24	$364.56M	$2.05	28.78

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CPT or REG?

Camden Property Trust received 555 more outperform votes than Regency Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.61% of users gave Camden Property Trust an outperform vote while only 38.36% of users gave Regency Centers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Camden Property Trust	Outperform Votes 583 59.61%	Underperform Votes 395 40.39%
Regency Centers	Outperform Votes 28 38.36%	Underperform Votes 45 61.64%

Which has more risk and volatility, CPT or REG?

Camden Property Trust has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Regency Centers has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CPT or REG?

In the previous week, Regency Centers had 13 more articles in the media than Camden Property Trust. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Regency Centers and 25 mentions for Camden Property Trust. Regency Centers' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Camden Property Trust's score of 0.50 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	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Regency Centers	9 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of CPT or REG?

97.2% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.1% of Regency Centers shares are held by institutional investors. 1.8% of Camden Property Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Regency Centers shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer CPT or REG?

Camden Property Trust presently has a consensus price target of $104.29, indicating a potential downside of 0.75%. Regency Centers has a consensus price target of $70.73, indicating a potential upside of 19.88%. Given Camden Property Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Regency Centers is more favorable than Camden Property Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Camden Property Trust	3 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18
Regency Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Summary

Camden Property Trust beats Regency Centers on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.