Camden Property Trust (CPT) vs Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. (ELS)

Camden Property Trust and Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. are both Reit Residential companies. Camden Property Trust is the larger, with a market value of $13.2B against $11.9B — 1.1× the size. Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 28.5× against 32.6×. Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 2.55% against 0.48%. Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. has the higher net margin (25.7% vs 20.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (14.4% vs 2.03%). Both pay a dividend; Camden Property Trust yields more (4.07% vs 2.86%). Across the 23 metrics below, Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. leads on 15 and Camden Property Trust on 8.

Valuation

Metric CPT ELS Reit Residential median
P/E 32.59 28.48 28.48
P/S 6.42 7.34 5.52
P/B 2.60 6.32 1.89
Price to free cash flow 57.68 32.98 18.04
EV/EBITDA 16.56 15.78 15.74
EV/Sales 9.48 7.68 8.08
Earnings yield 3.07% 3.51% 2.37%
Free cash flow yield 1.73% 3.03% 4.03%

Profitability

Metric CPT ELS Reit Residential median
Gross margin 63.99% 53.49% 58.73%
Operating margin 17.93% 34.48% 20.57%
Net margin 20.81% 25.71% 20.81%
Free cash flow margin 11.14% 22.27% 20.24%
Return on equity 7.64% 22.14% 6.86%
Return on assets 3.51% 6.97% 3.17%
Return on invested capital 2.03% 14.35% 2.03%

Growth

Metric CPT ELS Reit Residential median
Revenue growth (TTM) 0.48% 2.55% 2.66%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 136.00% 2.55% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 8.55% 6.48% 7.53%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 25.41% 11.11% 3.76%

Health

Metric CPT ELS Reit Residential median
Debt to equity 1.25 0.31 0.78
Current ratio 0.18 0.02 0.54
Net debt to EBITDA 4.26 0.70 4.27

Dividend

Metric CPT ELS Reit Residential median
Dividend yield 4.07% 2.86% 4.63%
Payout ratio 2.06 1.12 1.35

Size

Metric CPT ELS Reit Residential median
Market cap 13.17b 11.94b 4.17b

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