Stocks · Real Estate · REIT - Residential
Camden Property Trust CPT
$95.96 -0.68% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $9.65B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.01, up 110.3% year over year.
- Net debt is 4.3× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 28%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 15%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 16%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 39%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 31%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 38%
- Gross marginBottom 28%
- Operating marginBottom 38%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 36%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%
- Interest coverTop 35%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 48%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 37%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 30%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 48%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 45%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 46%
- 6-month returnBottom 43%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 46%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 49%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 22%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 6%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 46%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 33%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 16%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 18%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 38%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.5% | 0.8% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 227.1% | 110.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 61.2% | 22.3% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 18.8% | 17.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 26.5% | 42.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.8% | 1.5% | ↓ | Bottom 28% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 110.3% | 227.1% | ↓ | Top 15% |
| Gross margin | 22.3% | 61.2% | ↓ | Bottom 28% |
| Operating margin | 17.8% | 18.8% | ↓ | Bottom 38% |
| Net margin | 20.7% | 10.0% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 42.3% | 26.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.9% | — | Bottom 38% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 3.4% | — | Bottom 39% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.48×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -10.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.35×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 5.93%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 7.30%
- Shareholder yield
- 13.23%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -6.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $112.71
- Target vs current price
- +17.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 41
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 44%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | -41.5% | -2.6% | -3.8% | -7.5% | — |
| Apr 30, 2026 | +42.1% | -0.3% | -0.5% | +2.6% | +7.1% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | +321.8% | -2.0% | +1.9% | -0.1% | -3.9% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +243.4% | -2.5% | +0.9% | +2.6% | +5.0% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +121.4% | -2.6% | -5.0% | -1.4% | -6.4% |
| May 1, 2025 | -78.6% | +0.9% | +4.6% | +2.7% | -1.4% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | -5.1% | +1.2% | +1.8% | +4.8% | +4.0% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -5.9% | -1.3% | +0.1% | +8.2% | -5.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2026 | $0.18 | $0.31 | -41.5% | $392.9M |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.40 | $0.28 | +42.1% | $388.8M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $1.44 | $0.34 | +321.8% | $390.8M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $1.00 | $0.29 | +243.4% | $395.7M |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.74 | $0.33 | +121.4% | $396.5M |
| May 1, 2025 | $0.36 | $1.68 | -78.6% | $390.6M |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $0.37 | $0.39 | -5.1% | $386.3M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $0.34 | $0.36 | -5.9% | $387.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 31.9× | 36.8× | 38th | Top 48% |
| P/E (forward) | 84.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.1× | — | — | Top 30% |
| EV / Sales | 9.19× | — | — | Bottom 48% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.90% | — | — | Top 37% |
| Earnings yield | 3.14% | — | — | Top 48% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.2× – 137.1× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -9.1%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +110.3%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -50.7%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -5.0%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -10.2%
- RSI (14)
- 23.6
- Relative volume
- 0.87×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 17.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 9th percentile · Low for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.49
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.35
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -18.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -24.5%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2021 | Oct 30, 2023 | -53.0% | 459 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Oct 29, 2020 | -10.5% | 15 days | 3 days (Nov 3, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $9.65B
- P/E (TTM)
- 31.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.01
- Revenue (TTM)
- $1.57B
- Dividend yield
- 4.41%
- 52-week range
- $95.45 – $119.81
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.14B | $1.42B | $1.54B | $1.54B | $1.57B |
| Gross profit | $695.7M | $893.6M | $957.7M | $944.5M | $966.3M |
| Operating income | $226.2M | $261.3M | $323.8M | $297.3M | $288.9M |
| Net income | $303.9M | $653.6M | $403.3M | $163.3M | $384.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.96 | $6.03 | $3.70 | $1.50 | $3.54 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $387.2M | $386.3M | $390.6M | $396.5M | $395.7M | $390.8M | $390.9M | $395.5M |
| Net income | -$4.2M | $40.7M | $38.8M | $80.7M | $108.9M | $156.0M | $42.4M | $18.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.04 | $0.37 | $0.36 | $0.74 | $1.00 | $1.43 | $0.40 | $0.18 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $577.5M | $744.7M | $795.0M | $774.9M | $826.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$428.7M | -$449.4M | -$410.9M | -$393.7M | -$440.4M |
| Free cash flow | $148.8M | $295.3M | $384.0M | $381.1M | $386.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$343.0M | -$396.8M | -$434.9M | -$451.0M | -$460.9M |
| Net share buybacks | $759.2M | $516.8M | $0 | -$50.0M | -$270.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $44.7M
- Total assets
- $9.46B
- Total liabilities
- $5.58B
- Total debt
- $4.85B
- Net debt
- $4.80B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.80B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 31, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | $1.06 | Oct 16, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $1.06 | Jul 17, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $1.06 | Apr 17, 2026 |
| Dec 17, 2025 | $1.05 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | $1.05 | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | $1.05 | Jul 17, 2025 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $1.05 | Apr 17, 2025 |
| Dec 18, 2024 | $1.03 | Jan 17, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,190,597
- Days to cover
- 4.59
- Change vs previous report
- -2.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.