Camden Property Trust
Camden Property Trust's revenue rose 1.9% to $1.6 billion in fiscal 2025. Its net margin was 24.4%, up from 10.6% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $386 million, up 1.3%. It paid out $732 million in dividends and buybacks, 189% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 0.1%.
Net margin is net income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share fell 9.9% a year and net income 8.1% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 21% and diluted each share's earnings.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Camden Property Trust yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Camden Property Trust's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Camden Property Trust's fiscal 2025 free cash flow of $386M, net cash of −$3.9B at December 31, 2025 and 108 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Camden Property Trust: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 3.4% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 9% for a business of moderate risk (Multi-Family Residential REITs); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $102.00
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Camden Property Trust's earnings per share of $3.02 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 31.7×, the middle of Camden Property Trust's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (its peers' median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 10%, 9% and 8%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $102.00
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- Camden Property Trust's P/E at the last close
- 33.8×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex Property TrustESS | $275.30 | $6.43 | 42.8× |
| Mid-America Apartment CommunitiesMAA | $119.58 | $3.30 | 36.2× |
| Camden Property TrustCPT | $102.00 | $3.02 | 33.8× |
| Vivmark ResidentialVMRK | $62.78 | $2.31 | 27.2× |
| UDRUDR | $35.70 | $1.47 | 24.3× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 613 | 11 | 260 | 21 | 25 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 3,170 | 3,681 | 3,715 | 3,486 | 3,901 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 2,557 | 3,670 | 3,456 | 3,465 | 3,876 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — | 3.1x | 4.0x | 3.4x |
| Debt to equity | 0.8x | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.8x | 0.9x |
| Interest coverage | — | — | 4.0x | 2.3x | 3.8x |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — |
| Quick ratio | — | — | — | — | — |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, no insider bought Camden Property Trust shares on the open market, and 8 insiders sold $9.6 million.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2026 | Richard J CampoExecutive Chairman, Director | Sold | 30,000 | $112.42 | $3.4 million | Form 4 |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Laurie BakerEVP - Chief Operating Officer | Sold | 2,168 | $108.40 | $235,012 | Form 4 |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Michael P GallagherChief Accounting Officer | Sold | 169 | $108.43 | $18,325 | Form 4 |
| Jan 6, 2026 | Richard J CampoChairman and CEO, Director | Sold | 5,600 | $110.21 | $617,176 | Form 4 |
| Jan 6, 2026 | Laurie BakerEVP - Chief Operating Officer | Sold | 150 | $110.21 | $16,532 | Form 4 |
| Jan 5, 2026 | Richard J CampoChairman and CEO, Director | Sold | 38,021 | $109.77 | $4.2 million | Form 4 |
| Jan 5, 2026 | Alexander J. JessettPresident & CFO | Sold | 5,627 | $109.69 | $617,226 | Form 4 |
| Jan 5, 2026 | Kelvin R WestbrookDirector | Sold | 2,225 | $109.69 | $244,060 | Form 4 |
| Jan 5, 2026 | Heather J. BrunnerDirector | Sold | 2,104 | $109.69 | $230,788 | Form 4 |
| Jan 5, 2026 | Laurie BakerEVP - Chief Operating Officer | Sold | 531 | $109.78 | $58,295 | Form 4 |
| Jan 5, 2026 | Javier BenitoDirector | Sold | 101 | $109.69 | $11,079 | Form 4 |
| Jan 2, 2026 | Steven A WebsterDirector | Sold | 154 | $109.18 | $16,814 | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Current ratio rose | — | — | — |
| Share count didn't rise | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| F-score | — | — | — |
| Accruals ratio | −4.2% | −6.7% | −4.9% |
Compare
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| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
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| Camden Property Trust | FY25 | 1.9% | — | 24.5% | 6.3% | 3.4x | — | |
| UDR | FY25 | 2.4% | 32.3% | — | 6.0% | 4.7x | — | Compare |
| Essex Property Trust | FY25 | 6.4% | 47.6% | — | — | — | — | Compare |
| Mid-America Apartment Communities | FY25 | 0.8% | — | — | 5.7% | 4.2x | — | Compare |
| Vivmark Residential | FY25 | 3.8% | — | — | 7.6% | 3.3x | — | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 876 | 901 | 954 | 1,028 | 1,044 | 1,144 | 1,423 | 1,542 | 1,544 | 1,574 |
| Revenue growth | 4.9% | 2.8% | 6.0% | 7.8% | 1.5% | 9.6% | 24.4% | 8.4% | 0.1% | 1.9% |
| Gross profit | — | 572 | 611 | 662 | 649 | 727 | 925 | 993 | 985 | 1,007 |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net income | 820 | 196 | 156 | 220 | 124 | 304 | 654 | 403 | 163 | 384 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 9.05 | 2.13 | 1.63 | 2.22 | 1.24 | 2.96 | 6.04 | 3.70 | 1.50 | 3.54 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 90 | 92 | 95 | 99 | 99 | 103 | 108 | 109 | 108 | 108 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 443 | 435 | 504 | 556 | 519 | 578 | 745 | 795 | 775 | 827 |
| Capital expenditure | 343 | 299 | 359 | 408 | 427 | 429 | 449 | 411 | 394 | 440 |
| Free cash flow | 100 | 136 | 145 | 148 | 92 | 149 | 295 | 384 | 381 | 386 |
| Dividends paid | 663 | 281 | 298 | 317 | 333 | 343 | 397 | 435 | 451 | 461 |
| Share buybacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 271 |
| Acquisitions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 20 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 337 | 368 | 34 | 23 | 420 | 613 | 11 | 260 | 21 | 25 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 2,481 | 2,205 | 2,322 | 2,524 | 3,167 | 3,170 | 3,681 | 3,715 | 3,486 | 3,901 |
| Total assets | 6,028 | 6,174 | 6,220 | 6,748 | 7,199 | 7,977 | 9,328 | 9,384 | 8,852 | 9,043 |
| Total liabilities | 2,856 | 2,612 | 2,782 | 3,047 | 3,682 | 3,710 | 4,271 | 4,332 | 4,105 | 4,605 |
| Shareholders' equity | 3,015 | 3,405 | 3,311 | 3,629 | 3,445 | 4,198 | 4,987 | 4,981 | 4,675 | 4,362 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | — | 63.5% | 64.0% | 64.4% | 62.2% | 63.5% | 65.0% | 64.4% | 63.8% | 64.0% |
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Net margin | 93.5% | 21.8% | 16.4% | 21.4% | 11.9% | 26.6% | 45.9% | 26.1% | 10.6% | 24.4% |
| Free cash flow margin | 11.4% | 15.1% | 15.1% | 14.4% | 8.8% | 13.0% | 20.8% | 24.9% | 24.7% | 24.5% |
| Return on capital | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.2% | 3.5% | 6.3% |
| Return on equity | 28.1% | 6.1% | 4.7% | 6.3% | 3.5% | 8.0% | 14.2% | 8.1% | 3.4% | 8.5% |
| Return on assets | 13.6% | 3.2% | 2.5% | 3.4% | 1.8% | 4.0% | 7.5% | 4.3% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.1x | 4.0x | 3.4x |