If You’d Invested $1,000 in CPT 5 Years Ago, Here’s How Much You’d Have Today
CPT's Meteoric Rise: How a Grand Turned Into a Fortune
The Crypto That Defied Gravity
Five years back, dropping a thousand bucks on CPT seemed like just another crypto gamble—another dart thrown at the digital board while traditional finance snickered from their mahogany desks. Fast forward to today, and that same investment would've made Wall Street's finest blush.
Numbers That Speak Louder Than Fund Managers
No crystal ball needed here—just cold, hard math. While the suits were busy overcomparing P/E ratios, CPT was quietly assembling an ROI that'd make even the most cynical trader crack a smile. The kind of returns that have bankers suddenly claiming they 'always believed in blockchain' over martinis.
Timing Beats Timing the Market
Forget trying to day-trade the dips and peaks—holding was the only move that mattered. While hedge funds paid analysts millions to predict the next crash, CPT investors simply watched their portfolios do the heavy lifting. Sometimes the smartest trade is doing absolutely nothing—a concept that'd give most financial advisors hives.
The Aftermath: Lessons From the Digital Gold Rush
Turns out the real treasure wasn't just the gains—it was proving that innovation doesn't wait for permission from old-money institutions. CPT didn't just outperform—it rewrote the rulebook while traditional finance was still thumbing through the index. Maybe next time they'll listen when we say the future doesn't need their stamp of approval.
Lagging a benchmark indicator
The total return for Camden WOULD amount to $1,405 today had you plonked down $1,000 on the stock at this point in 2020. While a 40% gain over that stretch isn't bad at all, it's notably lower than the $1,907 that would have been in your hands with an investment in the S&P 500.
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Camden controls a portfolio of 173 properties containing more than 59,000 apartment homes in total. At such a size it can be difficult to grow meaningfully. This, combined with high property prices (and, thus, expensive rents), has resulted in uninspiring growth for the REIT recently.
In its most recently reported quarter, Camden's property revenue totaled $396.5 million, which was up by a bit over 2% year over year. Its funds from operations (FFO), the top profitability metric for REITs, fell. Camden's "core adjusted" FFO, which strips out items like legal costs, was $187.6 million, a slight drop from the year-ago tally.
More growth needed
Camden's occupancy rate of just under 96% is already quite high, so there's not much room for growth in the existing portfolio. Last quarter, it had two new properties come onstream, and a further four in development, which combined will be only a drop in the bucket of that 173-strong portfolio.
The REIT's quarterly dividend (currently $1.55 per share) also hasn't grown all that much recently; further, its yield of 3.9% is a tad low for the REIT sector.
So ultimately, I feel there are better and higher-yielding investments than Camden. I'd give its stock a pass.
