Camden Property Trust (NYSE: CPT)’s stock price has decreased by -1.34 compared to its previous closing price of 115.53. However, the company has seen a -3.40% decrease in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. globenewswire.com reported 2025-05-19 that SAN DIEGO, May 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bionano Laboratories, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) that offers CLIA-certified laboratory developed tests (LDTs) based on optical genome mapping (OGM), today announced that the editorial panel of the American Medical Association (AMA) established a new Category I Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code for the use of OGM in cytogenomic genome-wide analysis to detect structural and copy number variations related to constitutional genetic disorders. The CPT code is a key component in obtaining reimbursement for the OGM-Dx™ Postnatal Whole Genome SV and OGM-Dx™ Prenatal Whole Genome SV LDTs from third party payers.
Is It Worth Investing in Camden Property Trust (NYSE: CPT) Right Now?
Camden Property Trust (NYSE: CPT) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 104.82x compared to its average ratio. CPT has 36-month beta value of 0.79. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 8 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 2 as “overweight,” 14 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for CPT is 104.92M, and currently, short sellers hold a 2.36% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of CPT on May 22, 2025 was 1.06M shares.
CPT’s Market Performance
CPT stock saw a decrease of -3.40% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -0.04% and a quarterly a decrease of -4.93%. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.75%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 1.83% for Camden Property Trust (CPT). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -2.59% for CPT stock, with a simple moving average of -3.94% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of CPT
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for CPT stocks, with Citigroup repeating the rating for CPT by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for CPT in the upcoming period, according to Citigroup is $138 based on the research report published on March 28, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Jefferies, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see CPT reach a price target of $139, previously predicting the price at $117. The rating they have provided for CPT stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on March 10th, 2025.
Barclays gave a rating of “Overweight” to CPT, setting the target price at $138 in the report published on December 17th of the previous year.
CPT Trading at -2.06% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought CPT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -10.55% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.83%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.75%, as shares surge +0.22% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -3.49% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, CPT fell by -3.15%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -0.60% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $117.03. In addition, Camden Property Trust saw -1.77% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at CPT starting from WEBSTER STEVEN A, who sale 1,200 shares at the price of $118.76 back on May 16 ’25. After this action, WEBSTER STEVEN A now owns 117,374 shares of Camden Property Trust, valued at $142,512 using the latest closing price.
CAMPO RICHARD J, the Chairman and CEO of Camden Property Trust, sale 15,428 shares at $119.53 during a trade that took place back on May 07 ’25, which means that CAMPO RICHARD J is holding 274,292 shares at $1,844,109 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for CPT
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.19 for the present operating margin
- 0.43 for the gross margin
The net margin for Camden Property Trust stands at 0.08. The total capital return value is set at 0.03. Equity return is now at value 2.47, with 1.30 for asset returns.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 885.6 million with net debt to EBITDA at -0.03. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 7.83. The receivables turnover for the company is 173.9for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.18.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Camden Property Trust (CPT) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
