Camden Property Trust management check
CPT · Real Estate · Multi-Family Residential REITs · CEO Richard J. Campo
Filings as of
2 good · 2 to watch · 2 flagged, across the seven questions below.
- Watch
Have owners done well?
Trailed its chosen peers$100 invested at the start of fiscal 2021 grew to $130, against $138 for the peer group the company picked itself.
- Flag
Does pay follow performance?
Pay moved against returnsOver 5 years, the CEO's pay actually paid (equity valued at the share price) had a correlation of -0.71 with shareholder return. 1 means pay moved in step; below 0, the opposite way.
- Watch
What does the CEO cost owners?
2.1% of net income$8.3m of reported pay in fiscal 2025, against $394.9m of net income.
- n/a
Do they own the stock?
No recent CEO filingLight activity: no buys, $3.4m sold in six months.
- Flag
Are owners being diluted?
Share count shrinkingDiluted shares changed -0.4% a year over the last three fiscal years. Stock-based pay was 130.8% of revenue in the latest year.
- Good
Is leadership stable?
7 leadership filings in 3 yearsCEO in the pay table: Richard J. Campo. 7 filings under 8-K item 5.02 (officers or directors leaving or joining, or new pay arrangements) in the last 3 years.
- Good
Are the books clean?
No red flags on fileNo restatements, auditor changes or late filings since 2021.
Against the S&P 500
Each check's score (0–100) and how it compares: the share of ranked S&P 500 companies it matches or beats, and the median in Real Estate.
| Check | Score | At or above | Sector median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner returns | 43 | 45 | |
| Pay for performance | 15 | 86 | |
| CEO cost | 23 | 23 | |
| Skin in the game | — | — | 32 |
| Dilution | 20 | 23 | |
| Stable leadership | 90 | 85 | |
| Clean books | 100 | 100 |
Closest peers
Others in Multi-Family Residential REITs, by management score. Camden Property Trust is 25th of 29 in its sector.
Pay versus performance
From the proxy statement filed March 27, 2026. "Actually paid" values stock awards at the share price, so it rises and falls with the stock.
| Fiscal year | CEO | CEO pay | Actually paid | Other executives (avg) | $100 became | Peers | Net income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Richard J. Campo | $8.3m | $8.3m | $5.8m | $130 | $138 | $394.9m |
| 2024 | — | $7.2m | $7.2m | $4.7m | $132 | $134 | $170.8m |
| 2023 | — | $6.9m | $6.9m | $4.2m | $109 | $123 | $410.6m |
| 2022 | — | $6.2m | $6.2m | $3.7m | $118 | $108 | $661.5m |
| 2021 | — | $4.3m | $4.3m | $3.7m | $183 | $143 | $312.4m |
Insiders and the CEO's stake
Light activity: no buys, $3.4m sold in six months.
- SoldRichard J CampoExecutive Chairman$3.4mJun 5, 2026
Leadership and governance on file
- Aug 31, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Aug 3, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jun 11, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Mar 27, 2026Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Oct 1, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Sep 11, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Apr 17, 2024Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Feb 2, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Jan 6, 2022Leadership change8-K 5.02
- Nov 1, 2021Leadership change8-K 5.02
Latest shareholder vote results: May 8, 2026, including the say-on-pay vote.
Where the money went
Over 2021–2025: $2.4bn returned to owners in buybacks and dividends, 126% of net income, and $74.9m of pay in stock.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $10.5m | $5.2m | $3.5m | $7.1m | $13.0m |
| Net income | $303.9m | $653.6m | $403.3m | $163.3m | $384.5m |
| Stock-based pay | $15.4m | $12.8m | $14.5m | $15.2m | $17.0m |
| Buybacks | — | $0 | $0 | $50.0m | $270.7m |
| Dividends | $343.0m | $396.8m | $434.9m | $451.0m | $460.9m |
| Diluted shares | 103m | 108m | 109m | 109m | 108m |
Educational only, not investment advice. Figures are as filed with the SEC: pay from the proxy's pay-versus-performance table, capital allocation from 10-K XBRL data, insider trades from Form 4s over the last six months, events from the last 5 years of filings. The peer group is the one the company chose. See the method.