camden prop trust nysecpt has outperformed the market over the past 90 days by 53 generating a 91 return for its investors over the time period now given this information it may seem like price appreciation alone is the best way to have made money on this stock thats not actually the case this is because camden prop trust has been paying out a regular cash dividend every year over the past 15 years investors who fail to account for dividends are missing a key ingredient in calculating a stocks profitability over time if you had invested 100 in camden prop trust you would have approximately 33245 today in other words you would have more than tripled your money the following chart shows how your money would have grown over the years with and without reinvesting dividends by looking at the price chart of cpts common stock one can see that price appreciation alone misses a fair bit of value if ones considering holding the stock for a long period of time this is the case for other equities too check out all benzingas dividend data here or in an enhanced view on benzinga pro