EXR vs. PSA, OHI, WELL, AMT, VICI, AVB, EQR, IRM, ARE, and SBAC
Should you be buying Extra Space Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Extra Space Storage include Public Storage (PSA), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Welltower (WELL), American Tower (AMT), VICI Properties (VICI), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Iron Mountain (IRM), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), and SBA Communications (SBAC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) and Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability and earnings.
Public Storage has a net margin of 45.62% compared to Extra Space Storage's net margin of 29.10%. Public Storage's return on equity of 36.17% beat Extra Space Storage's return on equity.
Extra Space Storage currently has a consensus target price of $149.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.89%. Public Storage has a consensus target price of $304.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.83%. Given Public Storage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Public Storage is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.
Extra Space Storage received 51 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.98% of users gave Extra Space Storage an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.
Extra Space Storage has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Storage has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Public Storage has higher revenue and earnings than Extra Space Storage. Public Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Extra Space Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Public Storage had 3 more articles in the media than Extra Space Storage. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Public Storage and 14 mentions for Extra Space Storage. Public Storage's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Extra Space Storage's score of 0.81 indicating that Public Storage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of Public Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Public Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Extra Space Storage pays out 144.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Public Storage pays out 109.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Public Storage beats Extra Space Storage on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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