WELL vs. PSA, EXR, AMT, SPG, O, EQIX, DLR, CCI, VICI, and AVB
Should you be buying Welltower stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Welltower include Public Storage (PSA), Extra Space Storage (EXR), American Tower (AMT), Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), Equinix (EQIX), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Crown Castle (CCI), VICI Properties (VICI), and AvalonBay Communities (AVB). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Welltower (NYSE:WELL) and Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, profitability, earnings, valuation and dividends.
Public Storage has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Welltower. Public Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Welltower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Welltower has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Storage has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Welltower currently has a consensus price target of $96.93, suggesting a potential downside of 4.59%. Public Storage has a consensus price target of $304.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.83%. Given Public Storage's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Public Storage is more favorable than Welltower.
Welltower received 274 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.83% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.
Public Storage has a net margin of 45.62% compared to Welltower's net margin of 6.37%. Public Storage's return on equity of 36.17% beat Welltower's return on equity.
94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of Public Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Welltower shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Public Storage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Public Storage had 6 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Public Storage and 11 mentions for Welltower. Public Storage's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Welltower's score of 0.91 indicating that Public Storage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Welltower pays out 301.2% 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. Public Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Public Storage beats Welltower on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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