Public Storage (PSA) Competitors

Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and community ranking.

Does the media refer more to PSA or WELL?

In the previous week, Public Storage had 12 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Public Storage and 7 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Public Storage's score of 0.58 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Public Storage	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Welltower	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate PSA or WELL?

Public Storage presently has a consensus target price of $304.75, suggesting a potential upside of 12.19%. Welltower has a consensus target price of $96.93, suggesting a potential downside of 4.16%. Given Public Storage's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Public Storage is more favorable than Welltower.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Public Storage	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Welltower	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Is PSA or WELL more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Public Storage	45.62%	36.17%	10.88%
Welltower	6.37%	1.77%	1.04%

Which has more volatility and risk, PSA or WELL?

Public Storage has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PSA or WELL?

78.8% of Public Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of Public Storage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Welltower shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, PSA or WELL?

Public Storage has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Public Storage	$4.52B	10.59	$2.15B	$11.01	24.72
Welltower	$6.64B	9.13	$340.09M	$0.81	125.17

Is PSA or WELL a better dividend stock?

Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PSA or WELL?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Public Storage	Outperform Votes 445 51.45%	Underperform Votes 420 48.55%
Welltower	Outperform Votes 719 60.83%	Underperform Votes 463 39.17%

Summary

Public Storage beats Welltower on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.