PSA vs. WELL, EXR, VTR, AMT, SPG, O, DLR, CCI, VICI, and EQIX
Should you be buying Public Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Storage include Welltower (WELL), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Ventas (VTR), American Tower (AMT), Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Crown Castle (CCI), VICI Properties (VICI), and Equinix (EQIX). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
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 pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 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 has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Public Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Public Storage had 2 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Public Storage and 12 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Public Storage's score of 0.88 indicating that Public Storage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Welltower received 274 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.90% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.
Public Storage has a net margin of 45.62% compared to Public Storage's net margin of 6.37%. Welltower's return on equity of 36.17% beat Public Storage'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 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Welltower currently has a consensus price target of $96.07, indicating a potential downside of 2.39%. Public Storage has a consensus price target of $305.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.33%. Given Welltower's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Public Storage is more favorable than Welltower.
Welltower has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Storage has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Public Storage beats Welltower on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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