American Tower (AMT) Competitors

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) and American Tower (NYSE:AMT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, earnings and risk.

Which has better valuation and earnings, WELL or AMT?

American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Welltower. American Tower 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
Welltower	$8.41B	11.75	$951.68M	$1.74	86.86
American Tower	$10.18B	9.91	$1.48B	$3.89	55.39

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WELL or AMT?

American Tower received 282 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.39% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.29% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Welltower	Outperform Votes 741 60.29%	Underperform Votes 488 39.71%
American Tower	Outperform Votes 1023 75.39%	Underperform Votes 334 24.61%

Does the media prefer WELL or AMT?

In the previous week, American Tower had 18 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for American Tower and 24 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat American Tower's score of 1.41 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Welltower	23 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
American Tower	34 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of WELL or AMT?

94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Welltower shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, WELL or AMT?

Welltower has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Tower has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WELL or AMT a better dividend stock?

Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Welltower pays out 154.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Tower pays out 174.8% 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 has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and American Tower has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Is WELL or AMT more profitable?

Welltower has a net margin of 11.91% compared to American Tower's net margin of 10.05%. American Tower's return on equity of 22.01% beat Welltower's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Welltower	11.91%	3.15%	2.00%
American Tower	10.05%	22.01%	3.55%

Do analysts rate WELL or AMT?

Welltower presently has a consensus price target of $161.83, indicating a potential upside of 7.08%. American Tower has a consensus price target of $240.25, indicating a potential upside of 11.51%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Tower is more favorable than Welltower.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Welltower	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85
American Tower	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11

Summary

American Tower beats Welltower on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.