American Tower (NYSE:AMT) Vs. PSA, WELL, WY, EXR, VTR, MPW, CUBE, LSI, OHI, and RYN
Should you be buying American Tower stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Tower include Public Storage (PSA), Welltower (WELL), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Ventas (VTR), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), CubeSmart (CUBE), Life Storage (LSI), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), and Rayonier (RYN). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
American Tower vs.
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends and community ranking.
American Tower has a beta of 0.24, indicating that its stock price is 76% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, American Tower had 2 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for American Tower and 2 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat American Tower's score of 0.55 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
89.6% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of American Tower shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Welltower shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Tower pays an annual dividend of $5.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. American Tower pays out 62.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Welltower pays out 68.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
American Tower has a net margin of 25.84% compared to Welltower's net margin of 13.49%. American Tower's return on equity of 44.60% beat Welltower's return on equity.
American Tower received 258 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.76% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 63.16% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.
American Tower currently has a consensus target price of $303.77, suggesting a potential upside of 6.43%. Welltower has a consensus target price of $84.94, suggesting a potential upside of 3.21%. Given American Tower's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than Welltower.
American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Welltower. Welltower is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Tower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
American Tower beats Welltower on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding AMT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment >-1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) vs. Its Competitors
American Tower Competitors List
