American Tower (AMT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AMT or WELL?

American Tower received 281 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.37% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.29% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Tower	Outperform Votes 1022 75.37%	Underperform Votes 334 24.63%
Welltower	Outperform Votes 741 60.29%	Underperform Votes 488 39.71%

Is AMT or WELL a better dividend stock?

American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Welltower has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Is AMT or WELL 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
American Tower	10.05%	22.01%	3.55%
Welltower	11.91%	3.15%	2.00%

Do analysts recommend AMT or WELL?

American Tower currently has a consensus target price of $239.27, suggesting a potential upside of 12.21%. Welltower has a consensus target price of $161.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.89%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than Welltower.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Tower	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.12
Welltower	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AMT or WELL?

92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Welltower shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to AMT or WELL?

In the previous week, American Tower had 19 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for American Tower and 23 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat American Tower's score of 1.39 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Tower	33 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Welltower	21 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, AMT or WELL?

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
American Tower	$10.18B	9.81	$1.48B	$3.89	54.82
Welltower	$8.41B	11.55	$951.68M	$1.74	85.42

Which has more risk & volatility, AMT or WELL?

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

Summary

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