CCI vs. SBAC, PSA, O, WELL, SPG, VICI, DLR, EQIX, AVB, and EQR
Should you be buying Crown Castle stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crown Castle include SBA Communications (SBAC), Public Storage (PSA), Realty Income (O), Welltower (WELL), Simon Property Group (SPG), VICI Properties (VICI), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Equinix (EQIX), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), and Equity Residential (EQR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Crown Castle vs.
SBA Communications (NASDAQ:SBAC) and Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
93.5% of SBA Communications shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.3% of Crown Castle shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of SBA Communications shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Crown Castle shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Crown Castle had 8 more articles in the media than SBA Communications. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Crown Castle and 2 mentions for SBA Communications. SBA Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Crown Castle's score of 0.11 indicating that SBA Communications is being referred to more favorably in the media.
SBA Communications received 38 more outperform votes than Crown Castle when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.60% of users gave Crown Castle an outperform vote while only 67.36% of users gave SBA Communications an outperform vote.
Crown Castle has a net margin of 23.81% compared to SBA Communications' net margin of 13.91%. Crown Castle's return on equity of 22.12% beat SBA Communications' return on equity.
SBA Communications has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crown Castle has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Crown Castle has higher revenue and earnings than SBA Communications. Crown Castle is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SBA Communications, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
SBA Communications presently has a consensus target price of $322.93, indicating a potential upside of 42.83%. Crown Castle has a consensus target price of $155.56, indicating a potential upside of 36.34%. Given SBA Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe SBA Communications is more favorable than Crown Castle.
SBA Communications pays an annual dividend of $3.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Crown Castle pays an annual dividend of $6.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. SBA Communications pays out 99.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crown Castle pays out 162.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. SBA Communications has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Crown Castle has increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Crown Castle is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
SBA Communications and Crown Castle tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CCI 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.
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