Crown Castle International (NYSE:CCI) Vs. AMT, PLD, EQIX, PSA, SPG, DLR, SBAC, WELL, AVB, and EQR
Should you be buying Crown Castle International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crown Castle International include American Tower (AMT), Prologis (PLD), Equinix (EQIX), Public Storage (PSA), Simon Property Group (SPG), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), SBA Communications (SBAC), Welltower (WELL), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), and Equity Residential (EQR). These companies are all part of the "wireless telecommunication services" industry.These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Crown Castle International vs.
Crown Castle International (NYSE:CCI) and Prologis (NYSE:PLD) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and profitability.
In the previous week, Crown Castle International had 3 more articles in the media than Prologis. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Crown Castle International and 33 mentions for Prologis. Prologis' average media sentiment score of 0.33 beat Crown Castle International's score of 0.29 indicating that Prologis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Crown Castle International has a beta of 0.37, suggesting that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prologis has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Crown Castle International currently has a consensus target price of $199.18, indicating a potential upside of 11.20%. Prologis has a consensus target price of $143.86, indicating a potential downside of 0.10%. Given Crown Castle International's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Crown Castle International is more favorable than Prologis.
Crown Castle International pays an annual dividend of $5.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Prologis pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Crown Castle International pays out 78.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prologis pays out 66.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Prologis received 158 more outperform votes than Crown Castle International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.72% of users gave Prologis an outperform vote while only 73.01% of users gave Crown Castle International an outperform vote.
Prologis has a net margin of 34.54% compared to Crown Castle International's net margin of 18.62%. Crown Castle International's return on equity of 12.30% beat Prologis' return on equity.
Prologis has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Crown Castle International. Crown Castle International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Prologis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.1% of Crown Castle International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.0% of Prologis shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Crown Castle International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Prologis shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Prologis beats Crown Castle International on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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