EXR vs. WELL, AMT, PSA, VTR, WY, OHI, CUBE, RHP, HR, and EPR
Should you be buying Extra Space Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Extra Space Storage include Welltower (WELL), American Tower (AMT), Public Storage (PSA), Ventas (VTR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), and EPR Properties (EPR). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Extra Space Storage vs. Its Competitors
Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) 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 earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, community ranking, dividends, profitability and institutional ownership.
Welltower has higher revenue and earnings than Extra Space Storage. Extra Space Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Welltower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Extra Space Storage has a net margin of 25.35% compared to Welltower's net margin of 11.91%. Extra Space Storage's return on equity of 5.51% beat Welltower's return on equity.
Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Extra Space Storage pays out 150.3% 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. Extra Space Storage has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Welltower has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Extra Space Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Welltower had 10 more articles in the media than Extra Space Storage. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Welltower and 6 mentions for Extra Space Storage. Extra Space Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat Welltower's score of 1.16 indicating that Extra Space Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Extra Space Storage has a beta of 1.11, indicating that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Welltower received 230 more outperform votes than Extra Space Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.33% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote while only 58.99% of users gave Extra Space Storage an outperform vote.
99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Extra Space Storage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Welltower shares are held by 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.
Extra Space Storage currently has a consensus price target of $159.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.91%. Welltower has a consensus price target of $163.25, suggesting a potential upside of 8.29%. Given Welltower's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Welltower is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.
Summary
Welltower beats Extra Space Storage on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EXR) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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