EXR vs. AMT, WELL, 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 American Tower (AMT), Welltower (WELL), 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
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
Extra Space Storage has a net margin of 27.84% compared to American Tower's net margin of 17.34%. American Tower's return on equity of 30.20% beat Extra Space Storage's return on equity.
American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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. 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. American Tower has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Extra Space Storage has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Extra Space Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, American Tower had 28 more articles in the media than Extra Space Storage. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for American Tower and 14 mentions for Extra Space Storage. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Extra Space Storage's score of 1.38 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Tower has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Extra Space Storage has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Tower currently has a consensus target price of $240.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.35%. Extra Space Storage has a consensus target price of $159.29, indicating a potential upside of 4.27%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Tower is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.
92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Extra Space Storage shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Extra Space Storage. Extra Space Storage 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 Extra Space Storage on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:EXR) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
