EXR vs. PSA, OHI, WELL, AMT, VICI, AVB, EQR, IRM, SBAC, and ARE
Should you be buying Extra Space Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Extra Space Storage include Public Storage (PSA), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Welltower (WELL), American Tower (AMT), VICI Properties (VICI), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Iron Mountain (IRM), SBA Communications (SBAC), and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) and Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and earnings.
Public Storage has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Extra Space Storage has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Public Storage currently has a consensus target price of $305.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.12%. Extra Space Storage has a consensus target price of $150.17, indicating a potential upside of 11.52%. Given Extra Space Storage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Public Storage is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.
Public Storage has a net margin of 45.34% compared to Public Storage's net margin of 31.81%. Extra Space Storage's return on equity of 35.31% beat Public Storage's return on equity.
Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Public Storage pays out 108.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Extra Space Storage pays out 131.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Public Storage has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
78.8% of Public Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of Public Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Public Storage has higher revenue and earnings than Extra Space Storage. Public Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Extra Space Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Public Storage had 3 more articles in the media than Extra Space Storage. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Public Storage and 8 mentions for Extra Space Storage. Public Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Extra Space Storage's score of 0.82 indicating that Extra Space Storage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Extra Space Storage received 51 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.00% of users gave Extra Space Storage an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.
Summary
Public Storage beats Extra Space Storage on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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