Plum Creek Timber (PCL) Competitors

American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Plum Creek Timber (NYSE:PCL) are both specialized reits companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Is AMT or PCL a better dividend stock?

American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Plum Creek Timber pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. American Tower pays out 247.3% 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 raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Which has better valuation and earnings, AMT or PCL?

American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Plum Creek Timber.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Tower	$10.13B	9.81	$2.26B	$2.75	77.16
Plum Creek Timber	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do institutionals and insiders believe in AMT or PCL?

92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer AMT or PCL?

In the previous week, American Tower had 73 more articles in the media than Plum Creek Timber. MarketBeat recorded 73 mentions for American Tower and 0 mentions for Plum Creek Timber. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat Plum Creek Timber's score of 0.00 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
American Tower	Positive
Plum Creek Timber	Neutral

Do analysts prefer AMT or PCL?

American Tower presently has a consensus target price of $243.88, indicating a potential upside of 14.94%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe American Tower is more favorable than Plum Creek Timber.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Tower	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94
Plum Creek Timber	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is AMT or PCL more profitable?

American Tower has a net margin of 12.60% compared to Plum Creek Timber's net margin of 0.00%. American Tower's return on equity of 24.85% beat Plum Creek Timber's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
American Tower	12.60%	24.85%	4.01%
Plum Creek Timber	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

American Tower beats Plum Creek Timber on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.