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Plum Creek Timber (PCL) Competitors

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PCL vs. WELL, AMT, PSA, VTR, EXR, WY, OHI, CUBE, RHP, and HR

Should you be buying Plum Creek Timber stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Plum Creek Timber include Welltower (WELL), American Tower (AMT), Public Storage (PSA), Ventas (VTR), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), and Healthcare Realty Trust (HR). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.

Plum Creek Timber vs. Its Competitors

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

Welltower presently has a consensus price target of $173.10, suggesting a potential upside of 5.42%. Given Welltower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Welltower is more favorable than Plum Creek Timber.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Welltower
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Plum Creek Timber
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Welltower shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Welltower has higher revenue and earnings than Plum Creek Timber.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Welltower$7.99B13.74$951.68M$1.7792.77
Plum Creek TimberN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

In the previous week, Welltower had 31 more articles in the media than Plum Creek Timber. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Welltower and 0 mentions for Plum Creek Timber. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Plum Creek Timber's score of 0.00 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Welltower Very Positive
Plum Creek Timber Neutral

Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Plum Creek Timber pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Welltower pays out 167.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Welltower has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Welltower has a net margin of 12.18% compared to Plum Creek Timber's net margin of 0.00%. Welltower's return on equity of 3.38% beat Plum Creek Timber's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Welltower12.18% 3.38% 2.16%
Plum Creek Timber N/A N/A N/A

Summary

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

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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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PCL vs. The Competition

MetricPlum Creek Timber Industry SectorNYSE Exchange
Market CapN/A$2.09B$2.09B$21.29B
Dividend YieldN/A13.81%13.78%3.52%
P/E RatioN/A12.5012.2829.06
Price / SalesN/A2,559,140.322,835,064.8555.22
Price / CashN/A19.3957.5518.24
Price / BookN/A3.423.084.70
Net IncomeN/A-$440.16M-$456.46M$992.19M

Plum Creek Timber Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCL
Plum Creek Timber
N/A$50.60
+1.0%
N/AN/A$0.00N/A0.00N/A
WELL
Welltower
4.059 of 5 stars
$162.90
+0.6%
$169.82
+4.2%
+37.6%$108.95B$7.99B92.03510News Coverage
Positive News
AMT
American Tower
4.6437 of 5 stars
$206.20
+1.3%
$244.47
+18.6%
-6.7%$96.52B$10.26B74.984,691Positive News
PSA
Public Storage
4.825 of 5 stars
$283.13
+0.8%
$335.43
+18.5%
-13.9%$49.64B$4.70B30.885,900Positive News
Analyst Revision
VTR
Ventas
3.6203 of 5 stars
$67.76
+0.3%
$73.40
+8.3%
+13.7%$30.80B$4.92B157.58450News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
EXR
Extra Space Storage
4.3933 of 5 stars
$137.01
+0.3%
$155.85
+13.7%
-19.9%$29.09B$3.26B29.728,012Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WY
Weyerhaeuser
4.3176 of 5 stars
$25.84
-1.7%
$32.88
+27.2%
-14.6%$18.64B$7.04B68.009,440Positive News
OHI
Omega Healthcare Investors
4.2873 of 5 stars
$40.98
+0.3%
$42.00
+2.5%
+8.7%$12.10B$1.11B25.3050Positive News
CUBE
CubeSmart
3.7851 of 5 stars
$39.55
+0.7%
$46.93
+18.7%
-20.2%$9.01B$1.09B24.123,104News Coverage
Positive News
RHP
Ryman Hospitality Properties
3.3461 of 5 stars
$94.42
-1.0%
$114.75
+21.5%
-5.2%$5.96B$2.34B22.531,929Positive News
HR
Healthcare Realty Trust
3.1905 of 5 stars
$16.46
+0.9%
$16.40
-0.4%
-3.4%$5.79B$1.27B-14.31580Positive News

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