Plum Creek Timber (PCL) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, PCL or WELL?

Welltower has higher revenue and earnings than Plum Creek Timber.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Plum Creek Timber	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Welltower	$7.99B	13.88	$951.68M	$1.77	93.69

Do analysts prefer PCL or WELL?

Welltower has a consensus target price of $180.69, indicating a potential upside of 8.96%. Given Welltower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Welltower is more favorable than Plum Creek Timber.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Plum Creek Timber	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Welltower	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86

Do institutionals and insiders believe in PCL or WELL?

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

Is PCL or WELL more profitable?

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
Plum Creek Timber	N/A	N/A	N/A
Welltower	12.18%	3.38%	2.16%

Is PCL or WELL a better dividend stock?

Plum Creek Timber pays an annual dividend of $1.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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 raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Does the media prefer PCL or WELL?

In the previous week, Welltower had 33 more articles in the media than Plum Creek Timber. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Welltower and 0 mentions for Plum Creek Timber. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Plum Creek Timber's score of 0.00 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Plum Creek Timber	Neutral
Welltower	Positive

Summary

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