Public Storage (PSA) Competitors

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) and Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WELL or PSA?

Welltower received 279 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.33% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote while only 51.16% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Welltower	Outperform Votes 742 60.33%	Underperform Votes 488 39.67%
Public Storage	Outperform Votes 463 51.16%	Underperform Votes 442 48.84%

Is WELL or PSA a better dividend stock?

Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Welltower pays out 154.0% 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 pays out 119.2% 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. Public Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is WELL or PSA more profitable?

Public Storage has a net margin of 40.54% compared to Welltower's net margin of 11.91%. Public Storage's return on equity of 34.07% beat Welltower's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Welltower	11.91%	3.15%	2.00%
Public Storage	40.54%	34.07%	9.60%

Do analysts prefer WELL or PSA?

Welltower presently has a consensus price target of $163.25, suggesting a potential upside of 8.75%. Public Storage has a consensus price target of $339.25, suggesting a potential upside of 11.31%. Given Public Storage's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Public Storage is more favorable than Welltower.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Welltower	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92
Public Storage	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WELL or PSA?

94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of Public Storage shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Welltower shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Public Storage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor WELL or PSA?

In the previous week, Welltower had 2 more articles in the media than Public Storage. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Welltower and 11 mentions for Public Storage. Public Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.47 beat Welltower's score of 1.11 indicating that Public Storage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Welltower	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Public Storage	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, WELL or PSA?

Public Storage has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Welltower. Public Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Welltower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Welltower	$8.41B	11.67	$951.68M	$1.74	86.27
Public Storage	$4.72B	11.32	$2.15B	$10.07	30.27

Which has more volatility and risk, WELL or PSA?

Welltower has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Storage has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Welltower beats Public Storage on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.