Public Storage (PSA) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate PSA or SBAC?

Public Storage presently has a consensus price target of $336.93, suggesting a potential upside of 17.11%. SBA Communications has a consensus price target of $257.19, suggesting a potential upside of 9.95%. Given Public Storage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Public Storage is more favorable than SBA Communications.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Public Storage	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
SBA Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has more volatility & risk, PSA or SBAC?

Public Storage has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SBA Communications has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PSA or SBAC a better dividend stock?

Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. SBA Communications pays an annual dividend of $4.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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. SBA Communications pays out 60.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SBA Communications has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to PSA or SBAC?

In the previous week, Public Storage and Public Storage both had 17 articles in the media. SBA Communications' average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Public Storage's score of 1.16 indicating that SBA Communications is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Public Storage	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SBA Communications	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PSA or SBAC?

78.8% of Public Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of SBA Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of Public Storage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of SBA Communications shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, PSA or SBAC?

Public Storage has higher revenue and earnings than SBA Communications. Public Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SBA Communications, 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
Public Storage	$4.70B	10.75	$2.07B	$10.07	28.57
SBA Communications	$2.68B	9.38	$749.54M	$7.29	32.09

Is PSA or SBAC more profitable?

Public Storage has a net margin of 41.74% compared to SBA Communications' net margin of 29.29%. Public Storage's return on equity of 36.50% beat SBA Communications' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Public Storage	41.74%	36.50%	9.98%
SBA Communications	29.29%	-15.30%	7.52%

Summary

Public Storage beats SBA Communications on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.