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 companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, earnings and profitability.

Do analysts prefer PSA or SBAC?

Public Storage presently has a consensus price target of $322.92, suggesting a potential upside of 9.19%. SBA Communications has a consensus price target of $249.07, suggesting a potential upside of 31.36%. Given SBA Communications' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe SBA Communications is more favorable than Public Storage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Public Storage	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.53
SBA Communications	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65

Which has more risk & volatility, PSA or SBAC?

Public Storage has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SBA Communications has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is PSA or SBAC more profitable?

Public Storage has a net margin of 38.13% compared to SBA Communications' net margin of 31.19%. Public Storage's return on equity of 34.06% beat SBA Communications' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Public Storage	38.13%	34.06%	9.09%
SBA Communications	31.19%	-16.83%	7.94%

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of SBA Communications shares are owned by company 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.

Does the media favor PSA or SBAC?

In the previous week, Public Storage had 10 more articles in the media than SBA Communications. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Public Storage and 13 mentions for SBA Communications. Public Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat SBA Communications' score of 0.57 indicating that Public Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Public Storage	16 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
SBA Communications	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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 4.1%. SBA Communications pays an annual dividend of $4.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Public Storage pays out 130.9% 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 56.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. SBA Communications has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PSA or SBAC?

Public Storage has higher revenue and earnings than SBA Communications. SBA Communications is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Public Storage, 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	11.05	$2.07B	$9.17	32.25
SBA Communications	$2.68B	7.60	$749.54M	$7.87	24.09

Summary

Public Storage beats SBA Communications on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.