PSA vs. AMT, WELL, EXR, WY, VTR, CUBE, OHI, HR, RHP, and RYN
Should you be buying Public Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Storage include American Tower (AMT), Welltower (WELL), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Ventas (VTR), CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), and Rayonier (RYN). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
American Tower received 541 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.06% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 51.38% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.
American Tower currently has a consensus target price of $222.92, suggesting a potential upside of 4.85%. Public Storage has a consensus target price of $310.55, suggesting a potential upside of 3.56%. Given Public Storage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than Public Storage.
Public Storage has a net margin of 45.62% compared to Public Storage's net margin of 18.42%. American Tower's return on equity of 36.17% beat Public Storage's return on equity.
92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of Public Storage shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.
American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. American Tower pays out 146.6% 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 109.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Public Storage had 4 more articles in the media than American Tower. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Public Storage and 10 mentions for American Tower. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Public Storage's score of 0.93 indicating that Public Storage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Public Storage has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Tower. Public Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Tower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Tower has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Storage has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Public Storage beats American Tower on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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