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NYSE:PSA

Public Storage - PSA Competitors

$282.24
-2.73 (-0.96%)
(As of 03/23/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$281.72
$288.64
50-Day Range
$281.46
$311.46
52-Week Range
$270.13
$421.76
Volume
839,633 shs
Average Volume
1.08 million shs
Market Capitalization
$49.61 billion
P/E Ratio
12.02
Dividend Yield
4.25%
Price Target
$368.91

PSA vs. WELL, EXR, VTR, AMT, CCI, O, EQIX, SPG, VICI, and DLR

Should you be buying Public Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Storage include Welltower (WELL), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Ventas (VTR), American Tower (AMT), Crown Castle (CCI), Realty Income (O), Equinix (EQIX), Simon Property Group (SPG), VICI Properties (VICI), and Digital Realty Trust (DLR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

Public Storage vs.

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

Welltower received 267 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote while only 51.91% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Public StorageOutperform Votes
435
51.91%
Underperform Votes
403
48.09%
WelltowerOutperform Votes
702
61.74%
Underperform Votes
435
38.26%

Public Storage has a net margin of 101.60% compared to Welltower's net margin of 2.41%. Public Storage's return on equity of 72.77% beat Welltower's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Public Storage 101.60% 72.77% 23.36%
Welltower 2.41% 0.71% 0.38%

Public Storage currently has a consensus target price of $368.91, indicating a potential upside of 30.71%. Welltower has a consensus target price of $82.56, indicating a potential upside of 25.55%. Given Public Storage's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Public Storage is more favorable than Welltower.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Public Storage
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Welltower
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

In the previous week, Welltower had 3 more articles in the media than Public Storage. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Welltower and 8 mentions for Public Storage. Public Storage's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Welltower's score of 0.46 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
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Welltower
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Public Storage pays out 51.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Welltower pays out 762.5% 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.

77.9% of Public Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Public Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Welltower shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Public Storage has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Public Storage$4.18 billion11.86$4.35 billion$23.4912.02
Welltower$5.86 billion5.51$141.21 million$0.32205.50

Public Storage has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Public Storage beats Welltower on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PSA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PSA vs. The Competition

MetricPublic StorageReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$49.61B$5.50B$5.79B$13.92B
Dividend Yield4.02%7.36%8.39%3.89%
P/E Ratio12.0223.42144.7622.04
Price / Sales11.865.355,999.7948.23
Price / Cash9.9812.0631.7024.52
Price / Book8.501.763.466.77
Net Income$4.35B$194.31M$646.63M$871.41M
7 Day Performance-4.54%-1.68%-0.20%0.24%
1 Month Performance-3.75%-8.85%-5.67%-7.65%
1 Year Performance-24.36%-27.08%30.30%-15.60%

Public Storage Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WELL
Welltower
2.2058 of 5 stars
$66.17
-4.6%
$82.56
+24.8%
-29.2%$32.47B$5.86B206.79464
EXR
Extra Space Storage
2.48 of 5 stars
$149.54
-5.7%
$170.89
+14.3%
-22.9%$20.19B$1.92B23.334,781
VTR
Ventas
2.5176 of 5 stars
$41.85
-4.7%
$56.27
+34.5%
-30.7%$17.56B$4.13B-348.75434
AMT
American Tower
3.5103 of 5 stars
$192.12
-3.1%
$260.31
+35.5%
-18.1%$89.46B$10.71B50.036,391Analyst Report
CCI
Crown Castle
3.1981 of 5 stars
$126.08
-2.6%
$159.36
+26.4%
-28.6%$54.65B$6.99B32.665,000
O
Realty Income
2.406 of 5 stars
$59.40
-3.1%
$72.00
+21.2%
-11.4%$39.23B$3.34B41.83367Analyst Report
EQIX
Equinix
2.8718 of 5 stars
$663.03
-3.6%
$779.28
+17.5%
-5.9%$63.83B$7.26B86.3312,097
SPG
Simon Property Group
2.7433 of 5 stars
$104.31
-4.4%
$132.08
+26.6%
-21.3%$34.10B$5.29B16.003,300Analyst Report
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VICI
VICI Properties
2.1406 of 5 stars
$30.34
-2.5%
$36.77
+21.2%
+10.7%$30.47B$2.60B24.08105Analyst Report
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
2.9702 of 5 stars
$92.29
-5.7%
$123.54
+33.9%
-31.6%$26.88B$4.69B80.963,412Positive News
This page (NYSE:PSA) was last updated on 3/24/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff