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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Public Storage Competitors List
