PSA vs. WELL, EXR, VTR, O, SPG, DLR, VICI, AVB, EQR, and IRM
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), Realty Income (O), Simon Property Group (SPG), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), VICI Properties (VICI), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), and Iron Mountain (IRM). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Welltower (NYSE:WELL) and Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
Welltower received 273 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.92% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.
Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Welltower pays out 381.3% 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 108.5% 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 has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Public Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Public Storage has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Welltower has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Storage has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Welltower presently has a consensus target price of $95.57, suggesting a potential upside of 2.74%. Public Storage has a consensus target price of $305.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.55%. Given Welltower's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Public Storage is more favorable than Welltower.
Public Storage has a net margin of 45.34% compared to Public Storage's net margin of 5.12%. Welltower's return on equity of 35.31% beat Public Storage's return on equity.
94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of Public Storage shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Welltower shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% 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 is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Public Storage had 2 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Public Storage and 8 mentions for Welltower. Public Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Welltower's score of 1.05 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Public Storage beats Welltower on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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