VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) Vs. AMT, PLD, CCI, EQIX, PSA, O, WELL, SPG, DLR, and SBAC
Should you be buying VICI Properties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VICI Properties include American Tower (AMT), Prologis (PLD), Crown Castle International (CCI), Equinix (EQIX), Public Storage (PSA), Realty Income (O), Welltower (WELL), Simon Property Group (SPG), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), and SBA Communications (SBAC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
VICI Properties vs.
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.
American Tower has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VICI Properties has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Tower received 687 more outperform votes than VICI Properties when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 77.12% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 65.16% of users gave VICI Properties an outperform vote.
American Tower pays an annual dividend of $5.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. VICI Properties pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. American Tower pays out 96.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VICI Properties pays out 89.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Tower has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and VICI Properties has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. VICI Properties is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
91.0% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of VICI Properties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
VICI Properties has a net margin of 63.44% compared to American Tower's net margin of 26.72%. American Tower's return on equity of 30.44% beat VICI Properties' return on equity.
American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than VICI Properties. VICI Properties 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 presently has a consensus target price of $288.92, indicating a potential upside of 25.28%. VICI Properties has a consensus target price of $35.80, indicating a potential upside of 22.56%. Given American Tower's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe American Tower is more favorable than VICI Properties.
In the previous week, American Tower had 9 more articles in the media than VICI Properties. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for American Tower and 3 mentions for VICI Properties. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat VICI Properties' score of 0.27 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
American Tower beats VICI Properties on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VICI 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.
VICI Properties (NYSE:VICI) vs. Its Competitors
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