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Welltower - WELL Competitors

$69.96
+1.19 (+1.73%)
(As of 03/29/2023 04:29 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$69.68
$70.72
50-Day Range
$65.76
$78.05
52-Week Range
$56.50
$99.43
Volume
1.98 million shs
Average Volume
2.31 million shs
Market Capitalization
$34.33 billion
P/E Ratio
218.63
Dividend Yield
3.49%
Price Target
$82.56

WELL vs. EXR, VTR, PSA, LSI, CUBE, AMT, SPG, VICI, DLR, and SBAC

Should you be buying Welltower stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Welltower include Extra Space Storage (EXR), Ventas (VTR), Public Storage (PSA), Life Storage (LSI), CubeSmart (CUBE), American Tower (AMT), Simon Property Group (SPG), VICI Properties (VICI), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), and SBA Communications (SBAC). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

Welltower vs.

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

Extra Space Storage has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Welltower. Extra Space 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
Welltower$5.86 billion5.86$141.21 million$0.32218.63
Extra Space Storage$1.92 billion10.92$860.69 million$6.4124.28

Welltower received 220 more outperform votes than Extra Space Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.74% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote while only 61.48% of users gave Extra Space Storage an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WelltowerOutperform Votes
702
61.74%
Underperform Votes
435
38.26%
Extra Space StorageOutperform Votes
482
61.48%
Underperform Votes
302
38.52%

Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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. Extra Space Storage pays out 101.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Extra Space Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

95.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.3% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Welltower shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Extra Space Storage has a net margin of 45.52% compared to Welltower's net margin of 2.41%. Extra Space Storage's return on equity of 22.01% beat Welltower's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Welltower 2.41% 0.71% 0.38%
Extra Space Storage 45.52% 22.01% 7.68%

In the previous week, Welltower had 2 more articles in the media than Extra Space Storage. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Welltower and 4 mentions for Extra Space Storage. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Extra Space Storage's score of 0.24 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Welltower
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Extra Space Storage
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Welltower presently has a consensus target price of $82.56, suggesting a potential upside of 18.01%. Extra Space Storage has a consensus target price of $170.89, suggesting a potential upside of 9.78%. Given Welltower's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Welltower is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Welltower
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Extra Space Storage
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10

Welltower has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Extra Space Storage has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Welltower beats Extra Space Storage on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WELL 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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WELL vs. The Competition

MetricWelltowerReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$34.33B$5.72B$5.96B$14.44B
Dividend Yield3.62%7.39%8.36%3.92%
P/E Ratio218.6321.43138.3420.08
Price / Sales5.866.415,942.9310.88
Price / Cash21.5710.2531.5416.41
Price / Book1.572.053.496.83
Net Income$141.21M$194.74M$645.17M$867.49M
7 Day Performance5.73%2.30%6.54%2.52%
1 Month Performance-5.61%-5.92%-5.32%-5.27%
1 Year Performance-28.84%-27.29%11.36%-14.47%

Welltower Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EXR
Extra Space Storage
2.48 of 5 stars
$149.54
-5.7%
$170.89
+14.3%
-24.7%$20.19B$1.92B23.334,781
VTR
Ventas
2.5176 of 5 stars
$41.85
-4.7%
$56.27
+34.5%
-31.1%$17.56B$4.13B-348.75434
PSA
Public Storage
2.8632 of 5 stars
$284.97
-2.7%
$368.91
+29.5%
-26.4%$51.48B$4.18B12.135,900Positive News
LSI
Life Storage
2.2353 of 5 stars
$122.69
-1.0%
$125.20
+2.0%
-10.0%$10.44B$1.04B29.002,508Analyst Report
High Trading Volume
CUBE
CubeSmart
2.3238 of 5 stars
$44.33
-4.0%
$48.57
+9.6%
-14.6%$9.96B$1.01B34.362,804
AMT
American Tower
3.5103 of 5 stars
$192.12
-3.1%
$260.31
+35.5%
-21.3%$89.46B$10.71B50.036,391Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
SPG
Simon Property Group
2.7433 of 5 stars
$104.31
-4.4%
$132.08
+26.6%
-20.9%$34.10B$5.29B16.003,300
VICI
VICI Properties
2.1406 of 5 stars
$30.34
-2.5%
$36.77
+21.2%
+13.3%$30.47B$2.60B24.08105
DLR
Digital Realty Trust
2.9702 of 5 stars
$92.29
-5.7%
$123.54
+33.9%
-35.1%$26.88B$4.69B80.963,412Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
SBAC
SBA Communications
3.2218 of 5 stars
$246.21
-3.4%
$335.40
+36.2%
-24.9%$26.60B$2.63B58.481,834Analyst Revision
This page (NYSE:WELL) was last updated on 3/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff