WELL vs. AMT, PSA, EXR, WY, VTR, CUBE, OHI, HR, RHP, and RYN
Should you be buying Welltower stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Welltower include American Tower (AMT), Public Storage (PSA), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Ventas (VTR), CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), and Rayonier (RYN). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment and valuation.
American Tower has a net margin of 18.42% compared to American Tower's net margin of 6.37%. Welltower's return on equity of 18.45% beat American Tower's return on equity.
American Tower received 265 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.06% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.62% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.
92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Welltower shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Tower currently has a consensus price target of $222.92, indicating a potential upside of 4.23%. Welltower has a consensus price target of $101.32, indicating a potential downside of 7.70%. Given Welltower's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe American Tower is more favorable than Welltower.
In the previous week, Welltower had 3 more articles in the media than American Tower. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Welltower and 8 mentions for American Tower. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Welltower's score of 0.93 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Tower has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Welltower. American Tower is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Welltower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. American Tower pays out 146.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Welltower pays out 301.2% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
American Tower beats Welltower on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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