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Welltower (WELL) Competitors

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$131.37 -1.24 (-0.94%)
(As of 12/6/2024 ET)

WELL vs. AMT, PSA, EXR, VTR, WY, CUBE, OHI, RHP, HR, 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), Ventas (VTR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), and Rayonier (RYN). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.

Welltower vs.

American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Welltower has a net margin of 12.22% compared to American Tower's net margin of 10.05%. American Tower's return on equity of 22.01% beat Welltower's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Tower10.05% 22.01% 3.55%
Welltower 12.22%3.20%2.00%

92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Welltower shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, American Tower had 1 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for American Tower and 28 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat American Tower's score of 1.29 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Tower
24 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Welltower
21 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Welltower. Welltower is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Tower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Tower$11.14B8.68$1.48B$2.3787.38
Welltower$6.64B12.32$340.09M$1.5286.43

American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. American Tower pays out 273.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Welltower pays out 176.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

American Tower received 273 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.15% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.41% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American TowerOutperform Votes
1001
75.15%
Underperform Votes
331
24.85%
WelltowerOutperform Votes
728
60.41%
Underperform Votes
477
39.59%

American Tower presently has a consensus price target of $235.54, indicating a potential upside of 13.73%. Welltower has a consensus price target of $120.77, indicating a potential downside of 8.07%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than Welltower.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Tower
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85
Welltower
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

American Tower has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

American Tower beats Welltower on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WELL vs. The Competition

MetricWelltowerReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$81.80B$7.64B$10.77B$19.93B
Dividend Yield2.01%6.47%9.76%3.47%
P/E Ratio86.4343.5229.1343.31
Price / Sales12.3210.133,295.2018.30
Price / Cash41.4618.5119.2622.48
Price / Book2.792.743.085.59
Net Income$340.09M$146.30M$958.18M$938.38M
7 Day Performance-4.93%-1.08%-0.47%-0.87%
1 Month Performance-4.99%-0.79%1.38%1.34%
1 Year Performance49.76%13.84%21.33%23.96%

Welltower Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WELL
Welltower
4.1097 of 5 stars
$131.37
-0.9%
$120.77
-8.1%
+50.1%$81.80B$6.64B86.43533Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
AMT
American Tower
4.3804 of 5 stars
$207.78
-0.6%
$235.54
+13.4%
-1.7%$97.09B$11.17B88.195,643Dividend Announcement
Positive News
PSA
Public Storage
4.298 of 5 stars
$345.24
-0.8%
$339.64
-1.6%
+22.3%$60.45B$4.52B36.146,200Analyst Forecast
Positive News
EXR
Extra Space Storage
4.0085 of 5 stars
$170.39
-0.3%
$171.36
+0.6%
+19.3%$36.12B$2.56B44.757,618Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
VTR
Ventas
3.6707 of 5 stars
$61.97
-3.3%
$63.63
+2.7%
+33.4%$26.00B$4.50B-376.86450Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
WY
Weyerhaeuser
4.3805 of 5 stars
$31.92
-1.1%
$36.33
+13.8%
+1.3%$23.19B$7.67B43.599,318Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
CUBE
CubeSmart
3.2728 of 5 stars
$49.41
-0.3%
$51.36
+4.0%
+13.5%$11.17B$1.05B28.063,040Positive News
OHI
Omega Healthcare Investors
4.2776 of 5 stars
$40.02
-1.5%
$40.00
0.0%
+28.5%$10.80B$949.74M29.6850Analyst Forecast
Positive News
RHP
Ryman Hospitality Properties
2.6958 of 5 stars
$117.54
+0.3%
$126.17
+7.3%
+14.8%$7.04B$2.16B20.821,471Positive News
HR
Healthcare Realty Trust
3.3853 of 5 stars
$18.49
+0.9%
$17.17
-7.2%
+14.6%$6.55B$1.34B-11.59580Positive News
RYN
Rayonier
4.1599 of 5 stars
$31.56
-1.0%
$33.00
+4.6%
+1.8%$4.70B$1.00B30.07420Dividend Increase
Buyback Announcement
News Coverage
Positive News

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