Weyerhaeuser (WY) Competitors

Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) and Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) 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, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Is PSA or WY a better dividend stock?

Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Public Storage pays out 119.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Weyerhaeuser pays out 168.0% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PSA or WY?

Weyerhaeuser received 103 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.12% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 51.05% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Public Storage	Outperform Votes 460 51.05%	Underperform Votes 441 48.95%
Weyerhaeuser	Outperform Votes 563 64.12%	Underperform Votes 315 35.88%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PSA or WY?

78.8% of Public Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.1% of Public Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer PSA or WY?

In the previous week, Public Storage had 13 more articles in the media than Weyerhaeuser. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Public Storage and 18 mentions for Weyerhaeuser. Public Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Weyerhaeuser's score of 0.75 indicating that Public Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Public Storage	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Weyerhaeuser	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, PSA or WY?

Public Storage has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Weyerhaeuser. Public Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weyerhaeuser, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Public Storage	$4.70B	11.21	$2.15B	$10.07	29.81
Weyerhaeuser	$7.09B	2.68	$396M	$0.50	52.36

Do analysts rate PSA or WY?

Public Storage currently has a consensus price target of $333.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.20%. Weyerhaeuser has a consensus price target of $33.75, indicating a potential upside of 28.92%. Given Weyerhaeuser's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Weyerhaeuser is more favorable than Public Storage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Public Storage	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.69
Weyerhaeuser	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Is PSA or WY more profitable?

Public Storage has a net margin of 40.54% compared to Weyerhaeuser's net margin of 5.56%. Public Storage's return on equity of 34.07% beat Weyerhaeuser's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Public Storage	40.54%	34.07%	9.60%
Weyerhaeuser	5.56%	3.86%	2.30%

Which has more risk & volatility, PSA or WY?

Public Storage has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Public Storage beats Weyerhaeuser on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.