WY vs. WELL, PSA, EXR, VTR, CUBE, OHI, HR, RHP, RYN, and SBRA
Should you be buying Weyerhaeuser stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weyerhaeuser include Welltower (WELL), Public Storage (PSA), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Ventas (VTR), CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Rayonier (RYN), and Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Welltower (NYSE:WELL) and Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings and institutional ownership.
Welltower has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. 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. Weyerhaeuser pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Weyerhaeuser is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Welltower currently has a consensus price target of $101.32, indicating a potential downside of 7.70%. Weyerhaeuser has a consensus price target of $36.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.85%. Given Welltower's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Weyerhaeuser is more favorable than Welltower.
Weyerhaeuser has a net margin of 9.89% compared to Weyerhaeuser's net margin of 6.37%. Welltower's return on equity of 6.17% beat Weyerhaeuser's return on equity.
In the previous week, Weyerhaeuser had 11 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Weyerhaeuser and 11 mentions for Welltower. Weyerhaeuser's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Welltower's score of 0.47 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the media.
94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Welltower shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Welltower received 168 more outperform votes than Weyerhaeuser when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.72% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 60.62% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.
Weyerhaeuser has higher revenue and earnings than Welltower. Weyerhaeuser is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Welltower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Weyerhaeuser beats Welltower on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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