Weyerhaeuser (WY) Competitors

Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) and Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PSA or WY?

78.8% of Public Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% of Public Storage shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate PSA or WY?

Public Storage presently has a consensus target price of $333.75, suggesting a potential upside of 9.76%. Weyerhaeuser has a consensus target price of $33.75, suggesting a potential upside of 26.00%. Given Weyerhaeuser's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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 and volatility, PSA or WY?

Public Storage has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 3.9%. Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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. Weyerhaeuser has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Public Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PSA or WY?

Weyerhaeuser received 102 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.12% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 51.11% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Public Storage	Outperform Votes 461 51.11%	Underperform Votes 441 48.89%
Weyerhaeuser	Outperform Votes 563 64.12%	Underperform Votes 315 35.88%

Does the media refer more to PSA or WY?

In the previous week, Public Storage had 1 more articles in the media than Weyerhaeuser. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Public Storage and 26 mentions for Weyerhaeuser. Public Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Weyerhaeuser's score of 1.27 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	15 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Weyerhaeuser	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	$4.72B	11.30	$2.15B	$10.07	30.20
Weyerhaeuser	$7.09B	2.74	$396M	$0.50	53.57

Summary

Public Storage beats Weyerhaeuser on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.