AMT vs. WELL, PSA, EXR, WY, VTR, CUBE, OHI, RHP, HR, and RYN
Should you be buying American Tower stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Tower include Welltower (WELL), Public Storage (PSA), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Ventas (VTR), 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.
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 companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
American Tower has a net margin of 18.42% compared to Welltower's net margin of 6.37%. American Tower's return on equity of 18.45% beat Welltower's return on equity.
American Tower received 265 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.02% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.86% 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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. 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.
American Tower has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Tower presently has a consensus price target of $220.91, indicating a potential upside of 12.86%. Welltower has a consensus price target of $98.07, indicating a potential downside of 5.40%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe American Tower is more favorable than Welltower.
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.
In the previous week, Welltower had 1 more articles in the media than American Tower. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Welltower and 12 mentions for American Tower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat American Tower's score of 1.10 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
American Tower beats Welltower on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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