AMT vs. WELL, PSA, EXR, EQIX, PLD, O, SPG, DLR, CCI, and VICI
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), Equinix (EQIX), Prologis (PLD), Realty Income (O), Simon Property Group (SPG), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Crown Castle (CCI), and VICI Properties (VICI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Welltower (NYSE:WELL) and American Tower (NYSE:AMT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
American Tower has a net margin of 18.42% compared to American Tower's net margin of 6.37%. Welltower's return on equity of 18.45% beat American Tower's return on equity.
94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Welltower shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of American Tower shares are held by company 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 9 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for American Tower and 27 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat American Tower's score of 0.56 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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 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. American Tower is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
American Tower received 267 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.92% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.
Welltower presently has a consensus price target of $95.57, suggesting a potential downside of 0.53%. American Tower has a consensus price target of $221.91, suggesting a potential upside of 23.52%. Given Welltower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Tower is more favorable than Welltower.
Welltower has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Tower has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Tower beats Welltower on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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