PLD vs. AMT, EQIX, WELL, SPG, O, PSA, DLR, CCI, VICI, and EXR
Should you be buying Prologis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prologis include American Tower (AMT), Equinix (EQIX), Welltower (WELL), Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), Public Storage (PSA), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Crown Castle (CCI), VICI Properties (VICI), and Extra Space Storage (EXR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Prologis (NYSE:PLD) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
American Tower received 59 more outperform votes than Prologis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 70.45% of users gave Prologis an outperform vote.
92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Prologis shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Prologis shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Prologis has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Tower. Prologis is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Tower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Prologis has a net margin of 38.73% compared to Prologis' net margin of 18.42%. Prologis' return on equity of 18.45% beat American Tower's return on equity.
American Tower has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Prologis has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Tower presently has a consensus target price of $221.91, suggesting a potential upside of 21.79%. Prologis has a consensus target price of $132.35, suggesting a potential upside of 25.18%. Given American Tower's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Prologis is more favorable than American Tower.
In the previous week, American Tower had 21 more articles in the media than Prologis. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for American Tower and 19 mentions for Prologis. Prologis' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat American Tower's score of 0.50 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Prologis pays an annual dividend of $3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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. Prologis pays out 112.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Prologis has raised its dividend for 11 consecutive years. Prologis is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Prologis beats American Tower on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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