PSA vs. WELL, EXR, VTR, AMT, SPG, O, DLR, CCI, VICI, and AVB
Should you be buying Public Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Storage include Welltower (WELL), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Ventas (VTR), American Tower (AMT), Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Crown Castle (CCI), VICI Properties (VICI), and AvalonBay Communities (AVB). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.
In the previous week, Welltower had 1 more articles in the media than Public Storage. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Welltower and 24 mentions for Public Storage. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat Public Storage's score of 0.43 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Public Storage has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Public Storage has a net margin of 45.62% compared to Welltower's net margin of 6.37%. Public Storage's return on equity of 36.17% beat Welltower's return on equity.
Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Public Storage pays out 109.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Public Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Public Storage presently has a consensus target price of $305.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.77%. Welltower has a consensus target price of $95.57, indicating a potential downside of 0.25%. Given Public Storage's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Public Storage is more favorable than Welltower.
78.8% of Public Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Public Storage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Welltower shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Public Storage has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Welltower. Public Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Welltower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Welltower received 273 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.92% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.
Summary
Public Storage and Welltower tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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