AMT vs. WELL, PSA, EXR, EQIX, PLD, SPG, O, 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), Simon Property Group (SPG), Realty Income (O), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Crown Castle (CCI), and VICI Properties (VICI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
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 0.71, meaning that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Tower presently has a consensus target price of $221.91, suggesting a potential upside of 14.09%. Welltower has a consensus target price of $96.93, suggesting a potential downside of 4.31%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Tower is more favorable than Welltower.
92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Welltower 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.
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, 75.00% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.88% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.
In the previous week, American Tower and American Tower both had 12 articles in the media. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Welltower's score of 0.81 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the 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.
Summary
American Tower beats Welltower on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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