EXR vs. VTR, PSA, CUBE, OHI, WELL, AMT, VICI, AVB, EQR, and IRM
Should you be buying Extra Space Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Extra Space Storage include Ventas (VTR), Public Storage (PSA), CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Welltower (WELL), American Tower (AMT), VICI Properties (VICI), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), and Iron Mountain (IRM). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) and Ventas (NYSE:VTR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Extra Space Storage had 1 more articles in the media than Ventas. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Extra Space Storage and 11 mentions for Ventas. Extra Space Storage's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Ventas' score of 0.69 indicating that Extra Space Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Extra Space Storage currently has a consensus price target of $149.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.18%. Ventas has a consensus price target of $51.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.03%. Given Ventas' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ventas is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.
Ventas received 49 more outperform votes than Extra Space Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.93% of users gave Extra Space Storage an outperform vote while only 56.49% of users gave Ventas an outperform vote.
Extra Space Storage has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ventas. Ventas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Extra Space Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Extra Space Storage has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ventas has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Ventas shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Extra Space Storage shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Ventas shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Ventas pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Extra Space Storage pays out 144.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ventas pays out -947.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Extra Space Storage has a net margin of 29.10% compared to Ventas' net margin of -1.58%. Extra Space Storage's return on equity of 6.76% beat Ventas' return on equity.
Summary
Extra Space Storage beats Ventas on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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