Public Storage (PSA) Competitors

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 institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of PSA or WELL?

78.8% of Public Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. 11.1% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor PSA or WELL?

In the previous week, Welltower had 5 more articles in the media than Public Storage. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Welltower and 11 mentions for Public Storage. Public Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Welltower's score of 0.66 indicating that Public Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Public Storage	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Welltower	6 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, PSA or WELL?

Public Storage has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.07, suggesting that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PSA or WELL?

Welltower received 274 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.85% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote while only 51.39% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Public Storage	Outperform Votes 444 51.39%	Underperform Votes 420 48.61%
Welltower	Outperform Votes 718 60.85%	Underperform Votes 462 39.15%

Which has higher earnings and valuation, PSA or WELL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Public Storage	$4.52B	10.88	$2.15B	$11.01	25.42
Welltower	$6.76B	8.74	$340.09M	$0.81	122.00

Do analysts prefer PSA or WELL?

Public Storage presently has a consensus target price of $305.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.99%. Welltower has a consensus target price of $96.07, indicating a potential downside of 2.78%. Given Public Storage's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Public Storage is more favorable than Welltower.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Public Storage	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Welltower	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.79

Is PSA or WELL more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Public Storage	45.62%	36.17%	10.88%
Welltower	6.37%	1.77%	1.04%

Is PSA or WELL a better dividend stock?

Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. 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.

Summary

Public Storage beats Welltower on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.