PLD vs. AMT, EQIX, WELL, PSA, O, SPG, DLR, CCI, EXR, and VICI
Should you be buying Prologis stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Prologis include American Tower (AMT), Equinix (EQIX), Welltower (WELL), Public Storage (PSA), Realty Income (O), Simon Property Group (SPG), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Crown Castle (CCI), Extra Space Storage (EXR), and VICI Properties (VICI). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Prologis (NYSE:PLD) and American Tower (NYSE:AMT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Prologis has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
American Tower received 57 more outperform votes than Prologis when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 70.44% of users gave Prologis an outperform vote.
Prologis has a net margin of 38.73% compared to American Tower's net margin of 18.42%. American Tower's return on equity of 18.45% beat Prologis' return on equity.
Prologis pays an annual dividend of $3.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Prologis had 2 more articles in the media than American Tower. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Prologis and 12 mentions for American Tower. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Prologis' score of 0.59 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Prologis presently has a consensus target price of $130.35, indicating a potential upside of 16.91%. American Tower has a consensus target price of $221.91, indicating a potential upside of 14.09%. Given Prologis' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Prologis is more favorable than American Tower.
Prologis has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Tower has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
93.5% of Prologis shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Prologis shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Prologis beats American Tower on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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