PSA vs. AMT, WELL, EXR, WY, VTR, CUBE, OHI, RHP, HR, and RYN
Should you be buying Public Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Storage include American Tower (AMT), Welltower (WELL), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Ventas (VTR), CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), and Rayonier (RYN). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
American Tower has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Storage has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Tower received 540 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.02% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.
Public Storage has a net margin of 45.62% compared to Public Storage's net margin of 18.42%. American Tower's return on equity of 36.17% beat Public Storage's return on equity.
American Tower presently has a consensus price target of $220.91, suggesting a potential upside of 15.79%. Public Storage has a consensus price target of $304.75, suggesting a potential upside of 13.68%. Given Public Storage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe American Tower is more favorable than Public Storage.
In the previous week, Public Storage had 1 more articles in the media than American Tower. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Public Storage and 13 mentions for American Tower. Public Storage's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat American Tower's score of 0.61 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 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. 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. Public Storage has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Public Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Public Storage has lower revenue, but higher earnings than American Tower. Public Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Tower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of Public Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.0% of Public Storage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Public Storage beats American Tower on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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