American Tower (AMT) Competitors

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) and American Tower (NYSE:AMT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, WELL or AMT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Welltower	$6.64B	12.81	$340.09M	$1.52	89.83
American Tower	$11.14B	7.81	$1.48B	$2.37	78.58

Is WELL or AMT a better dividend stock?

Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Welltower pays out 176.3% 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 273.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media refer more to WELL or AMT?

In the previous week, American Tower had 28 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for American Tower and 20 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat American Tower's score of 0.95 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Welltower	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Tower	27 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in WELL or AMT?

94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Welltower shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of American Tower shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, WELL or AMT?

Welltower has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Tower has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WELL or AMT more profitable?

Welltower has a net margin of 12.22% compared to American Tower's net margin of 10.05%. American Tower's return on equity of 22.01% beat Welltower's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Welltower	12.22%	3.20%	2.00%
American Tower	10.05%	22.01%	3.55%

Do analysts recommend WELL or AMT?

Welltower currently has a consensus price target of $134.96, suggesting a potential downside of 1.16%. American Tower has a consensus price target of $226.23, suggesting a potential upside of 21.48%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Tower is more favorable than Welltower.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Welltower	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.86
American Tower	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WELL or AMT?

American Tower received 275 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.15% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.55% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Welltower	Outperform Votes 732 60.55%	Underperform Votes 477 39.45%
American Tower	Outperform Votes 1007 75.15%	Underperform Votes 333 24.85%

Summary

American Tower beats Welltower on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.