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 compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, risk and community ranking.

Is WELL or AMT more profitable?

Welltower has a net margin of 11.91% 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	11.91%	3.15%	2.00%
American Tower	10.05%	22.01%	3.55%

Do analysts prefer WELL or AMT?

Welltower presently has a consensus price target of $148.35, indicating a potential downside of 4.02%. American Tower has a consensus price target of $225.21, indicating a potential upside of 6.79%. Given American Tower's 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
American Tower	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility & risk, WELL or AMT?

Welltower has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Tower has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WELL or AMT?

American Tower received 274 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.15% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.58% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Welltower	Outperform Votes 736 60.58%	Underperform Votes 479 39.42%
American Tower	Outperform Votes 1010 75.15%	Underperform Votes 334 24.85%

Does the media favor WELL or AMT?

In the previous week, American Tower had 16 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 63 mentions for American Tower and 47 mentions for Welltower. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Welltower's score of 0.84 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Welltower	22 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	18 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Tower	47 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Welltower 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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	$7.85B	12.62	$951.68M	$1.56	99.08
American Tower	$10.13B	9.73	$1.48B	$4.81	43.85

Is WELL or AMT a better dividend stock?

Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Welltower pays out 171.8% 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 134.7% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

American Tower beats Welltower on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.