AMT vs. EQIX, SBAC, ARE, CCI, DLR, O, PLD, PSA, VICI, and VZ
Should you be buying American Tower stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Tower include Equinix (EQIX), SBA Communications (SBAC), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), Crown Castle (CCI), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Realty Income (O), Prologis (PLD), Public Storage (PSA), VICI Properties (VICI), and Verizon Communications (VZ).
American Tower vs. Its Competitors
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, profitability and media sentiment.
American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Equinix pays an annual dividend of $18.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. American Tower pays out 174.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equinix pays out 195.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Tower has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Equinix has raised its dividend for 10 consecutive years. American Tower is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Equinix had 5 more articles in the media than American Tower. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Equinix and 42 mentions for American Tower. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Equinix's score of 0.37 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Tower has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinix has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.9% of Equinix shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Equinix shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
American Tower presently has a consensus target price of $240.25, indicating a potential upside of 8.35%. Equinix has a consensus target price of $960.55, indicating a potential upside of 21.97%. Given Equinix's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Equinix is more favorable than American Tower.
American Tower has a net margin of 17.34% compared to Equinix's net margin of 10.48%. American Tower's return on equity of 30.20% beat Equinix's return on equity.
American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Equinix. American Tower is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinix, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
American Tower and Equinix tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:AMT) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
