American Tower (AMT) Competitors

American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) 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, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.

Is AMT or WELL a better dividend stock?

American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. American Tower pays out 141.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer AMT or WELL?

American Tower currently has a consensus price target of $232.07, indicating a potential upside of 3.27%. Welltower has a consensus price target of $156.46, indicating a potential upside of 0.58%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe American Tower is more favorable than Welltower.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Tower	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13
Welltower	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media refer more to AMT or WELL?

In the previous week, American Tower had 18 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for American Tower and 40 mentions for Welltower. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Welltower's score of 1.31 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Tower	47 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Welltower	29 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, AMT or WELL?

American Tower has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, AMT or WELL?

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
American Tower	$10.13B	10.37	$1.48B	$4.81	46.72
Welltower	$7.85B	12.70	$951.68M	$1.56	99.72

Is AMT or WELL 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
American Tower	10.05%	22.01%	3.55%
Welltower	11.91%	3.15%	2.00%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in AMT or WELL?

92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Welltower shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AMT or WELL?

American Tower received 275 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.22% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.52% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Tower	Outperform Votes 1014 75.22%	Underperform Votes 334 24.78%
Welltower	Outperform Votes 739 60.52%	Underperform Votes 482 39.48%

Summary

American Tower beats Welltower on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.