AMT vs. WELL, PSA, EXR, VTR, WY, OHI, CUBE, RHP, HR, and GEO
Should you be buying American Tower stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of American Tower include Welltower (WELL), Public Storage (PSA), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Ventas (VTR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), and The GEO Group (GEO). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
American Tower vs.
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, American Tower had 15 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for American Tower and 15 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat American Tower's score of 0.93 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
American Tower currently has a consensus price target of $230.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.08%. Welltower has a consensus price target of $127.63, suggesting a potential downside of 1.43%. Given American Tower's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than Welltower.
American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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. 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 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.
92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Welltower shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
American Tower received 273 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.13% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.48% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.
American Tower has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Tower beats Welltower on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AMT) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
