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American Tower (AMT) Competitors

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$183.73 +4.33 (+2.41%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:40 PM ET)

AMT vs. WELL, PSA, EXR, VTR, WY, OHI, CUBE, RHP, HR, and RYN

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 Rayonier (RYN). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.

American Tower vs.

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

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, American Tower had 8 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for American Tower and 6 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat American Tower's score of 0.81 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Welltower
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Tower
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

American Tower received 273 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.17% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.45% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WelltowerOutperform Votes
729
60.45%
Underperform Votes
477
39.55%
American TowerOutperform Votes
1002
75.17%
Underperform Votes
331
24.83%

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
Welltower12.22% 3.20% 2.00%
American Tower 10.05%22.01%3.55%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Welltower$7.35B10.56$340.09M$1.5282.00
American Tower$11.17B7.69$1.48B$2.3777.52

Welltower has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Tower has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. 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.

Welltower currently has a consensus price target of $125.86, indicating a potential upside of 0.98%. American Tower has a consensus price target of $235.08, indicating a potential upside of 27.95%. Given American Tower's higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
American Tower
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

Summary

American Tower beats Welltower on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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AMT vs. The Competition

MetricAmerican TowerReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$85.86B$6.97B$10.30B$19.19B
Dividend Yield3.29%6.78%10.51%3.57%
P/E Ratio77.5242.2646.8441.20
Price / Sales7.697.823,166.1117.58
Price / Cash19.9017.7930.7121.28
Price / Book7.892.542.695.32
Net Income$1.48B$146.30M$1.03B$989.67M
7 Day Performance-6.82%-3.86%-2.68%-3.59%
1 Month Performance-8.54%-3.62%-2.17%-2.48%
1 Year Performance-12.97%2.90%11.67%13.87%

American Tower Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AMT
American Tower
4.666 of 5 stars
$183.73
+2.4%
$235.08
+28.0%
-13.0%$85.86B$11.17B77.525,643High Trading Volume
WELL
Welltower
3.4952 of 5 stars
$129.84
+0.6%
$123.63
-4.8%
+40.8%$80.85B$7.35B85.05533Positive News
PSA
Public Storage
4.8143 of 5 stars
$318.76
+0.4%
$342.07
+7.3%
+1.5%$55.82B$4.68B32.986,200
EXR
Extra Space Storage
4.6999 of 5 stars
$158.04
+0.9%
$171.43
+8.5%
-3.4%$33.50B$3.23B41.417,618Positive News
VTR
Ventas
4.1564 of 5 stars
$60.29
+0.6%
$65.63
+8.8%
+21.4%$25.29B$4.80B-352.41450Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
WY
Weyerhaeuser
4.4284 of 5 stars
$29.93
-0.4%
$36.33
+21.4%
-19.4%$21.75B$7.67B40.629,318
OHI
Omega Healthcare Investors
4.3678 of 5 stars
$39.37
+0.4%
$40.18
+2.1%
+23.0%$10.63B$949.74M28.8950Positive News
CUBE
CubeSmart
3.5411 of 5 stars
$46.46
+0.4%
$51.36
+10.6%
-5.4%$10.51B$1.05B26.143,040Dividend Increase
RHP
Ryman Hospitality Properties
3.9709 of 5 stars
$111.75
-1.3%
$128.57
+15.1%
-1.4%$6.69B$2.32B20.111,471
HR
Healthcare Realty Trust
3.0134 of 5 stars
$17.46
+1.4%
$17.17
-1.7%
-1.4%$6.19B$1.29B-11.01580Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Positive News
RYN
Rayonier
3.9796 of 5 stars
$28.78
-0.2%
$33.00
+14.7%
-18.8%$4.29B$1.06B27.20420Ex-Dividend

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This page (NYSE:AMT) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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