Extra Space Storage (EXR) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in WELL or EXR?

94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Welltower shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned 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.

Do analysts recommend WELL or EXR?

Welltower currently has a consensus price target of $140.19, indicating a potential downside of 5.71%. Extra Space Storage has a consensus price target of $173.09, indicating a potential upside of 11.06%. Given Extra Space Storage's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Extra Space Storage is more favorable than Welltower.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Welltower	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
Extra Space Storage	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Is WELL or EXR a better dividend stock?

Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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. Extra Space Storage pays out 169.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Extra Space Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to WELL or EXR?

In the previous week, Welltower had 29 more articles in the media than Extra Space Storage. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Welltower and 15 mentions for Extra Space Storage. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Extra Space Storage's score of 1.00 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Welltower	28 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Extra Space Storage	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WELL or EXR?

Welltower received 231 more outperform votes than Extra Space Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.56% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote while only 59.04% of users gave Extra Space Storage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Welltower	Outperform Votes 734 60.56%	Underperform Votes 478 39.44%
Extra Space Storage	Outperform Votes 503 59.04%	Underperform Votes 349 40.96%

Which has more volatility and risk, WELL or EXR?

Welltower has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Extra Space Storage has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, WELL or EXR?

Welltower has higher revenue and earnings than Extra Space Storage. Extra Space Storage 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	$7.99B	11.93	$951.68M	$1.56	95.31
Extra Space Storage	$2.56B	12.90	$803.20M	$3.82	40.80

Is WELL or EXR more profitable?

Extra Space Storage has a net margin of 25.35% compared to Welltower's net margin of 11.91%. Extra Space Storage's return on equity of 5.51% beat Welltower's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Welltower	11.91%	3.15%	2.00%
Extra Space Storage	25.35%	5.51%	3.03%

Summary

Welltower beats Extra Space Storage on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.