EXR vs. AMT, WELL, PSA, VTR, WY, OHI, CUBE, HR, RHP, and RYN
Should you be buying Extra Space Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Extra Space Storage include American Tower (AMT), Welltower (WELL), Public Storage (PSA), Ventas (VTR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), and Rayonier (RYN). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Extra Space Storage vs.
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.
92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Extra Space Storage has a net margin of 25.35% compared to American Tower's net margin of 10.05%. American Tower's return on equity of 22.01% beat Extra Space Storage's return on equity.
American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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. Extra Space Storage pays out 160.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Extra Space Storage. Extra Space Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Tower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, American Tower had 9 more articles in the media than Extra Space Storage. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for American Tower and 31 mentions for Extra Space Storage. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Extra Space Storage's score of 0.97 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Tower currently has a consensus target price of $229.43, indicating a potential upside of 7.84%. Extra Space Storage has a consensus target price of $171.09, indicating a potential upside of 17.31%. Given Extra Space Storage's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Extra Space Storage is more favorable than American Tower.
American Tower received 508 more outperform votes than Extra Space Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.20% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 58.93% of users gave Extra Space Storage an outperform vote.
American Tower has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Extra Space Storage has a beta of 0.9, meaning that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
American Tower beats Extra Space Storage on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EXR) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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