EXR vs. VTR, PSA, CUBE, WELL, AMT, VICI, AVB, EQR, IRM, and ARE
Should you be buying Extra Space Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Extra Space Storage include Ventas (VTR), Public Storage (PSA), CubeSmart (CUBE), Welltower (WELL), American Tower (AMT), VICI Properties (VICI), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Equity Residential (EQR), Iron Mountain (IRM), and Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) and Ventas (NYSE:VTR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Extra Space Storage has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ventas. Ventas is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Extra Space Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ventas received 49 more outperform votes than Extra Space Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.93% of users gave Extra Space Storage an outperform vote while only 56.43% of users gave Ventas an outperform vote.
Extra Space Storage has a net margin of 29.10% compared to Ventas' net margin of -1.58%. Extra Space Storage's return on equity of 6.76% beat Ventas' return on equity.
Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Ventas pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Extra Space Storage pays out 144.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ventas pays out -947.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Ventas had 12 more articles in the media than Extra Space Storage. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Ventas and 8 mentions for Extra Space Storage. Extra Space Storage's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Ventas' score of 0.78 indicating that Extra Space Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Extra Space Storage presently has a consensus target price of $149.67, indicating a potential downside of 1.46%. Ventas has a consensus target price of $51.23, indicating a potential upside of 4.74%. Given Ventas' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ventas is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.
Extra Space Storage has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ventas has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Ventas shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Ventas shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Extra Space Storage beats Ventas on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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