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Public Storage (PSA) Competitors

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$313.50 -1.70 (-0.54%)
(As of 12/17/2024 ET)

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

Should you be buying Public Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Storage include American Tower (AMT), Welltower (WELL), 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.

Public Storage vs.

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

Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Public Storage pays out 124.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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. Public Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Public Storage has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Tower. Public 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Public Storage$4.68B11.73$2.15B$9.6332.55
American Tower$11.17B8.08$1.48B$2.3781.51

78.8% of Public Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Public Storage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Public Storage has a net margin of 40.54% compared to American Tower's net margin of 10.05%. Public Storage's return on equity of 34.07% beat American Tower's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Public Storage40.54% 34.07% 9.60%
American Tower 10.05%22.01%3.55%

Public Storage presently has a consensus target price of $342.07, indicating a potential upside of 9.11%. American Tower has a consensus target price of $235.08, indicating a potential upside of 21.70%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than Public Storage.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Public Storage
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
American Tower
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83

American Tower received 548 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.17% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 51.18% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Public StorageOutperform Votes
454
51.18%
Underperform Votes
433
48.82%
American TowerOutperform Votes
1002
75.17%
Underperform Votes
331
24.83%

Public Storage has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Tower has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, American Tower had 1 more articles in the media than Public Storage. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for American Tower and 18 mentions for Public Storage. Public Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat American Tower's score of 1.17 indicating that Public Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Public Storage
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
American Tower
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Public Storage beats American Tower on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PSA vs. The Competition

MetricPublic StorageReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$54.90B$7.14B$10.67B$19.62B
Dividend Yield3.74%6.60%10.14%3.51%
P/E Ratio32.5544.0035.2443.81
Price / Sales11.739.823,080.4417.46
Price / Cash17.8917.8029.9721.73
Price / Book9.572.622.785.46
Net Income$2.15B$143.97M$1.03B$987.18M
7 Day Performance-4.41%-1.14%-1.27%-2.12%
1 Month Performance-6.42%-0.09%-0.03%1.31%
1 Year Performance8.08%5.64%15.75%16.44%

Public Storage Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSA
Public Storage
4.5593 of 5 stars
$313.50
-0.5%
$342.07
+9.1%
+8.1%$54.90B$4.68B32.556,200Insider Trade
Positive News
AMT
American Tower
4.4579 of 5 stars
$195.72
-0.7%
$235.08
+20.1%
-8.9%$91.46B$11.14B83.195,643Positive News
WELL
Welltower
3.7188 of 5 stars
$129.84
+0.6%
$123.63
-4.8%
+42.3%$80.85B$7.35B85.05533Analyst Forecast
Positive News
EXR
Extra Space Storage
4.853 of 5 stars
$158.04
+0.9%
$171.43
+8.5%
+0.5%$33.50B$3.23B41.417,618Short Interest ↓
Positive News
VTR
Ventas
3.1606 of 5 stars
$60.29
+0.6%
$65.63
+8.8%
+22.0%$25.29B$4.80B-352.41450Positive News
WY
Weyerhaeuser
4.185 of 5 stars
$29.93
-0.4%
$36.33
+21.4%
-11.9%$21.75B$7.67B40.629,318Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
OHI
Omega Healthcare Investors
4.5003 of 5 stars
$39.37
+0.4%
$40.18
+2.1%
+27.6%$10.63B$949.74M28.8950Positive News
CUBE
CubeSmart
3.6424 of 5 stars
$46.46
+0.4%
$51.36
+10.6%
+0.7%$10.51B$1.05B26.143,040Dividend Increase
Short Interest ↓
RHP
Ryman Hospitality Properties
4.16 of 5 stars
$111.75
-1.3%
$128.57
+15.1%
+1.3%$6.69B$2.32B20.111,471
HR
Healthcare Realty Trust
3.2321 of 5 stars
$17.46
+1.4%
$17.17
-1.7%
+2.0%$6.19B$1.29B-11.01580Insider Trade
Positive News
RYN
Rayonier
4.1435 of 5 stars
$28.78
-0.2%
$33.00
+14.7%
-16.4%$4.29B$1.06B27.20420Positive News

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This page (NYSE:PSA) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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