Public Storage (PSA) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, AMT or PSA?

American Tower has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Storage has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend AMT or PSA?

American Tower presently has a consensus target price of $229.43, suggesting a potential upside of 7.84%. Public Storage has a consensus target price of $338.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.55%. Given Public Storage's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Public Storage is more favorable than American Tower.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
American Tower	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.06
Public Storage	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Is AMT or PSA a better dividend stock?

American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. 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. Public Storage pays out 112.9% 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.

Does the media favor AMT or PSA?

In the previous week, American Tower had 11 more articles in the media than Public Storage. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for American Tower and 29 mentions for Public Storage. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Public Storage's score of 1.07 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
American Tower	34 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Public Storage	22 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AMT or PSA?

Public Storage has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Tower	$10.13B	9.82	$1.48B	$4.81	44.23
Public Storage	$4.70B	11.02	$2.15B	$10.63	27.76

Do insiders and institutionals believe in AMT or PSA?

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

Is AMT or PSA more profitable?

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
American Tower	10.05%	22.01%	3.55%
Public Storage	40.54%	34.07%	9.60%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AMT or PSA?

American Tower received 556 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.20% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 51.12% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Tower	Outperform Votes 1013 75.20%	Underperform Votes 334 24.80%
Public Storage	Outperform Votes 457 51.12%	Underperform Votes 437 48.88%

Summary

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