Public Storage (PSA) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate PSA or AMT?

Public Storage currently has a consensus target price of $332.08, suggesting a potential upside of 15.06%. American Tower has a consensus target price of $232.07, suggesting a potential upside of 6.30%. Given Public Storage's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Public Storage is more favorable than American Tower.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Public Storage	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
American Tower	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13

Which has more risk & volatility, PSA or AMT?

Public Storage has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Tower has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PSA or AMT?

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

Does the media favor PSA or AMT?

In the previous week, Public Storage had 21 more articles in the media than American Tower. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Public Storage and 31 mentions for American Tower. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Public Storage's score of 0.87 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Public Storage	23 Very Positive mention(s)	11 Positive mention(s)	13 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Tower	30 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PSA or AMT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Public Storage	$4.70B	10.78	$2.15B	$10.63	27.15
American Tower	$10.13B	10.08	$1.48B	$4.81	45.39

Is PSA or AMT 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
Public Storage	40.54%	34.07%	9.60%
American Tower	10.05%	22.01%	3.55%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in PSA or AMT?

American Tower received 555 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.22% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 51.11% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Public Storage	Outperform Votes 459 51.11%	Underperform Votes 439 48.89%
American Tower	Outperform Votes 1014 75.22%	Underperform Votes 334 24.78%

Is PSA or AMT a better dividend stock?

Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

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