Public Storage (PSA) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, PSA or WELL?

Public Storage has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in PSA or WELL?

78.8% of Public Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Public Storage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Welltower shares are held 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.

Is PSA or WELL more profitable?

Public Storage has a net margin of 40.54% compared to Welltower's net margin of 11.91%. Public Storage's return on equity of 34.07% beat Welltower's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Public Storage	40.54%	34.07%	9.60%
Welltower	11.91%	3.15%	2.00%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PSA or WELL?

Welltower received 279 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.56% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote while only 51.18% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Public Storage	Outperform Votes 455 51.18%	Underperform Votes 434 48.82%
Welltower	Outperform Votes 734 60.56%	Underperform Votes 478 39.44%

Is PSA or WELL a better dividend stock?

Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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. Welltower pays out 171.8% 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.

Do analysts prefer PSA or WELL?

Public Storage presently has a consensus target price of $344.54, indicating a potential upside of 13.46%. Welltower has a consensus target price of $140.19, indicating a potential downside of 6.83%. Given Public Storage's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Public Storage is more favorable than Welltower.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Public Storage	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Welltower	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, PSA or WELL?

Public Storage has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Welltower. Public Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Welltower, 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	$4.52B	11.77	$2.15B	$9.63	31.53
Welltower	$7.85B	12.29	$951.68M	$1.56	96.46

Does the media favor PSA or WELL?

In the previous week, Welltower had 30 more articles in the media than Public Storage. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Welltower and 17 mentions for Public Storage. Public Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Welltower's score of 1.07 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Welltower	26 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Public Storage and Welltower tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.