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$58.85 +0.49 (+0.84%)
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VTR vs. AMT, WELL, PSA, EXR, WY, OHI, CUBE, RHP, HR, and GEO

Should you be buying Ventas stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ventas include American Tower (AMT), Welltower (WELL), Public Storage (PSA), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), and The GEO Group (GEO). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.

Ventas vs.

American Tower (NYSE:AMT) 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 earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.

In the previous week, American Tower had 10 more articles in the media than Ventas. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for American Tower and 20 mentions for Ventas. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Ventas' score of 0.76 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
23 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ventas
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Ventas shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Ventas 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.

American Tower has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ventas has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its stock price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.

American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Ventas. Ventas 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
American Tower$11.14B7.99$1.48B$2.3780.39
Ventas$4.50B5.49-$40.97M-$0.17-346.15

American Tower received 446 more outperform votes than Ventas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.13% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 56.38% of users gave Ventas an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American TowerOutperform Votes
1003
75.13%
Underperform Votes
332
24.87%
VentasOutperform Votes
557
56.38%
Underperform Votes
431
43.62%

American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Ventas pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. 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. Ventas pays out -1,058.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

American Tower currently has a consensus target price of $230.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.08%. Ventas has a consensus target price of $67.13, suggesting a potential upside of 14.06%. Given American Tower's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than Ventas.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
American Tower
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Ventas
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.10

American Tower has a net margin of 10.05% compared to Ventas' net margin of -1.38%. American Tower's return on equity of 22.01% beat Ventas' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Tower10.05% 22.01% 3.55%
Ventas -1.38%-0.69%-0.27%

Summary

American Tower beats Ventas on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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VTR vs. The Competition

MetricVentasReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$24.69B$7.08B$11.76B$19.97B
Dividend Yield3.14%7.79%5.84%3.71%
P/E Ratio-346.1541.0125.0941.38
Price / Sales5.498.3128.4917.05
Price / Cash17.5716.1717.2719.84
Price / Book2.482.592.655.76
Net Income-$40.97M$146.30M$1.04B$993.25M
7 Day Performance1.52%2.60%2.92%3.12%
1 Month Performance0.15%-1.20%0.91%4.75%
1 Year Performance22.47%3.84%14.70%18.83%

Ventas Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VTR
Ventas
4.5502 of 5 stars
$58.85
+0.8%
$67.13
+14.1%
+22.5%$24.69B$4.50B-346.15450Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
AMT
American Tower
4.6885 of 5 stars
$176.03
+1.5%
$230.67
+31.0%
-6.6%$82.26B$11.17B74.275,643Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
WELL
Welltower
4.3354 of 5 stars
$125.40
+0.5%
$127.63
+1.8%
+44.1%$78.09B$7.35B82.50510
PSA
Public Storage
4.911 of 5 stars
$289.22
+0.1%
$344.54
+19.1%
+1.5%$50.65B$4.68B30.036,200
EXR
Extra Space Storage
4.4827 of 5 stars
$147.48
+0.5%
$171.25
+16.1%
+2.7%$31.26B$3.23B38.617,618Short Interest ↓
WY
Weyerhaeuser
4.7585 of 5 stars
$28.48
+4.4%
$35.57
+24.9%
-8.0%$20.69B$7.19B38.499,318Analyst Downgrade
OHI
Omega Healthcare Investors
3.5724 of 5 stars
$36.95
+0.3%
$40.18
+8.7%
+26.0%$9.97B$1.01B27.1750
CUBE
CubeSmart
4.1225 of 5 stars
$40.11
-0.3%
$50.00
+24.7%
-8.7%$9.07B$1.06B22.663,040Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
RHP
Ryman Hospitality Properties
3.682 of 5 stars
$101.00
-0.9%
$128.57
+27.3%
-9.3%$6.05B$2.32B17.941,471Positive News
HR
Healthcare Realty Trust
3.4927 of 5 stars
$15.96
-0.2%
$17.14
+7.4%
-2.9%$5.66B$1.29B-10.10580Positive News
GEO
The GEO Group
2.0508 of 5 stars
$30.13
-2.6%
$33.50
+11.2%
+224.2%$4.21B$2.42B103.9016,400Options Volume

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