Ventas (VTR) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer VTR or AMT?

Ventas presently has a consensus target price of $65.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.75%. American Tower has a consensus target price of $235.08, suggesting a potential upside of 27.95%. Given American Tower's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than Ventas.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ventas	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90
American Tower	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is VTR or AMT more profitable?

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
Ventas	-1.38%	-0.69%	-0.27%
American Tower	10.05%	22.01%	3.55%

Which has more volatility & risk, VTR or AMT?

Ventas has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Tower has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer VTR or AMT?

In the previous week, Ventas had 6 more articles in the media than American Tower. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Ventas and 11 mentions for American Tower. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Ventas' score of 0.69 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ventas	5 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
American Tower	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is VTR or AMT a better dividend stock?

Ventas pays an annual dividend of $1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Ventas pays out -1,058.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor VTR or AMT?

American Tower received 447 more outperform votes than Ventas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.17% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 56.40% of users gave Ventas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ventas	Outperform Votes 555 56.40%	Underperform Votes 429 43.60%
American Tower	Outperform Votes 1002 75.17%	Underperform Votes 331 24.83%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of VTR or AMT?

94.2% of Ventas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Ventas shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, VTR or AMT?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ventas	$4.80B	5.13	-$40.97M	-$0.17	-345.65
American Tower	$11.17B	7.69	$1.48B	$2.37	77.52

Summary

American Tower beats Ventas on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.