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$129.47 +0.74 (+0.58%)
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WELL vs. AMT, PSA, EXR, VTR, WY, OHI, CUBE, RHP, HR, and GEO

Should you be buying Welltower stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Welltower include American Tower (AMT), Public Storage (PSA), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Ventas (VTR), 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.

Welltower vs.

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

American Tower received 273 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.13% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.48% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
American TowerOutperform Votes
1003
75.13%
Underperform Votes
332
24.87%
WelltowerOutperform Votes
730
60.48%
Underperform Votes
477
39.52%

American Tower currently has a consensus price target of $230.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.08%. Welltower has a consensus price target of $127.63, suggesting a potential downside of 1.43%. Given American Tower's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than Welltower.

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
Welltower
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.85

Welltower has a net margin of 12.22% compared to American Tower's net margin of 10.05%. American Tower's return on equity of 22.01% beat Welltower's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
American Tower10.05% 22.01% 3.55%
Welltower 12.22%3.20%2.00%

92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. 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. Welltower pays out 176.3% 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 has higher revenue and earnings than Welltower. American Tower is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Welltower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
American Tower$11.17B7.97$1.48B$2.3780.39
Welltower$7.35B10.97$340.09M$1.5285.18

American Tower has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, American Tower had 13 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for American Tower and 13 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat American Tower's score of 0.72 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
American Tower
15 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Welltower
9 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

American Tower beats Welltower on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WELL vs. The Competition

MetricWelltowerReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$80.62B$7.08B$11.74B$19.88B
Dividend Yield2.11%7.77%5.83%3.70%
P/E Ratio85.1841.8125.2241.44
Price / Sales10.978.2928.5817.17
Price / Cash38.7316.1717.2719.84
Price / Book2.752.592.655.73
Net Income$340.09M$146.30M$1.04B$993.95M
7 Day Performance3.64%3.06%3.02%3.21%
1 Month Performance3.09%-0.80%1.11%5.20%
1 Year Performance45.54%5.24%15.72%19.33%

Welltower Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WELL
Welltower
4.3223 of 5 stars
$129.47
+0.6%
$127.63
-1.4%
+44.4%$80.62B$7.35B85.18510News Coverage
Positive News
AMT
American Tower
4.6277 of 5 stars
$176.25
+1.6%
$230.67
+30.9%
-7.0%$82.36B$11.17B74.375,643Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
PSA
Public Storage
4.9083 of 5 stars
$289.47
+0.2%
$344.54
+19.0%
+0.6%$50.69B$4.68B30.066,200Short Interest ↓
EXR
Extra Space Storage
4.4866 of 5 stars
$147.52
+0.5%
$171.25
+16.1%
+1.7%$31.27B$3.23B38.627,618Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
VTR
Ventas
4.4432 of 5 stars
$57.61
+0.4%
$65.67
+14.0%
+22.6%$24.17B$4.80B-338.86450Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
WY
Weyerhaeuser
4.7167 of 5 stars
$28.56
+4.7%
$35.57
+24.5%
-6.9%$20.75B$7.19B38.599,318Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
OHI
Omega Healthcare Investors
3.5453 of 5 stars
$36.96
+0.4%
$40.18
+8.7%
+26.5%$9.98B$1.01B27.1850
CUBE
CubeSmart
4.1187 of 5 stars
$40.15
-0.2%
$50.00
+24.5%
-7.6%$9.08B$1.06B22.683,040Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
RHP
Ryman Hospitality Properties
3.7815 of 5 stars
$101.04
-0.9%
$128.57
+27.2%
-9.0%$6.05B$2.32B17.951,471Positive News
HR
Healthcare Realty Trust
3.4535 of 5 stars
$15.97
-0.1%
$17.14
+7.3%
-2.2%$5.66B$1.29B-10.11580Positive News
GEO
The GEO Group
1.8378 of 5 stars
$30.18
-2.5%
$33.50
+11.0%
+238.7%$4.22B$2.42B104.0716,400Options Volume
News Coverage

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This page (NYSE:WELL) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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