Welltower (WELL) Competitors

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

Is AMT or WELL a better dividend stock?

American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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. 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. American Tower is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is AMT or WELL more profitable?

Welltower has a net margin of 11.91% 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 Tower	10.05%	22.01%	3.55%
Welltower	11.91%	3.15%	2.00%

Do analysts recommend AMT or WELL?

American Tower currently has a consensus price target of $229.43, suggesting a potential upside of 8.86%. Welltower has a consensus price target of $156.46, suggesting a potential upside of 4.86%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.06
Welltower	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders believe in AMT or WELL?

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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, AMT or WELL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
American Tower	$10.13B	9.73	$1.48B	$4.81	43.82
Welltower	$7.85B	12.18	$951.68M	$1.56	95.64

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AMT or WELL?

American Tower received 274 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.20% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.57% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
American Tower	Outperform Votes 1013 75.20%	Underperform Votes 334 24.80%
Welltower	Outperform Votes 739 60.57%	Underperform Votes 481 39.43%

Which has more volatility & risk, AMT or WELL?

American Tower has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AMT or WELL?

In the previous week, American Tower had 7 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for American Tower and 32 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.37 beat American Tower's score of 1.35 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	33 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Welltower	30 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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