WELL vs. AMT, PSA, EXR, WY, VTR, CUBE, OHI, RHP, HR, and RYN
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), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Ventas (VTR), CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), and Rayonier (RYN). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Welltower (NYSE:WELL) and American Tower (NYSE:AMT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and community ranking.
94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Welltower shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of American Tower 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 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.
Welltower currently has a consensus target price of $96.93, suggesting a potential downside of 3.69%. American Tower has a consensus target price of $221.91, suggesting a potential upside of 19.77%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than Welltower.
Welltower has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Tower has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, American Tower had 8 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for American Tower and 6 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat American Tower's score of 1.09 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Tower has a net margin of 18.42% compared to Welltower's net margin of 6.37%. American Tower's return on equity of 18.45% beat Welltower's return on equity.
American Tower received 265 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.00% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.83% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.
Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Welltower pays out 301.2% 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 pays out 146.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. American Tower is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
American Tower beats Welltower on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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