Weyerhaeuser (WY) Competitors

Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) and Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking and profitability.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PSA or WY?

78.8% of Public Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by institutional investors. 11.0% of Public Storage shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, PSA or WY?

Public Storage has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Weyerhaeuser. Public Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Weyerhaeuser, 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
Public Storage	$4.70B	10.79	$2.15B	$10.63	27.17
Weyerhaeuser	$7.12B	2.63	$396M	$0.55	46.97

Does the media favor PSA or WY?

In the previous week, Public Storage had 26 more articles in the media than Weyerhaeuser. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Public Storage and 18 mentions for Weyerhaeuser. Public Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Weyerhaeuser's score of 1.00 indicating that Public Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Public Storage	18 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Weyerhaeuser	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is PSA or WY a better dividend stock?

Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Public Storage pays out 112.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Weyerhaeuser pays out 152.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Public Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PSA or WY?

Weyerhaeuser received 104 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.27% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 51.11% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Public Storage	Outperform Votes 459 51.11%	Underperform Votes 439 48.89%
Weyerhaeuser	Outperform Votes 563 64.27%	Underperform Votes 313 35.73%

Which has more volatility & risk, PSA or WY?

Public Storage has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend PSA or WY?

Public Storage currently has a consensus target price of $332.08, indicating a potential upside of 14.98%. Weyerhaeuser has a consensus target price of $34.50, indicating a potential upside of 33.55%. Given Weyerhaeuser's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Weyerhaeuser is more favorable than Public Storage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Public Storage	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62
Weyerhaeuser	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Is PSA or WY more profitable?

Public Storage has a net margin of 40.54% compared to Weyerhaeuser's net margin of 5.56%. Public Storage's return on equity of 34.07% beat Weyerhaeuser's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Public Storage	40.54%	34.07%	9.60%
Weyerhaeuser	5.56%	3.86%	2.30%

Summary

Public Storage beats Weyerhaeuser on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.