WY vs. AMT, WELL, PSA, EXR, VTR, OHI, CUBE, RHP, HR, and GEO
Should you be buying Weyerhaeuser stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weyerhaeuser include American Tower (AMT), Welltower (WELL), Public Storage (PSA), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Ventas (VTR), 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.
Weyerhaeuser vs.
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, profitability, dividends, earnings and media sentiment.
92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Weyerhaeuser. Weyerhaeuser is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Tower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
American Tower received 442 more outperform votes than Weyerhaeuser when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.13% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 64.33% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote.
In the previous week, American Tower had 6 more articles in the media than Weyerhaeuser. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for American Tower and 20 mentions for Weyerhaeuser. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Weyerhaeuser's score of 0.46 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the media.
American Tower has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
American Tower currently has a consensus target price of $230.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.08%. Weyerhaeuser has a consensus target price of $35.14, suggesting a potential upside of 16.23%. Given American Tower's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than Weyerhaeuser.
American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. 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. Weyerhaeuser pays out 108.1% 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 a net margin of 10.05% compared to Weyerhaeuser's net margin of 7.43%. American Tower's return on equity of 22.01% beat Weyerhaeuser's return on equity.
Summary
American Tower beats Weyerhaeuser on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WY) was last updated on 1/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
