EXR vs. AMT, WELL, PSA, WY, VTR, CUBE, OHI, RHP, HR, and RYN
Should you be buying Extra Space Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Extra Space Storage include American Tower (AMT), Welltower (WELL), Public Storage (PSA), 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.
Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) and American Tower (NYSE:AMT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
Extra Space Storage has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less 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.
99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of American Tower shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Extra Space Storage shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of American Tower shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Extra Space Storage pays out 144.3% 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 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. Extra Space Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Extra Space Storage currently has a consensus price target of $149.75, indicating a potential upside of 3.44%. American Tower has a consensus price target of $220.91, indicating a potential upside of 12.86%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe American Tower is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.
In the previous week, Extra Space Storage and Extra Space Storage both had 13 articles in the media. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Extra Space Storage's score of 0.93 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
American Tower received 489 more outperform votes than Extra Space Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.02% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 59.98% of users gave Extra Space Storage an outperform vote.
American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Extra Space Storage. Extra Space Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than American Tower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Extra Space Storage has a net margin of 29.10% compared to American Tower's net margin of 18.42%. American Tower's return on equity of 18.45% beat Extra Space Storage's return on equity.
Summary
American Tower beats Extra Space Storage on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
Get Extra Space Storage News Delivered to You Automatically
Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for EXR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EXR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Extra Space Storage Competitors List
Related Companies and Tools
