PSA vs. AMT, WELL, EXR, WY, VTR, CUBE, OHI, RHP, HR, and RYN
Should you be buying Public Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Public Storage include American Tower (AMT), Welltower (WELL), 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.
Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) and American Tower (NYSE:AMT) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, American Tower had 6 more articles in the media than Public Storage. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for American Tower and 7 mentions for Public Storage. American Tower's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Public Storage's score of 0.75 indicating that American Tower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Public Storage has a net margin of 45.62% compared to American Tower's net margin of 18.42%. Public Storage's return on equity of 36.17% beat American Tower's return on equity.
Public Storage has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, American Tower has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its stock price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.
78.8% of Public Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.0% of Public Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Public Storage has higher earnings, but lower revenue than American Tower. Public 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.
American Tower received 540 more outperform votes than Public Storage when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.02% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 51.45% of users gave Public Storage an outperform vote.
Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Public Storage pays out 109.0% 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. Public Storage is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Public Storage presently has a consensus target price of $304.75, indicating a potential upside of 11.29%. American Tower has a consensus target price of $220.91, indicating a potential upside of 12.86%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe American Tower is more favorable than Public Storage.
Summary
American Tower beats Public Storage on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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