WY vs. WELL, PSA, EXR, VTR, CUBE, OHI, RHP, HR, RYN, and PCH
Should you be buying Weyerhaeuser stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Weyerhaeuser include Welltower (WELL), Public Storage (PSA), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Ventas (VTR), CubeSmart (CUBE), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Rayonier (RYN), and PotlatchDeltic (PCH). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:WY) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) are both large-cap construction companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Welltower had 5 more articles in the media than Weyerhaeuser. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Welltower and 7 mentions for Weyerhaeuser. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Weyerhaeuser's score of 0.71 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
83.0% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Weyerhaeuser shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Welltower shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Weyerhaeuser has higher revenue and earnings than Welltower. Weyerhaeuser is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Welltower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Weyerhaeuser has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Weyerhaeuser presently has a consensus price target of $37.67, indicating a potential upside of 25.43%. Welltower has a consensus price target of $98.07, indicating a potential downside of 5.40%. Given Weyerhaeuser's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Weyerhaeuser is more favorable than Welltower.
Welltower received 166 more outperform votes than Weyerhaeuser when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.80% of users gave Weyerhaeuser an outperform vote while only 60.86% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.
Weyerhaeuser has a net margin of 10.57% compared to Welltower's net margin of 6.37%. Weyerhaeuser's return on equity of 7.00% beat Welltower's return on equity.
Weyerhaeuser pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Weyerhaeuser pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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. Weyerhaeuser is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Weyerhaeuser beats Welltower on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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