WELL vs. AMT, PSA, EXR, VTR, WY, OHI, CUBE, RHP, HR, and EPR
Should you be buying Welltower stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Welltower include American Tower (AMT), Public Storage (PSA), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Ventas (VTR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), CubeSmart (CUBE), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), and EPR Properties (EPR). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
Welltower vs. Its Competitors
American Tower (NYSE:AMT) and Welltower (NYSE:WELL) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
92.7% of American Tower shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.8% of Welltower shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of American Tower shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Welltower shares are owned 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.
Welltower has a net margin of 11.91% compared to American Tower's net margin of 10.05%. American Tower's return on equity of 22.01% beat Welltower's return on equity.
American Tower has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Welltower has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
American Tower received 281 more outperform votes than Welltower when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.39% of users gave American Tower an outperform vote while only 60.33% of users gave Welltower an outperform vote.
American Tower pays an annual dividend of $6.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Welltower pays an annual dividend of $2.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. American Tower pays out 174.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Welltower pays out 154.0% 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 has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Welltower has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
American Tower currently has a consensus price target of $240.25, indicating a potential upside of 11.87%. Welltower has a consensus price target of $163.25, indicating a potential upside of 7.25%. Given American Tower's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe American Tower is more favorable than Welltower.
American Tower has higher revenue and earnings than Welltower. American Tower is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Welltower, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, American Tower had 12 more articles in the media than Welltower. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for American Tower and 11 mentions for Welltower. Welltower's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat American Tower's score of 1.49 indicating that Welltower is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
American Tower beats Welltower on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:WELL) was last updated on 6/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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