Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:HR – Get Free Report) and Public Storage (NYSE:PSA – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares Healthcare Realty Trust and Public Storage”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Healthcare Realty Trust | $1.25 billion | 4.63 | -$278.26 million | ($1.78) | -9.27 |
| Public Storage | $4.70 billion | 10.96 | $2.15 billion | $10.63 | 27.59 |
Public Storage has higher revenue and earnings than Healthcare Realty Trust. Healthcare Realty Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Public Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Analyst Ratings
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Healthcare Realty Trust | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Public Storage | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2.64 |
Healthcare Realty Trust presently has a consensus price target of $17.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.06%. Public Storage has a consensus price target of $339.69, suggesting a potential upside of 15.81%. Given Public Storage’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Public Storage is more favorable than Healthcare Realty Trust.
Risk & Volatility
Healthcare Realty Trust has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Storage has a beta of 0.73, indicating that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dividends
Healthcare Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. Public Storage pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Healthcare Realty Trust pays out -69.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Public Storage pays out 112.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Healthcare Realty Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Profitability
This table compares Healthcare Realty Trust and Public Storage’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Healthcare Realty Trust | -51.60% | -11.20% | -5.69% |
| Public Storage | 40.54% | 34.07% | 9.60% |
Insider and Institutional Ownership
78.8% of Public Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Healthcare Realty Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Public Storage shares are owned by 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.
Summary
Public Storage beats Healthcare Realty Trust on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Healthcare Realty Trust
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc. provides real estate investment services. It owns, leases, manages, acquires, finances, develops, and redevelops income-producing real estate properties associated primarily with the delivery of outpatient healthcare services throughout the United States of America. The company was founded by David R. Emery in 1992 and is headquartered in Nashville, TN.
About Public Storage
Public Storage, a member of the S&P 500 and FT Global 500, is a REIT that primarily acquires, develops, owns, and operates self-storage facilities. At December 31, 2023, we had: (i) interests in 3,044 self-storage facilities located in 40 states with approximately 218 million net rentable square feet in the United States and (ii) a 35% common equity interest in Shurgard Self Storage Limited (Euronext Brussels: SHUR), which owned 275 self-storage facilities located in seven Western European nations with approximately 15 million net rentable square feet operated under the Shurgard brand. Our headquarters are located in Glendale, California.
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