CubeSmart (CUBE) Competitors

Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) and CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EXR or CUBE?

99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of CubeSmart shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Extra Space Storage shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, EXR or CUBE?

Extra Space Storage has a beta of 0.76, suggesting that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CubeSmart has a beta of 0.72, suggesting that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, EXR or CUBE?

Extra Space Storage has higher revenue and earnings than CubeSmart. CubeSmart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Extra Space Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Extra Space Storage	$2.86B	10.73	$803.20M	$4.49	32.24
CubeSmart	$1.05B	9.06	$410.76M	$1.80	23.51

Is EXR or CUBE more profitable?

CubeSmart has a net margin of 38.64% compared to CubeSmart's net margin of 29.10%. Extra Space Storage's return on equity of 14.48% beat CubeSmart's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Extra Space Storage	29.10%	6.76%	3.58%
CubeSmart	38.64%	14.48%	6.54%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EXR or CUBE?

Extra Space Storage received 62 more outperform votes than CubeSmart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.68% of users gave CubeSmart an outperform vote while only 59.98% of users gave Extra Space Storage an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Extra Space Storage	Outperform Votes 496 59.98%	Underperform Votes 331 40.02%
CubeSmart	Outperform Votes 434 64.68%	Underperform Votes 237 35.32%

Does the media refer more to EXR or CUBE?

In the previous week, CubeSmart had 1 more articles in the media than Extra Space Storage. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for CubeSmart and 12 mentions for Extra Space Storage. CubeSmart's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Extra Space Storage's score of 0.40 indicating that Extra Space Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Extra Space Storage	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CubeSmart	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend EXR or CUBE?

Extra Space Storage presently has a consensus price target of $149.75, suggesting a potential upside of 3.44%. CubeSmart has a consensus price target of $46.17, suggesting a potential upside of 9.12%. Given Extra Space Storage's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CubeSmart is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Extra Space Storage	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
CubeSmart	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Is EXR or CUBE a better dividend stock?

Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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. CubeSmart pays out 113.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CubeSmart has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. CubeSmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

Extra Space Storage beats CubeSmart on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.