EXR vs. CUBE, EGP, FR, NSA, OUT, PLD, PSA, REXR, UDR, and AMT
Should you be buying Extra Space Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Extra Space Storage include CubeSmart (CUBE), EastGroup Properties (EGP), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), OUTFRONT Media (OUT), Prologis (PLD), Public Storage (PSA), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR), and American Tower (AMT). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Extra Space Storage vs. Its Competitors
Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) and CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.
Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Extra Space Storage pays out 150.3% 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 123.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Extra Space Storage has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and CubeSmart has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years. CubeSmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
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 insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Extra Space Storage presently has a consensus target price of $159.29, suggesting a potential upside of 6.22%. CubeSmart has a consensus target price of $47.38, suggesting a potential upside of 11.16%. Given CubeSmart's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CubeSmart is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.
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.
Extra Space Storage has a beta of 1.1, suggesting that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CubeSmart has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CubeSmart has a net margin of 37.05% compared to Extra Space Storage's net margin of 27.84%. CubeSmart's return on equity of 13.57% beat Extra Space Storage's return on equity.
In the previous week, Extra Space Storage had 10 more articles in the media than CubeSmart. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Extra Space Storage and 10 mentions for CubeSmart. CubeSmart's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Extra Space Storage's score of 1.21 indicating that CubeSmart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
CubeSmart beats Extra Space Storage on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EXR) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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