Noah (NOAH) Competitors

National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE:NSA) and Noah (NYSE:NOAH) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.

Do analysts recommend NSA or NOAH?

National Storage Affiliates Trust presently has a consensus target price of $42.06, indicating a potential upside of 11.54%. Noah has a consensus target price of $12.67, indicating a potential upside of 12.59%. Given Noah's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Noah is more favorable than National Storage Affiliates Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
National Storage Affiliates Trust	2 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.89
Noah	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NSA or NOAH?

National Storage Affiliates Trust received 5 more outperform votes than Noah when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.42% of users gave Noah an outperform vote while only 54.51% of users gave National Storage Affiliates Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Storage Affiliates Trust	Outperform Votes 272 54.51%	Underperform Votes 227 45.49%
Noah	Outperform Votes 267 57.42%	Underperform Votes 198 42.58%

Which has more volatility & risk, NSA or NOAH?

National Storage Affiliates Trust has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Noah has a beta of 0.71, indicating that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is NSA or NOAH more profitable?

Noah has a net margin of 23.53% compared to National Storage Affiliates Trust's net margin of 20.59%. National Storage Affiliates Trust's return on equity of 10.35% beat Noah's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Storage Affiliates Trust	20.59%	10.35%	2.98%
Noah	23.53%	6.43%	5.28%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, NSA or NOAH?

National Storage Affiliates Trust has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Noah. Noah is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Storage Affiliates Trust, 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
National Storage Affiliates Trust	$770.34M	3.74	$156.67M	$1.14	33.08
Noah	$2.81B	0.26	$142.18M	$1.17	9.62

Does the media prefer NSA or NOAH?

In the previous week, National Storage Affiliates Trust had 6 more articles in the media than Noah. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for National Storage Affiliates Trust and 3 mentions for Noah. National Storage Affiliates Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Noah's score of 0.89 indicating that National Storage Affiliates Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
National Storage Affiliates Trust	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Noah	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is NSA or NOAH a better dividend stock?

National Storage Affiliates Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Noah pays an annual dividend of $1.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. National Storage Affiliates Trust pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Noah pays out 88.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Noah is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NSA or NOAH?

100.0% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of Noah shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.0% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 47.2% of Noah shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

National Storage Affiliates Trust and Noah tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.