National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate WPC or NSA?

W. P. Carey presently has a consensus price target of $63.25, indicating a potential upside of 13.03%. National Storage Affiliates Trust has a consensus price target of $43.17, indicating a potential upside of 5.72%. Given W. P. Carey's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe W. P. Carey is more favorable than National Storage Affiliates Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
W. P. Carey	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11
National Storage Affiliates Trust	3 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.78

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WPC or NSA?

W. P. Carey received 67 more outperform votes than National Storage Affiliates Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.17% of users gave W. P. Carey an outperform vote while only 55.06% of users gave National Storage Affiliates Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
W. P. Carey	Outperform Votes 339 57.17%	Underperform Votes 254 42.83%
National Storage Affiliates Trust	Outperform Votes 272 55.06%	Underperform Votes 222 44.94%

Is WPC or NSA a better dividend stock?

W. P. Carey pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. National Storage Affiliates Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. W. P. Carey pays out 138.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Storage Affiliates Trust pays out 131.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility & risk, WPC or NSA?

W. P. Carey has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Storage Affiliates Trust has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WPC or NSA more profitable?

W. P. Carey has a net margin of 35.12% compared to National Storage Affiliates Trust's net margin of 20.59%. National Storage Affiliates Trust's return on equity of 10.35% beat W. P. Carey's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
W. P. Carey	35.12%	6.45%	3.14%
National Storage Affiliates Trust	20.59%	10.35%	2.98%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WPC or NSA?

73.7% of W. P. Carey shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of W. P. Carey shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 13.0% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media refer more to WPC or NSA?

In the previous week, W. P. Carey had 20 more articles in the media than National Storage Affiliates Trust. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for W. P. Carey and 4 mentions for National Storage Affiliates Trust. National Storage Affiliates Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat W. P. Carey's score of 0.98 indicating that National Storage Affiliates Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
W. P. Carey	14 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
National Storage Affiliates Trust	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, WPC or NSA?

W. P. Carey has higher revenue and earnings than National Storage Affiliates Trust. W. P. Carey 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
W. P. Carey	$1.59B	7.71	$708.33M	$2.54	22.03
National Storage Affiliates Trust	$858.06M	3.63	$156.67M	$1.71	23.88

Summary

W. P. Carey beats National Storage Affiliates Trust on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.