National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA) Competitors

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

Is NSA or HLI a better dividend stock?

National Storage Affiliates Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Houlihan Lokey pays an annual dividend of $2.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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. Houlihan Lokey pays out 43.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk & volatility, NSA or HLI?

National Storage Affiliates Trust has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Houlihan Lokey has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in NSA or HLI?

Houlihan Lokey received 27 more outperform votes than National Storage Affiliates Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.53% of users gave Houlihan Lokey an outperform vote while only 54.29% of users gave National Storage Affiliates Trust an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
National Storage Affiliates Trust	Outperform Votes 272 54.29%	Underperform Votes 229 45.71%
Houlihan Lokey	Outperform Votes 299 60.53%	Underperform Votes 195 39.47%

Is NSA or HLI more profitable?

National Storage Affiliates Trust has a net margin of 20.59% compared to Houlihan Lokey's net margin of 16.00%. Houlihan Lokey's return on equity of 20.04% beat National Storage Affiliates Trust's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
National Storage Affiliates Trust	20.59%	10.35%	2.98%
Houlihan Lokey	16.00%	20.04%	12.06%

Does the media favor NSA or HLI?

In the previous week, Houlihan Lokey had 12 more articles in the media than National Storage Affiliates Trust. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Houlihan Lokey and 13 mentions for National Storage Affiliates Trust. National Storage Affiliates Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Houlihan Lokey's score of 0.68 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	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Houlihan Lokey	14 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate NSA or HLI?

National Storage Affiliates Trust currently has a consensus price target of $41.28, suggesting a potential upside of 16.01%. Houlihan Lokey has a consensus price target of $183.40, suggesting a potential upside of 20.48%. Given Houlihan Lokey's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Houlihan Lokey 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)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.90
Houlihan Lokey	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of NSA or HLI?

100.0% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.1% of Houlihan Lokey shares are held by institutional investors. 13.7% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 23.7% of Houlihan Lokey shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, NSA or HLI?

Houlihan Lokey has higher revenue and earnings than National Storage Affiliates Trust. Houlihan Lokey 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	3.53	$156.67M	$1.14	31.21
Houlihan Lokey	$2.24B	4.76	$280.30M	$5.24	29.05

Summary

Houlihan Lokey beats National Storage Affiliates Trust on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.