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Extra Space Storage vs Public Storage

EXR and PSA side by side, both in miscellaneous investing. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How EXR and PSA compare

Public Storage is the larger company, worth 1.9 times as much as Extra Space Storage ($62.1B against $33.1B).

On earnings, Extra Space Storage is cheaper: it trades at 32.2× trailing earnings, against 34.8× for Public Storage.

Public Storage grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (5.2% versus 4.1% for Extra Space Storage).

Public Storage keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 37.8% compared with 29.9% at Extra Space Storage.

Both pay dividends: Extra Space Storage yields 4.1% and Public Storage 3.6%.

Extra Space Storage scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 9 for Public Storage), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricEXRPSA
Size and price
Market cap$33.1B$62.1B
Share price$158.50$332.59
Change, 1 year19.5%20.9%
Change, 5 years−21.6%0.26%
Beta (5Y)0.830.72
Employees8,3935,770
StockData Score
Total score16 (better)9
Valuation score1 (better)0
Growth score3 (better)2
Performance score44
Health score4 (better)2
Dividend score4 (better)1
Valuation
P/E32.2× (better)34.8×
P/S9.5× (better)12.3×
P/B2.6× (better)4.3×
EV/EBITDA14.6× (better)17.7×
P/FCF21.3×–
FCF yield4.7%–
Fair value$124.78$242.52
Margin of safety−27.0% (better)−37.1%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)4.1%5.2% (better)
Revenue growth, 5Y average20.0% (better)10.6%
Net income growth (TTM)9.5% (better)0.44%
EPS growth (TTM)5.8% (better)−0.83%
EPS growth, 5Y average4.3%7.5% (better)
Profitability
Gross margin73.0%–
Operating margin43.8%–
Net margin29.9%37.8% (better)
FCF margin44.7%–
Return on equity7.9%16.0% (better)
Return on invested capital11.1%–
Financial health
Debt / equity0.000.01 (better)
Net debt / EBITDA–−0.10
Altman Z-score1.502.80 (better)
Piotroski F-score56 (better)
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield4.1% (better)3.6%
Payout ratio132%–
Years of dividend growth00
Dividend growth, 5Y average12.5% (better)8.4%
Buyback yield1.4%–
Shareholder yield5.5% (better)3.6%
Ownership
Held by institutions101%81.8%
Held by insiders1.1%9.4%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$2.4M−$772K (better)
Superinvestors holding11
Short interest, % of float2.4%4.2%

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