Safestore (OTCMKTS:SFSHF) & Vonovia (OTCMKTS:VONOY) Critical Survey

Vonovia (OTCMKTS:VONOY) and Safestore (OTCMKTS:SFSHF) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.

Profitability

This table compares Vonovia and Safestore’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vonovia	-7.37%	1.09%	0.34%
Safestore	N/A	N/A	N/A

Volatility and Risk

Vonovia has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Safestore has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Dividends

Vonovia pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Safestore pays an annual dividend of $0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Vonovia pays out 24.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and recommmendations for Vonovia and Safestore, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vonovia	0	0	1	0	3.00
Safestore	0	0	0	0	0.00

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Vonovia and Safestore”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vonovia	$5.51 billion	4.53	-$969.56 million	$2.70	5.52
Safestore	$284.91 million	6.75	$474.94 million	N/A	N/A

Safestore has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vonovia.

Summary

Vonovia beats Safestore on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Vonovia

Vonovia SE operates as an integrated residential real estate company in Europe. It operates through four segments: Rental, Value-Add, Recurring Sales, and Development. The company offers property management services; property-related services; and value-added services, including maintenance and modernization of residential properties, craftsmen and residential environment organization, condominium administration, cable TV, metering, energy supply, and insurances services. It also engages in the sale of individual condominiums and single-family houses; and project development activities. The company was formerly known as Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE and changed its name to Vonovia SE in August 2015. Vonovia SE was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Bochum, Germany.

About Safestore

Safestore is the UK’s largest self storage group with 190 stores on 31 October 2023, comprising 133 wholly owned stores in the UK (including 73 in London and the South East with the remainder in key metropolitan areas such as Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds, Newcastle, and Bristol), 29 wholly owned stores in the Paris region, 11 stores in Spain, 11 stores in the Netherlands and 6 stores in Belgium. In addition, the Group operates 7 stores in Germany under a Joint Venture agreement with Carlyle. Safestore operates more self storage sites inside the M25 and in central Paris than any competitor providing more proximity to customers in the wealthiest and more densely populated UK and French markets. Safestore was founded in the UK in 1998. It acquired the French business “Une Pièce en Plus” (“UPP”) in 2004 which was founded in 1998 by the current Safestore Group CEO Frederic Vecchioli. Safestore has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 2007. It entered the FTSE 250 index in October 2015. The Group provides storage to around 90,000 personal and business customers. As of 31 October 2023, Safestore had a maximum lettable area (“MLA”) of 8.090 million sq ft (excluding the expansion pipeline stores) of which 6.231 million sq ft was occupied. Safestore employs around 750 people in the UK, Paris, Spain, the Netherlands, and Belgium.