Contrasting Smartstop Self Storage REIT (SMA) and Its Rivals

Smartstop Self Storage REIT (NYSE:SMA) is one of 110 public companies in the “REIT – EQTY TRUST – OTHER” industry, but how does it compare to its peers? We will compare Smartstop Self Storage REIT to related businesses based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings for Smartstop Self Storage REIT and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Smartstop Self Storage REIT	3	1	6	2	2.58
Smartstop Self Storage REIT Competitors	2374	7993	8364	296	2.35

Smartstop Self Storage REIT presently has a consensus price target of $37.55, indicating a potential upside of 17.42%. As a group, “REIT – EQTY TRUST – OTHER” companies have a potential upside of 8.48%. Given Smartstop Self Storage REIT’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Smartstop Self Storage REIT is more favorable than its peers.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Smartstop Self Storage REIT and its peers revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Smartstop Self Storage REIT	$281.14 million	-$1.55 million	-86.43
Smartstop Self Storage REIT Competitors	$1.58 billion	$214.07 million	30.09

Smartstop Self Storage REIT’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Smartstop Self Storage REIT. Smartstop Self Storage REIT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Dividends

Smartstop Self Storage REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Smartstop Self Storage REIT pays out -440.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “REIT – EQTY TRUST – OTHER” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.7% and pay out -29.6% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Smartstop Self Storage REIT is clearly a better dividend stock than its peers, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Profitability

This table compares Smartstop Self Storage REIT and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Smartstop Self Storage REIT	-0.59%	-0.16%	-0.07%
Smartstop Self Storage REIT Competitors	0.38%	1.36%	0.83%

Insider and Institutional Ownership

76.0% of shares of all “REIT – EQTY TRUST – OTHER” companies are owned by institutional investors. 5.5% of Smartstop Self Storage REIT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of shares of all “REIT – EQTY TRUST – OTHER” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Smartstop Self Storage REIT peers beat Smartstop Self Storage REIT on 8 of the 14 factors compared.

About Smartstop Self Storage REIT

Symmetry Medical Inc. (Symmetry) is a medical device solutions company, including surgical instruments, orthopedic implants, and sterilization cases and trays. The Company designs, develops and offers worldwide production and supply chain capabilities for these products to customers in the orthopedic industry, and other medical device markets (including but not limited to arthroscopy, dental, laparoscopy, osteobiologic, and endoscopy segments). It also manufactures specialized non-healthcare products, primarily in the aerospace industry. The Company operates in two segments: original equipment manufacturer (OEM) solutions and symmetry surgical. On August 15, 2011, the Company acquired PSC Industries, Inc’s Olsen Medical division. On December 29, 2011 it acquired the surgical instruments product portfolio from Codman & Shurtleff, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson Company.