CUBE vs. EXR, WY, VTR, OHI, RHP, HR, RYN, PCH, SBRA, and MPW
Should you be buying CubeSmart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CubeSmart include Extra Space Storage (EXR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Ventas (VTR), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Rayonier (RYN), PotlatchDeltic (PCH), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), and Medical Properties Trust (MPW). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) and Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
CubeSmart has a net margin of 38.64% compared to Extra Space Storage's net margin of 29.10%. CubeSmart's return on equity of 14.48% beat Extra Space Storage's return on equity.
CubeSmart has a beta of 0.77, indicating that its share price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Extra Space Storage has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
CubeSmart currently has a consensus target price of $46.17, suggesting a potential upside of 10.29%. Extra Space Storage has a consensus target price of $151.83, suggesting a potential upside of 2.99%. Given CubeSmart's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe CubeSmart is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.
CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. CubeSmart pays out 113.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Extra Space Storage pays out 144.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CubeSmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Extra Space Storage received 62 more outperform votes than CubeSmart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.68% of users gave CubeSmart an outperform vote while only 59.90% of users gave Extra Space Storage an outperform vote.
97.6% of CubeSmart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Extra Space Storage shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Extra Space Storage has higher revenue and earnings than CubeSmart. CubeSmart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Extra Space Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Extra Space Storage had 2 more articles in the media than CubeSmart. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Extra Space Storage and 9 mentions for CubeSmart. CubeSmart's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Extra Space Storage's score of 1.18 indicating that CubeSmart is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Extra Space Storage beats CubeSmart on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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