CUBE vs. EXR, WY, VTR, OHI, RHP, HR, RYN, PCH, SBRA, and EPR
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 EPR Properties (EPR). 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, profitability, community ranking, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
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 59.98% of users gave Extra Space Storage an outperform vote.
CubeSmart currently has a consensus price target of $46.17, indicating a potential upside of 9.12%. Extra Space Storage has a consensus price target of $149.75, indicating a potential upside of 3.44%. Given CubeSmart's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CubeSmart is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.
97.6% of CubeSmart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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 pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 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.
In the previous week, CubeSmart had 1 more articles in the media than Extra Space Storage. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for CubeSmart and 12 mentions for Extra Space Storage. Extra Space Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat CubeSmart's score of 0.50 indicating that Extra Space Storage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
CubeSmart has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Extra Space Storage has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Extra Space Storage beats CubeSmart on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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