Public Storage (PSA)
Public Storage, a member of the S&P 500, is a REIT that primarily acquires, develops, owns, and operates self-storage facilities.
Scored against other Real Estate stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
Public Storage is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- It keeps a bigger share of each dollar it brings in than most other real estate companies.
- Worth watching
- The stock has been sliding and sits near the low end of its range for the year.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 18 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About Public Storage
Public Storage, a member of the S&P 500, is a REIT that primarily acquires, develops, owns, and operates self-storage facilities…
- Sector
- Real Estate
- Industry
- REIT - Industrial
- Employees
- 5,770
- Headquarters
- Frisco, TX
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 28.5 — lower than 50% of Real Estate peers
P/B 10.8 — lower than 22% of Real Estate peers
P/S 11.4 — lower than 20% of Real Estate peers
EV/EBITDA 19.4 — lower than 50% of Real Estate peers
EV/Revenue 13.6 — lower than 50% of Real Estate peers
PEG 4.0 — lower than 14% of Real Estate peers
FCF yield 4.2% — higher than 89% of Real Estate peers
Profitability & quality
Operating margin 45.7% — higher than 60% of Real Estate peers
Net margin 41.6% — higher than 70% of Real Estate peers
ROE 21.9% — higher than 78% of Real Estate peers
ROA 7.0% — higher than 100% of Real Estate peers
Free cash flow is 126% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 1.1 — lower than 33% of Real Estate peers
Current ratio 0.22 — higher than 10% of Real Estate peers
Quick ratio 0.13 — higher than 10% of Real Estate peers
Cash/debt 0.03 — higher than 30% of Real Estate peers
Debt/EBITDA 2.96 — lower than 90% of Real Estate peers
Growth
Revenue growth 3.3% YoY — higher than 20% of Real Estate peers
Earnings growth 45.1% YoY — higher than 80% of Real Estate peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 114.6% — typical for Real Estate peers
Net insider buying, +0.7% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -15.2% of shares held
Insiders hold 9.6% of shares outstanding
4.6% of float sold short
Momentum
Below its 50- & 200-day averages
53% of the way from its 52-week low to high