Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM – Get Free Report) is one of 35 public companies in the “Specialized REITs” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Iron Mountain to similar companies based on the strength of its analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, valuation and dividends.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Iron Mountain and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Iron Mountain | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2.67 |
| Iron Mountain Competitors | 499 | 2673 | 3529 | 187 | 2.49 |
Iron Mountain presently has a consensus target price of $135.17, suggesting a potential upside of 11.47%. As a group, “Specialized REITs” companies have a potential upside of 12.21%. Given Iron Mountain’s competitors higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Iron Mountain has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.
Profitability
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Iron Mountain | 5.54% | -85.44% | 3.30% |
| Iron Mountain Competitors | -3.98% | -3.37% | 2.13% |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
80.1% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of shares of all “Specialized REITs” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of shares of all “Specialized REITs” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Iron Mountain and its competitors revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Iron Mountain | $6.90 billion | $144.59 million | 133.25 |
| Iron Mountain Competitors | $2.59 billion | $596.00 million | 36.39 |
Iron Mountain has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its competitors. Iron Mountain is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.
Risk and Volatility
Iron Mountain has a beta of 1.2, meaning that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iron Mountain’s competitors have a beta of 0.96, meaning that their average share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dividends
Iron Mountain pays an annual dividend of $3.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Iron Mountain pays out 380.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Specialized REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.3% and pay out 122.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Iron Mountain has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Iron Mountain lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.
Summary
Iron Mountain beats its competitors on 8 of the 15 factors compared.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is a global leader in information management services. Founded in 1951 and trusted by more than 240,000 customers worldwide, Iron Mountain serves to protect and elevate the power of our customers’ work. Through a range of offerings including digital transformation, data centers, secure records storage, information management, asset lifecycle management, secure destruction and art storage and logistics, Iron Mountain helps businesses bring light to their dark data, enabling customers to unlock value and intelligence from their stored digital and physical assets at speed and with security, while helping them meet their environmental goals.
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