Reviewing Smartstop Self Storage REIT (SMA) & Its Peers

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings for Smartstop Self Storage REIT and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

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Smartstop Self Storage REIT presently has a consensus target price of $36.94, suggesting a potential upside of 19.87%. As a group, “REIT – EQTY TRUST – OTHER” companies have a potential upside of 7.48%. Given Smartstop Self Storage REIT’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Smartstop Self Storage REIT is more favorable than its competitors.

Dividends

Smartstop Self Storage REIT pays an annual dividend of $1.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Smartstop Self Storage REIT pays out 1,053.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “REIT – EQTY TRUST – OTHER” companies pay a dividend yield of 4.5% and pay out 231.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Smartstop Self Storage REIT and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

Smartstop Self Storage REIT’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Smartstop Self Storage REIT. Smartstop Self Storage REIT 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.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

76.0% of shares of all “REIT – EQTY TRUST – OTHER” companies are held by institutional investors. 5.5% of Smartstop Self Storage REIT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.2% of shares of all “REIT – EQTY TRUST – OTHER” companies are held by 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.

Profitability

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

Summary

Smartstop Self Storage REIT beats its competitors on 8 of the 14 factors compared.

Smartstop Self Storage REIT Company Profile

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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.

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