CubeSmart (CUBE) Competitors

Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) and CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EXR or CUBE?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Extra Space Storage	$2.56B	12.25	$803.20M	$4.49	32.98
CubeSmart	$1.05B	9.10	$410.76M	$1.80	23.61

Which has more risk & volatility, EXR or CUBE?

Extra Space Storage has a beta of 0.81, suggesting that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CubeSmart has a beta of 0.77, suggesting that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EXR or CUBE more profitable?

CubeSmart has a net margin of 38.64% compared to CubeSmart's net margin of 29.10%. Extra Space Storage's return on equity of 14.48% beat CubeSmart's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Extra Space Storage	29.10%	6.76%	3.58%
CubeSmart	38.64%	14.48%	6.54%

Do analysts prefer EXR or CUBE?

Extra Space Storage currently has a consensus price target of $151.83, indicating a potential upside of 2.52%. CubeSmart has a consensus price target of $46.17, indicating a potential upside of 8.63%. Given Extra Space Storage's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe CubeSmart is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Extra Space Storage	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
CubeSmart	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.18

Does the media prefer EXR or CUBE?

In the previous week, Extra Space Storage had 4 more articles in the media than CubeSmart. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Extra Space Storage and 8 mentions for CubeSmart. Extra Space Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat CubeSmart's score of 1.19 indicating that CubeSmart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Extra Space Storage	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CubeSmart	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EXR or CUBE?

99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of CubeSmart shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EXR or CUBE?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Extra Space Storage	Outperform Votes 496 59.90%	Underperform Votes 332 40.10%
CubeSmart	Outperform Votes 434 64.68%	Underperform Votes 237 35.32%

Is EXR or CUBE a better dividend stock?

Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. 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 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. CubeSmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Extra Space Storage beats CubeSmart on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.