CubeSmart (CUBE) Competitors

AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.

Which has more risk & volatility, AVB or CUBE?

AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, meaning that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CubeSmart has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of AVB or CUBE?

92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of CubeSmart shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is AVB or CUBE a better dividend stock?

AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. AvalonBay Communities pays out 86.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. CubeSmart pays out 126.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. AvalonBay Communities has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and CubeSmart has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years. CubeSmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, AVB or CUBE?

AvalonBay Communities has higher revenue and earnings than CubeSmart. AvalonBay Communities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CubeSmart, 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
AvalonBay Communities	$2.91B	9.46	$1.08B	$8.12	23.85
CubeSmart	$929.08M	10.08	$391.18M	$1.64	25.04

Is AVB or CUBE more profitable?

AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 38.91% compared to CubeSmart's net margin of 35.44%. CubeSmart's return on equity of 13.12% beat AvalonBay Communities' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
AvalonBay Communities	38.91%	9.70%	5.45%
CubeSmart	35.44%	13.12%	5.76%

Do analysts prefer AVB or CUBE?

AvalonBay Communities presently has a consensus target price of $225.64, indicating a potential upside of 16.54%. CubeSmart has a consensus target price of $46.93, indicating a potential upside of 14.28%. Given AvalonBay Communities' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than CubeSmart.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
AvalonBay Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
CubeSmart	0 Sell rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Does the media prefer AVB or CUBE?

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 14 more articles in the media than CubeSmart. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 11 mentions for CubeSmart. CubeSmart's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 1.27 indicating that CubeSmart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
AvalonBay Communities	20 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
CubeSmart	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

CubeSmart beats AvalonBay Communities on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.