CubeSmart (CUBE) Competitors

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

Is CUBE or AVB a better dividend stock?

CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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 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 has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and AvalonBay Communities has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. CubeSmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate CUBE or AVB?

CubeSmart currently has a consensus target price of $46.06, indicating a potential upside of 15.27%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus target price of $217.46, indicating a potential upside of 15.65%. Given AvalonBay Communities' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than CubeSmart.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
CubeSmart	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39
AvalonBay Communities	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Is CUBE or AVB 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
CubeSmart	35.44%	13.12%	5.76%
AvalonBay Communities	38.91%	9.70%	5.45%

Which has better earnings and valuation, CUBE or AVB?

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
CubeSmart	$1.09B	8.33	$391.18M	$1.64	24.37
AvalonBay Communities	$2.98B	8.98	$1.08B	$8.12	23.16

Which has more risk & volatility, CUBE or AVB?

CubeSmart has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor CUBE or AVB?

In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 9 more articles in the media than CubeSmart. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 10 mentions for CubeSmart. CubeSmart's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 0.51 indicating that CubeSmart is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
CubeSmart	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
AvalonBay Communities	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in CUBE or AVB?

97.6% of CubeSmart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

CubeSmart beats AvalonBay Communities on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.