CUBE vs. EXR, VTR, WY, OHI, RHP, HR, EPR, SBRA, GEO, and RYN
Should you be buying CubeSmart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CubeSmart include Extra Space Storage (EXR), Ventas (VTR), Weyerhaeuser (WY), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), EPR Properties (EPR), Sabra Health Care REIT (SBRA), The GEO Group (GEO), and Rayonier (RYN). These companies are all part of the "specialized reits" industry.
CubeSmart vs. Its Competitors
Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) and CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) are both finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment and profitability.
CubeSmart has a net margin of 37.79% compared to Extra Space Storage's net margin of 25.35%. CubeSmart's return on equity of 14.33% beat Extra Space Storage's return on equity.
Extra Space Storage has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CubeSmart has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Extra Space Storage pays out 150.3% 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 123.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Extra Space Storage has raised its dividend for 1 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.
Extra Space Storage received 66 more outperform votes than CubeSmart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.35% of users gave CubeSmart an outperform vote while only 58.92% of users gave Extra Space Storage an outperform vote.
Extra Space Storage presently has a consensus target price of $159.54, indicating a potential upside of 6.73%. CubeSmart has a consensus target price of $47.36, indicating a potential upside of 10.27%. Given CubeSmart's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe CubeSmart is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of CubeSmart shares are owned by company 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.
In the previous week, Extra Space Storage and Extra Space Storage both had 10 articles in the media. Extra Space Storage's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat CubeSmart's score of 1.35 indicating that Extra Space Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Extra Space Storage beats CubeSmart on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CUBE) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
