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NYSE:CUBE

CubeSmart (CUBE) Competitors

$45.26
+0.98 (+2.21%)
(As of 06/2/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$44.31
$45.31
50-Day Range
$43.90
$48.48
52-Week Range
$36.82
$51.08
Volume
843,806 shs
Average Volume
1.10 million shs
Market Capitalization
$10.17 billion
P/E Ratio
29.20
Dividend Yield
4.33%
Price Target
$48.71

CUBE vs. LSI, HR, OHI, RHP, MPW, EPR, VTR, EXR, WELL, and REG

Should you be buying CubeSmart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CubeSmart include Life Storage (LSI), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), EPR Properties (EPR), Ventas (VTR), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Welltower (WELL), and Regency Centers (REG). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.

CubeSmart vs.

Life Storage (NYSE:LSI) and CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, risk and media sentiment.

Life Storage currently has a consensus target price of $128.89, indicating a potential downside of 0.13%. CubeSmart has a consensus target price of $48.71, indicating a potential upside of 7.63%. Given CubeSmart's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe CubeSmart is more favorable than Life Storage.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Life Storage
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22
CubeSmart
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

89.6% of Life Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.6% of CubeSmart shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Life Storage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of CubeSmart shares are owned 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.

Life Storage has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CubeSmart has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Life Storage had 3 more articles in the media than CubeSmart. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Life Storage and 5 mentions for CubeSmart. CubeSmart's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Life Storage's score of 0.50 indicating that CubeSmart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Life Storage
2 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CubeSmart
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

CubeSmart has a net margin of 34.13% compared to Life Storage's net margin of 33.96%. CubeSmart's return on equity of 12.38% beat Life Storage's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Life Storage 33.96% 10.43% 5.16%
CubeSmart 34.13% 12.38% 5.54%

Life Storage has higher revenue and earnings than CubeSmart. CubeSmart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Life Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Life Storage$1.04 billion10.58$358.13 million$4.3129.94
CubeSmart$1.01 billion10.07$291.26 million$1.5529.20

Life Storage received 168 more outperform votes than CubeSmart when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.90% of users gave CubeSmart an outperform vote while only 63.50% of users gave Life Storage an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Life StorageOutperform Votes
595
63.50%
Underperform Votes
342
36.50%
CubeSmartOutperform Votes
427
65.90%
Underperform Votes
221
34.10%

Life Storage pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. CubeSmart pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Life Storage pays out 111.4% 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 126.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Life Storage has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and CubeSmart has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. CubeSmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

CubeSmart beats Life Storage on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CUBE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CUBE vs. The Competition

MetricCubeSmartReal estate investment trusts IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.17B$6.00B$6.29B$14.83B
Dividend Yield4.43%7.40%9.69%4.08%
P/E Ratio29.2028.53157.4518.06
Price / Sales10.075.066,379.719.09
Price / Cash16.4210.4032.8123.06
Price / Book3.602.042.379.18
Net Income$291.26M$200.35M$645.56M$897.06M
7 Day Performance1.00%3.93%1.51%2.54%
1 Month Performance3.10%3.46%1.72%2.71%
1 Year Performance2.26%-20.66%-6.64%-7.86%

CubeSmart Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LSI
Life Storage
2.2343 of 5 stars
$129.18
-0.2%
$128.89
-0.2%
+9.1%$10.99B$1.04B29.972,508News Coverage
HR
Healthcare Realty Trust
2.6975 of 5 stars
$18.36
+1.9%
$25.71
+40.1%
-32.2%$6.99B$932.64M-91.78338News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
OHI
Omega Healthcare Investors
1.7021 of 5 stars
$28.58
+0.9%
$30.60
+7.1%
+2.7%$6.70B$878.24M24.8570Analyst Report
RHP
Ryman Hospitality Properties
2.3841 of 5 stars
$91.30
+1.1%
$107.40
+17.6%
+2.9%$5.04B$1.81B24.351,269Positive News
MPW
Medical Properties Trust
3.0752 of 5 stars
$8.15
+2.9%
$13.23
+62.3%
-54.2%$4.88B$1.54B16.30112Positive News
Gap Up
EPR
EPR Properties
2.4058 of 5 stars
$41.18
-1.2%
$50.33
+22.2%
-14.6%$3.10B$658.03M18.4753Ex-Dividend
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
VTR
Ventas
2.3074 of 5 stars
$43.15
+0.6%
$54.92
+27.3%
-19.9%$17.26B$4.13B-239.71434Analyst Report
Gap Up
EXR
Extra Space Storage
2.3745 of 5 stars
$146.17
-0.3%
$170.56
+16.7%
-18.8%$19.74B$1.92B22.984,781Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
WELL
Welltower
1.7501 of 5 stars
$73.13
-0.6%
$82.29
+12.5%
-14.8%$36.35B$5.86B317.96464Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
REG
Regency Centers
2.4 of 5 stars
$55.78
-0.3%
$68.09
+22.1%
-13.6%$9.54B$1.22B24.79432Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision

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This page (NYSE:CUBE) was last updated on 6/3/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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