EXR vs. AVB, CUBE, FR, MAA, NSA, OUT, PLD, PSA, REXR, and WELL
Should you be buying Extra Space Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Extra Space Storage include AvalonBay Communities (AVB), CubeSmart (CUBE), First Industrial Realty Trust (FR), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), OUTFRONT Media (OUT), Prologis (PLD), Public Storage (PSA), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), and Welltower (WELL). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Extra Space Storage vs. Its Competitors
AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) and Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.
92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Extra Space Storage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
AvalonBay Communities has a net margin of 38.91% compared to Extra Space Storage's net margin of 29.51%. AvalonBay Communities' return on equity of 9.70% beat Extra Space Storage's return on equity.
AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. 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. Extra Space Storage pays out 140.6% 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Extra Space Storage has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
AvalonBay Communities presently has a consensus price target of $218.42, suggesting a potential upside of 13.65%. Extra Space Storage has a consensus price target of $152.20, suggesting a potential upside of 6.07%. Given AvalonBay Communities' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.
In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 2 more articles in the media than Extra Space Storage. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 26 mentions for Extra Space Storage. AvalonBay Communities' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Extra Space Storage's score of 1.09 indicating that AvalonBay Communities is being referred to more favorably in the media.
AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Extra Space Storage has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
AvalonBay Communities has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Extra Space Storage. AvalonBay Communities 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.
Summary
AvalonBay Communities beats Extra Space Storage on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EXR) was last updated on 9/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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