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
Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) and AvalonBay Communities (NYSE:AVB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and valuation.
99.1% of Extra Space Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.6% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Extra Space Storage shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of AvalonBay Communities shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Extra Space Storage currently has a consensus price target of $148.64, suggesting a potential upside of 4.47%. AvalonBay Communities has a consensus price target of $217.46, suggesting a potential upside of 15.78%. Given AvalonBay Communities' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe AvalonBay Communities is more favorable than Extra Space Storage.
AvalonBay Communities has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
Extra Space Storage pays an annual dividend of $6.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. AvalonBay Communities pays an annual dividend of $7.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. 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 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 has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and AvalonBay Communities has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
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.
In the previous week, AvalonBay Communities had 3 more articles in the media than Extra Space Storage. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for AvalonBay Communities and 16 mentions for Extra Space Storage. Extra Space Storage's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat AvalonBay Communities' score of 0.51 indicating that Extra Space Storage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Extra Space Storage has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AvalonBay Communities has a beta of 0.86, suggesting that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Extra Space Storage beats AvalonBay Communities on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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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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This page (NYSE:EXR) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
