LSI vs. CUBE, HR, OHI, RHP, MPW, VTR, EPR, EXR, WELL, and REXR
Should you be buying Life Storage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Life Storage include CubeSmart (CUBE), Healthcare Realty Trust (HR), Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI), Ryman Hospitality Properties (RHP), Medical Properties Trust (MPW), Ventas (VTR), EPR Properties (EPR), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Welltower (WELL), and Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR). These companies are all part of the "real estate investment trusts" industry.
Life Storage vs.
Life Storage (NYSE:LSI) and CubeSmart (NYSE:CUBE) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
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.
Life Storage has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CubeSmart has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Life Storage presently has a consensus target price of $128.89, suggesting a potential downside of 0.13%. CubeSmart has a consensus target price of $48.71, suggesting 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.
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 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.
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.
Summary
CubeSmart beats Life Storage on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding LSI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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