Smartstop Self Storage REIT (NYSE:SMA) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

Smartstop Self Storage REIT (NYSE:SMA) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.940-2.040 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 2.000. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Zacks Research downgraded Smartstop Self Storage REIT from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Friday, January 30th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d+)” rating on shares of Smartstop Self Storage REIT in a report on Friday, March 27th. Robert W. Baird lowered their price target on Smartstop Self Storage REIT from $37.00 to $36.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price target on Smartstop Self Storage REIT from $39.50 to $38.50 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, February 26th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on Smartstop Self Storage REIT from $35.00 to $32.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Monday, March 23rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have given a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $36.94.

Smartstop Self Storage REIT Stock Performance

NYSE SMA traded up $1.61 on Thursday, reaching $33.70. The stock had a trading volume of 659,235 shares, compared to its average volume of 860,067. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 5.87 and a current ratio of 5.87. Smartstop Self Storage REIT has a 12-month low of $29.42 and a 12-month high of $39.77. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $31.85 and its 200 day moving average price is $32.55. The stock has a market cap of $1.87 billion and a P/E ratio of -91.54.

Smartstop Self Storage REIT (NYSE:SMA) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 6th. The healthcare company reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.01. Smartstop Self Storage REIT had a negative return on equity of 0.16% and a negative net margin of 0.59%.The company had revenue of $78.31 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $72.56 million. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 19.7% on a year-over-year basis. Smartstop Self Storage REIT has set its FY 2026 guidance at 1.940-2.040 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that Smartstop Self Storage REIT will post 2 earnings per share for the current year.

Smartstop Self Storage REIT Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 29th will be paid a dividend of $0.1359 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.8%. This is a boost from Smartstop Self Storage REIT’s previous monthly dividend of $0.13. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 29th. Smartstop Self Storage REIT’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -427.03%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Conversant Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of Smartstop Self Storage REIT in the second quarter valued at $36,098,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its position in shares of Smartstop Self Storage REIT by 13.7% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 5,913,679 shares of the healthcare company’s stock valued at $182,972,000 after buying an additional 710,871 shares in the last quarter. Rush Island Management LP purchased a new position in shares of Smartstop Self Storage REIT in the fourth quarter valued at $15,644,000. State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of Smartstop Self Storage REIT by 74.1% during the fourth quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,146,404 shares of the healthcare company’s stock valued at $35,624,000 after acquiring an additional 487,811 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Smartstop Self Storage REIT by 91.0% during the third quarter. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 956,893 shares of the healthcare company’s stock valued at $36,017,000 after acquiring an additional 455,978 shares during the last quarter.

Smartstop Self Storage REIT Company Profile

Symmetry Medical Inc (Symmetry) is a medical device solutions company, including surgical instruments, orthopedic implants, and sterilization cases and trays. The Company designs, develops and offers worldwide production and supply chain capabilities for these products to customers in the orthopedic industry, and other medical device markets (including but not limited to arthroscopy, dental, laparoscopy, osteobiologic, and endoscopy segments). It also manufactures specialized non-healthcare products, primarily in the aerospace industry.