Analyzing Global Self Storage (SELF) & The Competition

Global Self Storage (NASDAQ:SELF) is one of 35 public companies in the “Specialized REITs” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its peers? We will compare Global Self Storage to similar businesses based on the strength of its earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation and institutional ownership.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Global Self Storage and its peers top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Global Self Storage	$12.70 million	$2.04 million	27.11
Global Self Storage Competitors	$2.58 billion	$596.00 million	32.62

Global Self Storage’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Global Self Storage. Global Self Storage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current recommendations for Global Self Storage and its peers, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Global Self Storage	0	1	0	0	2.00
Global Self Storage Competitors	517	2777	3661	191	2.49

As a group, “Specialized REITs” companies have a potential upside of 13.23%. Given Global Self Storage’s peers stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Global Self Storage has less favorable growth aspects than its peers.

Volatility & Risk

Global Self Storage has a beta of -0.01, indicating that its stock price is 101% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Global Self Storage’s peers have a beta of 0.92, indicating that their average stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

28.9% of Global Self Storage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of shares of all “Specialized REITs” companies are owned by institutional investors. 10.7% of Global Self Storage shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.5% of shares of all “Specialized REITs” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Dividends

Global Self Storage pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.9%. Global Self Storage pays out 161.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Specialized REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.3% and pay out 120.7% of their earnings in the form of a dividend.

Profitability

This table compares Global Self Storage and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Global Self Storage	16.64%	4.57%	3.32%
Global Self Storage Competitors	-5.42%	-3.46%	2.00%

Summary

Global Self Storage peers beat Global Self Storage on 10 of the 15 factors compared.

About Global Self Storage

Global Self Storage is a self-administered and self-managed REIT that owns, operates, manages, acquires, and redevelops self-storage properties. The company's self-storage properties are designed to offer affordable, easily accessible and secure storage space for residential and commercial customers. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, the company owns and/or manages 13 self-storage properties in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Oklahoma.