Stocks · Real Estate · REIT - Specialty
Global Self Storage, Inc. SELF
$4.85 -1.22% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $55.4M
High qualityLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 6, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.18, down 14.0% year over year.
- Operating margin narrowed to 21.2% from 25.3% a year earlier.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $12.8M, up 0.5% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Real Estate sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 26%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 35%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 41%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 32%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 33%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 8%
- Gross marginTop 43%
- Operating marginBottom 43%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 41%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 8%
- Interest coverTop 16%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 42%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 36%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 38%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 24%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 23%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 39%
- 6-month returnBottom 40%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 42%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 28%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 41%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 28%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 48%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 6%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 4%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.0% | 0.5% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -18.4% | -14.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 62.8% | 53.8% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 25.3% | 21.2% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 36.8% | 31.6% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.5% | 1.0% | ↓ | Bottom 26% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -14.0% | -18.4% | ↑ | Bottom 35% |
| Gross margin | 53.8% | 62.8% | ↓ | Top 43% |
| Operating margin | 21.2% | 25.3% | ↓ | Bottom 43% |
| Net margin | 16.6% | 19.6% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 31.6% | 36.8% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 32.5% | — | Top 8% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.1% | — | Bottom 32% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.74×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 5.94%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.94%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -15.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | +50.0% | -2.5% | -2.3% | +0.0% | — |
| May 8, 2026 | +33.3% | -2.2% | -1.5% | -6.3% | -4.1% |
| Mar 25, 2026 | -50.0% | +1.2% | +0.2% | +4.3% | -0.4% |
| Nov 7, 2025 | — | +1.6% | +2.7% | +1.8% | +3.1% |
| Aug 8, 2025 | — | -0.9% | -3.6% | -0.8% | -6.2% |
| May 9, 2025 | — | -1.3% | -0.8% | +9.9% | -1.1% |
| Mar 26, 2025 | — | +0.0% | -0.6% | +1.4% | +8.7% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | -93.5% | +1.0% | +3.8% | +2.6% | +3.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | $0.09 | $0.06 | +50.0% | $3.1M |
| May 8, 2026 | $0.08 | $0.06 | +33.3% | $3.1M |
| Mar 25, 2026 | $0.03 | $0.06 | -50.0% | $3.0M |
| Nov 7, 2025 | $0.04 | — | — | $3.2M |
| Aug 8, 2025 | $0.10 | — | — | $3.1M |
| May 9, 2025 | $0.05 | — | — | $3.0M |
| Mar 26, 2025 | $0.01 | — | — | $3.1M |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $0.10 | $1.54 | -93.5% | $3.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 26.4× | 24.9× | 67th | Top 42% |
| P/E (forward) | 18.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.8× | — | — | Top 38% |
| EV / Sales | 4.96× | — | — | Top 24% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 7.29% | — | — | Top 36% |
| Earnings yield | 3.78% | — | — | Top 42% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 16.9× – 31.8× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -3.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -14.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +14.2%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -6.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -6.0%
- RSI (14)
- 33.6
- Relative volume
- 1.19×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 23.9%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 48th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.06
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.06
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -16.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 2021 | May 3, 2024 | -37.7% | 728 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $55.4M
- P/E (TTM)
- 26.4
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.18
- Revenue (TTM)
- $12.8M
- Dividend yield
- 5.98%
- 52-week range
- $4.73 – $5.75
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $10.5M | $11.9M | $12.2M | $12.5M | $12.7M |
| Gross profit | $6.7M | $7.8M | $7.6M | $7.8M | $4.6M |
| Operating income | $2.7M | $3.5M | $3.1M | $2.9M | $2.6M |
| Net income | $3.3M | $2.1M | $2.9M | $2.1M | $2.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.33 | $0.19 | $0.26 | $0.19 | $0.18 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.2M | $3.2M | $3.1M | $3.2M | $3.2M | $3.2M | $3.2M | $3.2M |
| Net income | $1.2M | $84,406 | $555,152 | $664,216 | $496,259 | $322,824 | $477,019 | $829,615 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.10 | $0.01 | $0.05 | $0.06 | $0.04 | $0.03 | $0.04 | $0.07 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $3.6M | $4.8M | $4.5M | $4.3M | $4.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$253,142 | -$113,333 | -$231,104 | -$78,336 | -$326,637 |
| Free cash flow | $3.4M | $4.7M | $4.3M | $4.3M | $4.1M |
| Dividends paid | -$2.6M | -$3.0M | -$3.2M | -$3.3M | -$3.3M |
| Net share buybacks | $6.2M | $2.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $7.5M
- Total assets
- $63.7M
- Total liabilities
- $17.3M
- Total debt
- $15.5M
- Net debt
- $8.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $46.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | $0.07 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.07 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 16, 2026 | $0.07 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $0.07 | Dec 30, 2025 |
| Sep 16, 2025 | $0.07 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | $0.07 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 17, 2025 | $0.07 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 16, 2024 | $0.07 | Dec 30, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 16,728
- Days to cover
- 1.00
- Change vs previous report
- -21.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.