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Smartstop Self Storage REIT Inc SMA
$32.51 +0.84% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $1.80B
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin widened to 29.4% from 21.7% a year earlier.
- Net debt is 6.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $160.5M, down 14.8% from a year earlier, accelerating from -18.1% a quarter 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.
Growth79Positive
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 10%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 9%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 26%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 20%
Quality54Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 7%
- Gross marginBottom 9%
- Operating marginTop 41%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 39%
- Interest coverBottom 33%
Value24Very weak
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 43%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 44%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 40%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 10%
Momentum58Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 23%
- 6-month returnTop 30%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 36%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 31%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 8%
Revisions55Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 39%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 32%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 31%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 14%
Stability61Neutral
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 15%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 39%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -18.1% | -14.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 52.2% | -6.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 21.7% | 29.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 27.0% | 68.7% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -14.8% | -18.1% | ↑ | Bottom 10% |
| Gross margin | -6.2% | 52.2% | ↓ | Bottom 9% |
| Operating margin | 29.4% | 21.7% | ↑ | Top 41% |
| Net margin | 18.0% | -6.9% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 68.7% | 27.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 36.1% | — | Top 7% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 10.9% | — | Top 26% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- 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.
- 9.1%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -85.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 6.60×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 4.92%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.20%
- Shareholder yield
- 5.12%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +1.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -17.1%
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 7
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +11.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 6
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $36.20
- Target vs current price
- +11.4%
- Analysts with a rating
- 10
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 60%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | +92.7% | +0.5% | +1.0% | -3.5% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | +103.4% | +3.5% | +2.4% | -2.3% | +8.2% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | -67.7% | -1.3% | -2.6% | -8.0% | -7.6% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -82.7% | +1.0% | -2.0% | -3.4% | -8.4% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -4090.0% | -0.9% | -2.3% | +3.0% | +2.4% |
| May 7, 2025 | -185.4% | +0.4% | +4.0% | +6.2% | +0.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | $0.20 | $0.10 | +92.7% | $62.9M |
| May 6, 2026 | $0.17 | $0.08 | +103.4% | $61.9M |
| Feb 25, 2026 | $0.05 | $0.16 | -67.7% | $62.0M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.09 | $0.52 | -82.7% | $70.4M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | -$0.16 | $0.00 | -4090.0% | $58.2M |
| May 7, 2025 | -$0.35 | $0.41 | -185.4% | $56.6M |
| Mar 12, 2025 | -$0.15 | -$0.31 | +51.0% | $53.5M |
| Nov 13, 2024 | -$0.07 | — | — | $60.2M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 63.6× | — | — | Bottom 43% |
| P/E (forward) | 49.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 17.6× | — | — | Bottom 40% |
| EV / Sales | 17.95× | — | — | Bottom 10% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.13% | — | — | Top 44% |
| Earnings yield | 1.57% | — | — | Bottom 43% |
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
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -2.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +0.5%
- RSI (14)
- 50.6
- Relative volume
- 1.09×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 23.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 38th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.51
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.28
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -24.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2025 | May 19, 2026 | -24.0% | 171 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $1.80B
- P/E (TTM)
- 63.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.51
- Revenue (TTM)
- $160.5M
- Dividend yield
- 5.34%
- 52-week range
- $29.41 – $38.69
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $168.8M | $206.3M | $233.0M | $237.0M | $281.1M |
| Gross profit | $114.9M | $148.9M | $158.5M | $157.7M | $26.1M |
| Operating income | $16.5M | $65.9M | $70.6M | $69.2M | $59.0M |
| Net income | -$16.9M | $18.8M | $9.8M | -$5.6M | -$1.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.37 | $0.07 | -$0.03 | -$0.19 | -$0.20 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $60.2M | $60.6M | $725,000 | $66.8M | $1.5M | $1.4M | $78.3M | $79.3M |
| Net income | -$3.1M | -$291,000 | -$5.0M | -$4.6M | $5.2M | $2.8M | $9.6M | $11.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.07 | -$0.04 | -$0.05 | -$0.15 | $0.09 | $0.05 | $0.17 | $0.20 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $58.8M | $87.9M | $73.2M | $64.0M | $85.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$4 | $3 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Free cash flow | $58.8M | $87.9M | $73.2M | $64.0M | $85.0M |
| Dividends paid | -$26.2M | -$49.4M | -$40.6M | -$37.4M | -$74.8M |
| Net share buybacks | -$606,185 | -$1.8M | -$19.0M | -$33.8M | $673.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $38.2M
- Total assets
- $2.44B
- Total liabilities
- $1.18B
- Total debt
- $1.12B
- Net debt
- $1.08B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.16B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | $0.14 | Nov 13, 2026 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $0.13 | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $0.14 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $0.14 | Aug 14, 2026 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | $0.13 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.14 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.13 | May 15, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | $0.14 | Apr 15, 2026 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 5,248,340
- Days to cover
- 7.19
- Change vs previous report
- +15.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.