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Brad Schwer
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Winter Is Coming: Public Storage Braces as Demand Softens

Public Storage continues to squeeze growth out of its facilities, a tall task given the tough comps from 2015. We are maintaining our fair value estimate of $226 per share and narrow moat rating. Mid-single-digit net operating income growth appears to be the new goal for self-storage REITs as they come to grips with softening demand.
Public Storage reported third-quarter funds from operations of $2.51 per diluted share compared with $2.27 a year ago, with an increase in same-store net operating ...
Underlying
Public Storage

Public Storage is a real estate investment trust. The company's business activities include: Self-storage Operations, which acquires, develops, owns and operates self-storage facilities that provide storage spaces for lease on a month-to-month basis, for personal and business use; Ancillary Operations, which reinsures policies against losses to goods stored by customers in the company's self-storage facilities and sells merchandise, mainly locks and cardboard boxes, at its self-storage facilities; and Investment in PS Business Parks Inc. (PSB), in which the company has an equity interest in PSB that owns, operates, acquires and develops commercial properties, mainly multi-tenant flex, office, and industrial parks.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

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