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PSA vs SMA

Side-by-side comparison of Public Storage (PSA) and SmartStop Self Storage REIT Inc. (SMA): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both PSA and SMA operate in Real Estate Investment Trusts (Real Estate), so they compete in similar markets.
  • PSA is the larger of the two at $55.83B, about 29.4x SMA ($1.90B).
  • Over the past year, PSA is up 11.9% and SMA is down 4.6% - PSA leads by 16.5 points.
  • PSA has been more active in the news (19 items in the past 4 weeks vs 13 for SMA).
  • PSA has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 14 for SMA).
PerformancePSA+11.92%SMA-4.59%
2025-07-18+0.00%2026-07-17
MetricPSASMA
Company
Public Storage
SmartStop Self Storage REIT Inc.
Price
$317.96-2.02%
$34.30-1.99%
Market cap
$55.83B
$1.90B
1M return
-0.71%
+7.39%
1Y return
+11.92%
-4.59%
Industry
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2025
News (4w)
19
13
Recent ratings
25
14
PSA

Public Storage

Public Storage, a member of the S&P 500 and FT Global 500, is a REIT that primarily acquires, develops, owns and operates self-storage facilities. At September 30, 2020, we had: (i) interests in 2,504 self-storage facilities located in 38 states with approximately 171 million net rentable square feet in the United States, (ii) an approximate 35% common equity interest in Shurgard Self Storage SA (Euronext Brussels:SHUR) which owned 239 self-storage facilities located in seven Western European nations with approximately 13 million net rentable square feet operated under the “Shurgard” brand and (iii) an approximate 42% common equity interest in PS Business Parks, Inc. (NYSE:PSB) which owned and operated approximately 28 million rentable square feet of commercial space at September 30, 2020. Our headquarters are located in Glendale, California.

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