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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 $54.36B, about 31.8x SMA ($1.71B).
  • Over the past year, PSA is up 2.2% and SMA is down 16.7% - PSA leads by 18.9 points.
  • SMA has been more active in the news (5 items in the past 4 weeks vs 1 for PSA).
  • PSA has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 13 for SMA).
PerformancePSA+2.22%SMA-16.69%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-05
MetricPSASMA
Company
Public Storage
SmartStop Self Storage REIT Inc.
Price
$309.58+0.94%
$30.95+0.55%
Market cap
$54.36B
$1.71B
1M return
+0.16%
-3.61%
1Y return
+2.22%
-16.69%
Industry
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Real Estate Investment Trusts
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2025
News (4w)
1
5
Recent ratings
25
13
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.