PSA
Public Storage
Real Estate · Self-Storage REITs · US
$309.68
Data: 2025-12-31
✗ ETHICAL FAIL

STRONG MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$54.6B
Total market value of the company
32.20
Premium valuation
30.90
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+3.2%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
0.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
20.2%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$314.69
+2% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 16 analysts covering this stock
About Public Storage

Public Storage, a member of the S&P 500, is a REIT that primarily acquires, develops, owns, and operates self-storage facilities. At March 31, 2026, we: (i) owned and/or operated 3,546 self-storage facilities located in 40 states with approximately 259 million net rentable square feet in the United States and (ii) owned a 35% common equity interest in Shurgard Self Storage Limited (Euronext Brussels: SHUR), which owned 333 self-storage facilities located in seven Western European countries with approximately 19 million net rentable square feet operated under the Shurgard brand. Public Storage was incorporated in 1972 in Maryland.

https://www.publicstorage.com

Country: United States Employees: 5,770 Industry: REIT - Industrial
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
50.7% FAIL
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
1.9% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
2.3% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.8% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$202.00
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-53.3%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
AVOID
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
16.4th
Ranks in the top 84% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
10.0
Valuation Score
30.5
Quality Score
49.0
Combined
28.0

Trading at $311, 54% above fair value of $202. Strong competitive moat. Fails ethical screen (Debt ratio). Ranks better than 16% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

DISTRIBUTION
Smart money appears to be selling into strength — caution
0.550
Good returns relative to risk taken
0.0449
Modest edge detected — smaller position warranted
0.411
Drawdown risk outweighs the returns — higher risk profile
Annual Return
10.5%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-25.6%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
SIDEWAYS
Price consolidating — no clear directional bias
Days in State
3
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.98
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$313.51
1% below the year high
52W Low
$256.54
21% above the year low
Avg Volume
1,163,179
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
6.1
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
5.1%
Moderate short interest
386.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$9.67
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

1.08
Meaningful debt load — monitor closely
0.19
Below 1 means short-term obligations exceed liquid assets — risk flag
Quick Ratio
0.09
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
74.8%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
46.0%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$2.3B
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$4.9B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$1.7B
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
16
Target High
$350.00
Target Median
$314.69
Target Low
$276.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-04-21 SPOGLI RONALD P Director 5,163 $1,591,908
2026-04-20 POLADIAN AVEDICK BARUYR Director 5,163 $1,611,733
2026-04-14 HAVNER RONALD L JR Director 734
2026-04-10 POLADIAN AVEDICK BARUYR Director 6,000
2026-03-31 REYES JOHN Director 123 $33,318
2026-03-31 MITRA SHANKH Director 128 $34,673
2026-03-31 WILLIAMS PAUL STRATTON Director 54 $14,628
2026-03-31 SPOGLI RONALD P Director 6 $1,761
2026-03-31 HAVNER RONALD L JR Director 4 $1,246
2026-03-12 OWEN REBECCA L Director 4,250 $1,265,395
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2025-12-31

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