Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. PSA scored 73.0, SMA scored 76.0 — SMA leads.
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PSA
Public Storage
REIT - Industrial · Financial strength
57.7Fin
$289.86 · $54.2B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
10.0
SMA leads
SMA
SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.
REIT - Industrial · Financial strength
67.7Fin
$32.83 · $1.9B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthSMA+18.6%
Strongest balance sheetSMA0.89
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Fundamentals, head-to-head
PSA
SMA
4.2%B+
Yield
4.9%B+
+2.7%C
Rev
+18.6%B+
1.10B
D/E
0.89B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
PSAPublic Storage
REIT - Industrial · $289.86 · beta 0.93
Why now
REIT - Industrial · market cap $54.2b. 14% off the 52-week high of $335.55. 18 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $335.06 (implying +16% upside).
Moat
Net margin 42% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 22% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately. $54.2b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Dividend payout 115% of earnings on a 4.2% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut. P/S 11.0x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard.
SMASmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.
REIT - Industrial · $32.83
Why now
REIT - Industrial · market cap $1.9b. 15% off the 52-week high of $38.69. Revenue growing +19%, comfortably above the S&P median. 12 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $36.60 (implying +11% upside).
Moat
Moat signals from the quantitative card are modest — profitability and capital efficiency are middle-of-pack. The thesis here depends on softer factors (switching costs, brand, distribution, regulatory protection) not captured by the quality-growth screen.
Risk
Dividend payout 302% of earnings on a 4.9% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut. ROE 2% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Common questions
Is SMA or PSA the better stock?
SMA scores higher: SMA 76.0, PSA 73.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
How are SMA and PSA scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.