Public Storage
Orin's own judgment of how firmly the evidence points one way — not the chance the price goes up.
Public Storage is a hold at $283.81 as the stock remains in a downtrend, trading below both its 50-day ($309.53) and 200-day ($299.66) moving averages despite an oversold RSI of 32.37.
Quarterly earnings momentum is clearly improving — Q2 2026 diluted EPS of $2.55 more than doubled from $1.76 in Q2 2025, and the company has beaten consensus EPS estimates in each of the last four quarters — but FY2025 full-year EPS still declined 15.3% YoY to $9.01 and revenue growth is modest at 2.7%. The P/E of 27.17 sits roughly 7.6% below the peer median of 29.42, yet P/S at 10.89 is 25.7% above peers and a GuruFocus DCF pegs intrinsic value near $129 versus the current price, creating conflicting valuation signals. With smart money scores declining and self-storage oversupply concerns lingering, the stock needs to reclaim its 200-day MA to justify a more constructive stance.
What could go wrong
- Persistent oversupply in self-storage. Seeking Alpha notes the sector faces unusual oversupply after recent new supply additions, which could pressure occupancy and street rates for an extended period despite PSA's scale advantages.
- Valuation compression. A GuruFocus DCF analysis published 30 Sep estimates intrinsic value at $129 versus a price of $286, suggesting significant downside if rate expectations or growth assumptions reset further.
- Rising leverage. Total debt increased to $10.25B in FY2025 from $9.35B in FY2024, and if revenue growth remains around 2.7%, debt service could weigh on FCF and dividend coverage.
- Technical breakdown accelerates. The stock is already below both the 50-day and 200-day moving averages with RSI at 32.37; a failure to hold current levels could trigger further selling toward lower support.
What would change my mind
Where this comes from: technicals · quarterly results · FY25 fundamentals · peer comparison. Orin's read on PSA; not advice.
How has the share price moved?
Up 4.0% over twelve months, from $300.34 on 27 Oct 2025 to $312.47 at the Tue 27 Oct 2026 close. Its highest close in that time was $330.47 on 28 Jul 2026; the last close is 5.4% below it.
- Green line: the closing price each trading day.
- Grey line: the average closing price over the last 50 trading days.
- Dashed amber line: the same over the last 200 trading days — a slower, smoother line.
- Bars along the bottom: shares traded each day — green when it closed higher than the day before, rose when lower (the most, 4.0M, on 16 Mar 2026).
- Flags: the company's filings, on the day they were made (a 10-Q is the quarterly report and a 10-K the annual report; an 8-K reports a major event).
On file
All PSA filingsLargest holders · 13F Q2 2026
Money flow| Filer | Position | Of fund |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock | $5.5B | 0.1% |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management | $4.3B | 0.2% |
| Vanguard Capital Management | $3.3B | 0.1% |
| State Street | $3.2B | 0.1% |
| T. Rowe Price Associates | $1.8B | 0.2% |
| Norges Bank | $1.4B | 0.1% |
| Geode Capital Management | $1.4B | 0.1% |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management | $1.1B | 0.1% |
| JPMorgan Chase | $1.0B | 0.1% |
| FMR | $981.3M | 0.0% |
98 of the 815 filers we track · quarter ended Q2 2026 · positions, not flows
Insiders, last 24 months: 112 Form 4 filings; open-market trades net $235.2M. Of the 50 on hand, 0 were open-market purchases and 2 sales — the rest are grants, option exercises and tax withholding.
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Start 3 free days →How is it priced, against its own past and its sector?
Priced at 32.6× its last 12 months of profit (Tue 27 Oct close) — higher than in 4 of its last 5 fiscal years (middle 28.0×); the typical Real Estate company on the NYSE is at 42.4×.
| Measure | Now | Its usual | Sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| P/E | 32.6×above usual | 28.0× | 42.4× |
| P/S | 11.6×near usual | 11.7× | — |
| EV/EBITDA | 20.7×above usual | 17.5× | — |
| P/B | 4.0×below usual | 5.3× | — |
- "Its usual" is the middle of its own last 5 fiscal years.
P/E: the share price divided by one year of profit per share — roughly how many years of today's profit the price pays for. A company that loses money has no P/E.
P/S: the company's total market value divided by one year of revenue. Used when there is no profit to measure.
EV/EBITDA: the price of the whole company (its shares plus its debt, minus its cash) divided by one year of operating profit before interest, tax and write-downs.
P/B: the share price divided by the book value per share — what the company owns minus what it owes, as its accounts record it. When book value is tiny, P/B swings wildly and says little.
What do the analysts who cover it publish?
The analysts' average 12-month price target is $325 (from $294 to $351) — 4% above the Tue 27 Oct close price. That is their published opinion, not Orin's.
$325
$294 – $351 · +4% against the last close
- 4 buy or overweight
- 10 hold
- 0 underweight or sell
Price target: the share price an analyst publishes for about 12 months ahead. It is the opinion of the firm that wrote it; the average is across the firms that cover the company.
Overweight / underweight: analysts' rating words: overweight means the firm expects the stock to do better than the others it covers, underweight worse. Their words, not Orin's.
How is it priced next to the companies it is compared to?
Priced at 32.6× its last 12 months of profit; the middle P/E of the 4 companies it is compared to that made a profit is 48.0×.
| Company | Market value | P/E | EV/EBITDA | Gross margin | Net margin | ROE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSAPublic Storage | $58B | 32.6× | 20.7× | n/a | 37.8% | 18% |
| CUBECubeSmart | $9B | 27.8× | 18.0× | n/a | 29.4% | 12% |
| EXRExtra Space Storage Inc. | $31B | 29.4× | 12.8× | n/a | 29.3% | 8% |
| SMASmartstop Self Storage REIT Inc | $2B | 66.6× | 14.5× | n/a | 13.5% | 3% |
| UHALU-Haul Holding Company | $10B | 164× | 10.2× | 72.7% | 1.4% | 1% |
- PSA, CUBE, EXR, SMA: gross margin is not used (n/a) for a bank, an insurer or a property trust — what it sells is money or space, not goods.
- The list of companies is the data vendor's choice, so it can include a company a person would not have picked.
Market value: the share price times the number of shares — what the whole company is priced at.
P/E: the share price divided by one year of profit per share — roughly how many years of today's profit the price pays for. A company that loses money has no P/E.
EV/EBITDA: the price of the whole company (its shares plus its debt, minus its cash) divided by one year of operating profit before interest, tax and write-downs.
Gross margin: the share of each $1 of sales left after the direct cost of making what was sold.
Net margin: the share of each $1 of sales kept as profit after every cost. Below zero, the company lost money.
ROE: return on equity: one year of profit as a share of the shareholders' money in the business (its book value).
Is it priced high or low compared with its own past?
Priced at 32.6× its last 12 months of profit (Tue 27 Oct close). It has no full fiscal year on file since its history starts, so there is nothing of its own to compare with.
- Now32.6×
P/E: the share price divided by one year of profit per share — roughly how many years of today's profit the price pays for. A company that loses money has no P/E.
Fiscal year (FY): the company's own 12-month accounting year, which need not match the calendar year.
How has its sector been priced?
Real Estate companies on the NYSE were priced at a typical 42.4× their yearly profit (Tue 27 Oct close).
- Now42.4×
- Each year is the middle of that calendar year's daily sector P/E; "Now" is the Tue 27 Oct close figure, the same one in the table above.
Sector P/E: the middle P/E of the companies in the same sector on the same stock exchange, as the data vendor works it out each day.
What does a cash-flow model say a share is worth?
A standard cash-flow model puts it at $415 a share — 32% above the $313.02 price it was computed against (27 Oct).
| Model | Value a share | Against the price then |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | $415 | 32% above $313.02 |
| Levered | $312 | 0% below $313.02 |
Discounted cash flow: a model's estimate of what the company is worth today, from the cash it is forecast to make in future years. Small changes in the forecast move it a lot, and it says little about a company that loses money.
Standard / levered: two versions of the cash-flow model: the standard one counts the cash before the company pays its lenders, the levered one after.