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Public Storage
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
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1 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Mixed signals
2 signals unavailable
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
1/3
Efficiency
1/2
ROE at 18.8% — more than twice the sector median of 9.0% — marks Public Storage as a genuinely efficient operator within Real Estate, yet that quality sits alongside a P/B of 6.2×, which runs +136% above the sector median 2.6× and prices the balance sheet at a premium. EPS fell -15.3% year over year against a sector median of -3.5%, a gap that widens the tension between the quality read and the growth picture. The P/E of 31.1× is -16% below the sector median 37.2×, which looks undemanding until the earnings trend is factored in. Consensus models a recovery, but the realized three-year EPS CAGR per SEC filings trails what analysts forecast — and the most recent quarter came in at -15.3% against estimates, missing by 1.9%. The F-Score of 5/9 and a composite of 48/100 reflect that mixed picture: a strong operator, but one where growth has stalled and the forward case rests on optimistic assumptions.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMT | American Tower | 6/9 | 75% |
Priced close to current earnings; analyst sentiment is weakening; has mostly beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
Revenue and margins in the next quarterly 10-Q will show whether the profitability signals in the F-Score hold. Re-run the PSA analysis once it is published.
The full PSA annual report on SEC EDGAR has the risk factors, the management discussion (MD&A), and the disclosures that numbers alone do not capture.
The same-sector table, where available, is an alphabetical sample with no ranking. Pick 2-3 companies yourself and line up P/E, margin, and F-Score: a single number only means something in its industry context.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: 2.202.802.993.22
Over 4 years: +22%+8%+4%+3%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 5 of 8 recent quarters — a mixed record.
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| +5% |
| 46% |
| ARE | Alexandria Real Estate | 4/9 | -9% | -3% | — |
| AVB | AvalonBay | 4/9 | 9% | +4% | 66% |
| CCI | Crown Castle | 6/9 | 17% | -4% | 49% |
| DLR | Digital Realty | 6/9 | 6% | +10% | 11% |
| EQIX | Equinix | 6/9 | 10% | +5% | 20% |
| EQR | Equity Residential | 5/9 | 9% | +5% | 50% |
| ESS | Essex Property Trust | 6/9 | 13% | +6% | 48% |
| MAA | Mid-America Apartment | 4/9 | 8% | +1% | — |
| O | Realty Income | 6/9 | 3% | +9% | — |
| PLD | Prologis | 4/9 | 6% | +7% | 50% |
| PSA | Public Storage | 5/9 | 19% | +3% | — |
| SPG | Simon Property | 4/9 | 132% | +7% | 50% |
| VTR | Ventas | 6/9 | 2% | +18% | — |
| WELL | Welltower | 6/9 | 3% | +36% | — |
A sample of 15 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.