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NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. · Real Estate · CIK 0001585389
$34.44
-0.43% · delayed ~15 min
Last price from Oct 21, 2026
$1.91B market value
From SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.'s FY2025 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026 · read the filing
SmartStop Self Storage REIT owns income-producing property as a REIT. It took in $281.1M last year, which makes it a smaller company. It spends more than it earns — losing about 3 cents on every dollar of sales.
The financial picture is led by growth, while profitability and debt remain weak.
A conclusion from the filings, not a recommendation. Detailed figures and supporting evidence appear in their dedicated sections below.
Recent open-market selling by Look Nicholas, not under a pre-arranged plan.
$35.2K sold in the last 120 days · Read the filing
These are things the company filed or that a published model flagged — not predictions, and not a reason on their own to buy or sell anything.
Financial health
A mixed picture — some clear strengths and some weaknesses.
From SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.'s FY2025 annual filing · share price scored separately
Largest year-over-year changes in FY2025
Profit
-$18.4M → -$8.8M
Operating margin
29.2% → 21.0%
Cash
$23.1M → $54.2M
Dividends paid
$37.4M → $74.8M
Measured against FY2024, from the 10-K filed Feb 27, 2026
Improved: $9.6M narrower
-$18.4M to -$8.8MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
How the latest move compares (quote delayed ~15 min), and what was published around it
SMA fell 0.43% on the latest quote. The average Real Estate company tracked here moved +1.90%, and the S&P 500 −1.04%. That is 2.3 points below its sector and 0.6 points above the market.
No filing from SMA and no news item about it appeared in the last 3 days.
These coincide with the move in time. None is presented as its cause: a price can move on news that names no company, on the wider market, or on trading that no document records.
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Expectations
Not from the filings — what other people are betting on, and what the price already assumes.
Opinions from 14 analysts covering this company, as of . Their views, not this site's.
Of 14 analysts publishing on this company, 4 say strong buy, 6 say buy, 3 say hold and 1 say sell. Analysts are paid to publish a view and are wrong often; the split above says how much they agree with each other, which is the part a single headline rating hides.
Published by Finnhub. Analyst coverage skews towards larger companies and towards optimism — sell ratings are rare across the whole market, so a company with none is ordinary rather than endorsed.
The essentials
Each answered from the filings, with the numbers behind it.
No. It lost $8.8M last year, losing about 3 cents on every dollar of sales.
Yes, quickly. Sales grew 18.6% last year.
For every $1 it owes, it owns $2.11 in assets. Banks and insurers always carry high debt — that is how lending works — so this is normal for the industry and not comparable with other sectors. Its operating profit does not cover its interest bill — 0.99x against the interest it owes.
Core operating and valuation reference metrics
Whether the dividend is covered by what the business actually earns
It paid a dividend while making a loss, so the payment did not come out of profits — it came from reserves, borrowing or asset sales. It paid out 88% of the cash its operations generated. It has paid in each of the last 12 years.
WeakNext payment expected around , projected from how regularly it has paid before rather than from a date the company has announced.
Figures from the FY2025 annual filing
Last year it lost $8.8M and generated $85.0M of cash from operations.
As reported to the SEC, in USD. Hover or show sources to see where each figure came from.
| Income statement | FY202510-K · Feb 27, 2026Filing for FY2025 | FY202410-K · Feb 27, 2026Filing for FY2024 | FY202310-K · Feb 27, 2026Filing for FY2023 | FY202210-K · Mar 12, 2025Filing for FY2022 | FY202110-K · Mar 18, 2024Filing for FY2021 | ChangeFY2025 vs FY2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RevenueWhat is this? | $281.1M | $237.0M | $233.0M | $212.6M | $168.8M | +18.6% |
| Gross profit | $172.5M | $155.7M | $158.5M | $147.1M | — | +10.8% |
| Gross marginGross profit ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 61.3% | 65.7% | 68.0% | 69.2% | — | −4.3 pts |
| Selling, general and administrative | $38.2M | $29.9M | $27.5M | $28.3M | $23.3M | +27.6% |
| Operating income | $59.1M | $69.2M | $70.6M | $65.9M | $16.5M | −14.6% |
| Operating marginOperating income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | 21.0% | 29.2% | 30.3% | 31.0% | 9.8% | −8.2 pts |
| Interest expense | $59.9M | $72.3M | $61.8M | $41.5M | $33.4M | −17.2% |
| Income before tax | $164.0K | -$4.4M | $9.1M | $21.1M | -$21.4M | n/m |
| Net income | -$8.8M | -$18.4M | -$2.7M | $21.7M | -$19.6M | +52.3% |
| Net marginNet income ÷ revenueWhat is this? | -3.1% | -7.8% | -1.2% | 10.2% | -11.6% | +4.6 pts |
| Earnings per shareNet income ÷ shares outstanding at the period end — close to, but not the same as, the reported EPSWhat is this? | $-0.1582 | — | — | $0.2357 | $-0.2463 | — |
† calculated from other reported figures, such as total liabilities as assets minus equity.
This company's latest filing beside its peers' stored scores
| Company | Health | F-Score | Revenue growth | Profit margin | P/E | Debt to equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMASmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. · this page | 4.7/10 | 3/6 | 18.6% |
Insider activity, ownership stakes and what's coming — straight from EDGAR, before any article is written about it
Officers, directors and major shareholders must report within two business days of a trade.
Sold on the open market — 425 shares at $33.98 ($14.4K)
Holds 3,790 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 425 shares at $32.05 ($13.6K)
Holds 4,215 shares after this filing.
20 recent filings, newest first. Each is labelled from its form and item numbers, not from its wording.
Reported another event
Read the filingMade a Regulation FD disclosure
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Every figure above traces back to a filing in the timeline, each linked to the document itself.
Coverage from the last 30 days
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Truist Securities Downgrades Smartstop Self Storage to Hold, Lowers Price Target to $33
Benzinga ·
Baird Maintains Outperform on Smartstop Self Storage, Lowers Price Target to $36
Every company's figures are checked for internal consistency: the balance sheet adding up, figures sharing one currency, cash flow and share counts within plausible ranges, and how recent the latest annual report is. Nothing here changes a figure.
Financial figures are from SMA's 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (period ending 2025-12-31, filed Feb 27, 2026), reported under the US GAAP taxonomy. View the source filing.
3 of 4 scored areas had enough reported figures to judge
The score averages profitability, growth, debt and accounting. Accounting had too few reported figures and is left out of the average rather than counted as a weakness, so a company is never marked down for a figure it did not publish. Cash generation is shown for context and already feeds profitability. Valuation is scored separately, because a share price says nothing about whether the business is sound. 6 of the 9 Piotroski checks could be evaluated. How the score works
Each year scored only from its annual report as it was first filed
| Fiscal year | Health | F-Score | Scored from |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 4.7 | 3/6 | 10-K, filed Feb 27, 2026 |
| FY2024 | 3.3 | 2/6 | 10-K, filed Mar 12, 2025 |
| FY2023 | 6.0 | 4/6 | 10-K, filed Mar 12, 2025 |
| FY2022 | 8.7 | 5/6 | 10-K, filed Mar 3, 2023 |
| FY2021 | 4.7 | 4/5 | 10-K, filed Mar 23, 2022 |
| FY2020 | 3.3 | 3/5 | 10-K, filed Mar 26, 2021 |
A later restatement never reaches back into an earlier year, and every year is scored without a share price, so the latest point can differ a little from the headline score, which uses today's price.
Every check behind the three models, and what each one tests
3 of 6 checks passed
Nine yes-or-no tests of whether this year's finances improved on last year's. 3 could not be evaluated and are excluded from the total rather than counted as failures.
not reported — Not meaningful for banks, insurers and other financial companies. Their balance sheets have no working capital and are leveraged by design, which this model misreads as distress.
Not meaningful for banks, insurers and other financial companies. Their balance sheets have no working capital and are leveraged by design, which this model misreads as distress.
Distance from bankruptcy, from a model fitted on companies that did and did not go bust. It describes a balance sheet's shape today; it does not forecast a failure.
not reported — Not meaningful for banks, insurers and other financial companies. Their balance sheets have no working capital and are leveraged by design, which this model misreads as distress.
Not meaningful for banks, insurers and other financial companies. Their balance sheets have no working capital and are leveraged by design, which this model misreads as distress.
Screens eight accounting ratios for the pattern earnings manipulators tend to leave. A flag is a reason to read the filing closely, never evidence of wrongdoing.
Every figure above comes from the FY2025 filing as filed with the SEC.
Deteriorated: −8.2 pts
29.2% to 21.0%Critical
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Improved: +134.6%
$23.1M to $54.2MCritical
Why it matters: A falling cash pile is only a warning if the company is consuming it. Paying down debt, buying back stock and paying a dividend all reduce cash by choice.
Changed: +100.2%
$37.4M to $74.8MCritical
Why it matters: Cash handed to shareholders. A rise can be a higher dividend or simply more shares, and a cut is a decision the company explains in its own filing — neither is rated here.
Improved: +18.6%
$237.0M to $281.1MSignificant
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Deteriorated: −4.3 pts
65.7% to 61.3%Significant
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Improved: +4.6 pts
-7.8% to -3.1%Significant
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Improved: +10.8%
$155.7M to $172.5MNotable
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Deteriorated: -14.6%
$69.2M to $59.1MNotable
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Q2 FY2026 against Q2 FY2025, from the 10-Q filed Aug 7, 2026 — read it.
Improved: +74.2%
$10.3M to $17.9MCritical
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Improved: turned positive
-$8.4M to $11.2MCritical
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Improved: +26.7 pts
-12.5% to 14.2%Critical
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Improved: turned positive
-$0.27 to $0.20Critical
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Deteriorated: +78.3%
31.1M to 55.4MCritical
Why it matters: New shares divide the same company into more pieces, so each existing holding owns slightly less of it. Often pay for staff or an acquisition rather than anything wrong.
Improved: +18.6%
$66.8M to $79.3MSignificant
Why it matters: Sales are what everything else is built on. A fall can be lost customers, lower prices, or a business the company sold — the filing itself says which.
Improved: +20.3%
$39.6M to $47.6MSignificant
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Improved: +7.2 pts
15.4% to 22.5%Significant
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Q2 FY2026 against Q1 FY2026, from the 10-Q filed Aug 7, 2026 — read it. Quarter-to-quarter moves include seasonal swings — a retailer's holiday quarter — which the year-earlier comparison removes.
Improved: +17.4%
$9.6M to $11.2MSignificant
Why it matters: Profit swings far more than sales do, and one-off items — a legal settlement, a tax charge, an asset sale — move it without the underlying business changing.
Improved: +17.5%
$0.17 to $0.20Significant
Why it matters: Profit divided by the shares in issue at the period end, so it sits close to but not on the company's own reported figure. It can rise with no growth in profit when the company buys back stock — read it beside the share count.
Improved: +6.2%
$44.9M to $47.6MNotable
Why it matters: What is left of sales after the direct cost of producing them. It normally moves with revenue, so a move out of step with revenue is the part worth noticing.
Improved: +10.2%
$16.2M to $17.9MNotable
Why it matters: Profit from running the business, before interest and tax. Less exposed than profit to one-off financing and tax items, so a clearer read on the business itself.
Improved: +2.8 pts
57.3% to 60.1%Notable
Why it matters: What survives each sale before overheads. Falling gross margin usually means the company is discounting or its input costs rose — it is the earliest place pricing pressure shows.
Improved: +1.8 pts
20.7% to 22.5%Notable
Why it matters: What survives each sale after running the business. A falling operating margin beside a steady gross margin points at overheads — wages, marketing, research — rather than pricing.
Improved: +2.0 pts
12.2% to 14.2%Notable
Why it matters: What survives to the very end of each sale. Worth reading beside revenue: growing sales on a shrinking margin means the company is buying its growth.
Figures compare the two most recent annual filings — read the latest one. Moves are graded on fixed lines — 5%, 15% and 40% for amounts, and 1, 3 and 8 points for margins — as notable, significant or critical. Nothing here reads the management commentary, which is where a company explains its own numbers.
Measured on and published about a week later — this is a fortnightly snapshot, not a live position.
About 11.0% of this company's shares have been borrowed and sold by people expecting to buy them back cheaper. That is a bet the price falls. Those people can be wrong, and when a heavily shorted share rises they have to buy it back, which pushes it up further.
Collected by FINRA from broker-dealers twice a month. It counts positions, not intentions, and some of it is hedging rather than a directional bet against the company.
Nothing in this section is a figure this company reported about itself. These are expectations and positions — what the price implies, what analysts have published, what short sellers are betting, and what large funds held at the last count. WylthIQ reports them; it does not endorse them, does not forecast prices, and takes no view on whether any of them will turn out to be right.
The trailing P/E is 107.8x — a high multiple relative to the current trailing profit.
Not meaningful for banks, insurers and other financial companies. Their balance sheets have no working capital and are leveraged by design, which this model misreads as distress.
Reported annual figures
| -3.1% |
| — |
| 0.98x |
| PSAPublic Storage | 7.3/10 | 5/7 | 2.7% | 37.0% | 30.39x | 1.18x |
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| EXRExtra Space Storage Inc. | 7.3/10 | 6/7 | 7.1% | 752.3% | 31.04x | 1.11x |
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| CUBECubeSmart | 7.3/10 | 5/7 | 5.3% | 29.5% | 27.54x | 1.42x |
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| Median of peers | 7.3/10 | — | 5.3% | 37.0% | 30.39x | 1.18x |
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Peers come from the company's industry classification. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.
Sold on the open market — 1,025 shares at $34.36 ($35.2K)
Holds 588 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 425 shares at $33.70 ($14.3K)
Holds 4,640 shares after this filing.
Sold on the open market — 425 shares at $33.38 ($14.2K)
Holds 5,065 shares after this filing.
Notice filed ahead of a planned sale — the sale itself has not necessarily happened yet.
Filed notice to sell 425 shares ($14.4K) on or after .
Shares originally obtained via Restricted Stock Vesting.
Filed notice to sell 425 shares ($13.6K) on or after .
Shares originally obtained via Restricted Stock Vesting.
Filed notice to sell 425 shares ($14.3K) on or after .
Shares originally obtained via Restricted Stock Vesting.
Filed notice to sell 425 shares ($14.2K) on or after .
Shares originally obtained via Restricted Stock Vesting.
Estimated from how often this has happened before, not a confirmed date.
Not investment advice, and not a signal to act on by itself — a filing says what happened, not why, and insiders trade for ordinary reasons having nothing to do with where they think the company is headed.
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Revenue +18.6% · Operating margin +7.2 pts · Operating income +74.2% — against Q2 FY2025
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Read the filingAmended its charter or changed its financial year · Held a shareholder vote
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Revenue +19.7% · Operating margin −5.6 pts · Profit turned positive — against Q1 FY2025
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