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Life Storage, Inc is a reit-industrial business based in the US. Life Storage shares (LSI) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Life Storage employs 2,078 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$621.6 million.
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52-week range | USD$43.3596 - USD$125.63 |
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50-day moving average | USD$82.6807 |
200-day moving average | USD$76.4902 |
Wall St. target price | USD$90.4 |
PE ratio | 39.0939 |
Dividend yield | USD$2.88 (3.46%) |
Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$2.13 |
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Valuing Life Storage stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Life Storage's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Life Storage's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 39x. In other words, Life Storage shares trade at around 39x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Life Storage's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 5.34. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Life Storage's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Life Storage's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$361.8 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Life Storage's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Revenue TTM | USD$621.6 million |
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Operating margin TTM | 39.36% |
Gross profit TTM | USD$413 million |
Return on assets TTM | 3.41% |
Return on equity TTM | 6.68% |
Profit margin | 24.38% |
Book value | $32.112 |
Market capitalisation | USD$6.3 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
There are currently 1.6 million Life Storage shares held short by investors – that's known as Life Storage's "short interest". This figure is 12.9% down from 1.9 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Life Storage shares can be evaluated.
Life Storage's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Life Storage shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Life Storage shares traded daily (recently around 642009.01960784). Life Storage's SIR currently stands at 2.55. In other words for every 100,000 Life Storage shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2550 shares are currently held short.
However Life Storage's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Life Storage shares, or, against the total number of tradable Life Storage shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Life Storage's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Life Storage shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0304% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Life Storage shares, roughly 30 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Life Storage.
Find out more about how you can short Life Storage stock.
Dividend payout ratio: 49.13% of net profits
Recently Life Storage has paid out, on average, around 49.13% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 3.56% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Life Storage shareholders could enjoy a 3.56% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Life Storage's case, that would currently equate to about $2.88 per share.
While Life Storage's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Life Storage may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Life Storage's most recent dividend payout was on 27 January 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 14 January 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Life Storage's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 28 January 2021. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Life Storage shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Life Storage shares which in turn could have impacted Life Storage's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Life Storage's shares have ranged in value from as little as $43.3596 up to $125.63. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Life Storage's is 0.3234. This would suggest that Life Storage's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Life Storage, Inc. is a self-administered and self-managed equity REIT that is in the business of acquiring and managing self-storage facilities. Located in Buffalo, New York, the Company operates more than 900 storage facilities in 30 states and in the province of Ontario, Canada. The Company serves both residential and commercial storage customers with storage units rented by month. Life Storage consistently provides responsive service to approximately 500,000 customers, making it a leader in the industry.
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