National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA) Competitors

SITE Centers (NYSE:SITC) and National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE:NSA) are both mid-cap finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and community ranking.

Do analysts rate SITC or NSA?

SITE Centers presently has a consensus target price of $14.25, indicating a potential upside of 2.81%. National Storage Affiliates Trust has a consensus target price of $36.44, indicating a potential upside of 0.81%. Given National Storage Affiliates Trust's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe SITE Centers is more favorable than National Storage Affiliates Trust.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
SITE Centers	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
National Storage Affiliates Trust	3 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.78

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, SITC or NSA?

SITE Centers has higher earnings, but lower revenue than National Storage Affiliates Trust. SITE Centers is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than National Storage Affiliates Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SITE Centers	$539.46M	5.38	$265.70M	$1.02	13.59
National Storage Affiliates Trust	$846.22M	3.20	$156.67M	$1.91	18.93

Does the media favor SITC or NSA?

In the previous week, National Storage Affiliates Trust had 4 more articles in the media than SITE Centers. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for National Storage Affiliates Trust and 4 mentions for SITE Centers. SITE Centers' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat National Storage Affiliates Trust's score of 0.74 indicating that National Storage Affiliates Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
SITE Centers	2 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
National Storage Affiliates Trust	6 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is SITC or NSA more profitable?

SITE Centers has a net margin of 43.36% compared to SITE Centers' net margin of 22.07%. National Storage Affiliates Trust's return on equity of 11.83% beat SITE Centers' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
SITE Centers	43.36%	11.83%	5.66%
National Storage Affiliates Trust	22.07%	10.30%	3.16%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SITC or NSA?

National Storage Affiliates Trust received 251 more outperform votes than SITE Centers when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.34% of users gave National Storage Affiliates Trust an outperform vote while only 28.57% of users gave SITE Centers an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
SITE Centers	Outperform Votes 20 28.57%	Underperform Votes 50 71.43%
National Storage Affiliates Trust	Outperform Votes 271 56.34%	Underperform Votes 210 43.66%

Is SITC or NSA a better dividend stock?

SITE Centers pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. National Storage Affiliates Trust pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. SITE Centers pays out 51.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. National Storage Affiliates Trust pays out 117.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. National Storage Affiliates Trust has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. National Storage Affiliates Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has more volatility & risk, SITC or NSA?

SITE Centers has a beta of 1.6, indicating that its stock price is 60% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, National Storage Affiliates Trust has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SITC or NSA?

88.7% of SITE Centers shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 100.0% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 10.1% of SITE Centers shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 12.2% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

National Storage Affiliates Trust beats SITE Centers on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.