Critical Analysis: Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) & Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCT)

Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCT) and Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.

Volatility & Risk

Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation has a beta of 0.89, suggesting that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Public Storage has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its share price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

28.3% of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.8% of Public Storage shares are held by institutional investors. 10.9% of Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.1% of Public Storage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation and Public Storage, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation	0	0	0	0	0.00
Public Storage	0	6	7	1	2.64

Public Storage has a consensus price target of $322.54, indicating a potential upside of 11.51%. Given Public Storage’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Public Storage is more favorable than Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation.

Profitability

This table compares Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation and Public Storage’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation	-30.29%	N/A	-4.06%
Public Storage	38.13%	34.06%	9.09%

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation and Public Storage”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation	$124.51 million	0.04	-$25.17 million	($389.17)	-0.02
Public Storage	$4.75 billion	10.69	$2.07 billion	$9.17	31.54

Public Storage has higher revenue and earnings than Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation. Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Public Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Public Storage beats Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation on 15 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Creative Media & Community Trust Corporation

Creative Media & Community Trust Corp. is a real estate investment trust that seeks to own, operate, and develop premier multifamily and creative office assets in vibrant and emerging communities throughout the United States. It operates through the following segments: Office, Hotel, and Lending. The Office segment consists of the rental of office space and other tenant services, including tenant reimbursements, parking, and storage space rental. The Hotel segment involves the operation of hotel properties. The Lending segment focuses on loans to small businesses. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

About Public Storage

Public Storage, a member of the S&P 500 and FT Global 500, is a REIT that primarily acquires, develops, owns, and operates self-storage facilities. At December 31, 2023, we had: (i) interests in 3,044 self-storage facilities located in 40 states with approximately 218 million net rentable square feet in the United States and (ii) a 35% common equity interest in Shurgard Self Storage Limited (Euronext Brussels: SHUR), which owned 275 self-storage facilities located in seven Western European nations with approximately 15 million net rentable square feet operated under the Shurgard brand. Our headquarters are located in Glendale, California.