New Outlook On Smartstop Self Storage REIT Inc

Smartstop Self Storage REIT Inc (NYSE:SMA) price on Friday, May 02, rose 1.36% above its previous day’s close as an upside momentum from buyers pushed the stock’s value to $35.80.

A look at the stock’s price movement, the close in the last trading session was $35.32, moving within a range at $35.435 and $36.19. The beta value (5-Year monthly) was -0.041. Turning to its 52-week performance, $35.63 and $29.89 were the 52-week high and 52-week low respectively. Overall, SMA moved 9.31% over the past month.

Smartstop Self Storage REIT Inc’s market cap currently stands at around $168.35 million, with investors looking forward to this quarter’s earnings report slated for in June. The company has a Forward Dividend ratio of 0.13, with its dividend yield at 0.37%. As such, investors might be keen on an upside in the stock’s price ahead of the scheduled earnings report.

1 analyst(s) have given their forecast ratings for the stock on a scale of 1.00-5.00 for a strong buy to strong sell recommendation. A total of 1 analyst(s) rate the stock as a Hold, 0 recommend SMA as a Buy and 0 give it an Overweight rating. Meanwhile, 0 analyst(s) rate the stock as Underweight and 0 say it is a Sell. As such, the average rating for the stock is Hold which could provide an opportunity for investors keen on increasing their holdings of the company’s stock.

SMA’s current price about 7.51% and 7.62% off the 20-day and 50-day simple moving averages respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently prints 69.35, while 7-day volatility ratio is 3.54% and 5.39% in the 30-day chart. Further, Smartstop Self Storage REIT Inc (SMA) has a beta value of 0, and an average true range (ATR) of 1.65. Analysts have given the company’s stock an average 52-week price target of $38, forecast between a low of $38 and high of $38. Looking at the price targets, the low is -6.15% off current price level while to achieve the yearly target high, price needs to move -6.15%. Nonetheless, investors will most likely welcome a -6.15% jump to $38 which is the analysts’ median price.

If we refocus on Smartstop Self Storage REIT Inc (NYSE:SMA), historical trading data shows that trading volumes averaged 0.47 over the past 10 days and 1.30 million over the past 3 months. The company’s latest data on shares outstanding shows there are 27.00 million shares.

Also important is the data on short interest which shows that short shares stood at 0.9 million on 2025-04-15, giving us a short ratio of 0.41. Current price change has pushed the stock 9.31% YTD, which shows the potential for further growth is there. It is this reason that could see investor optimism for the SMA stock continues to rise going into the next quarter.

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