National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA) Stock

The headline numbers for National Storage (NSA) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended September 2024, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Realty Income and National Storage Affiliates have solid businesses with great long-term prospects. The REITs' juicy dividends give them a nice head start on delivering strong total returns.

These three stocks offer forward dividend yields of between 4.8% and 5.11%. Two are REITs that should benefit from Fed rate cuts that are likely on the way later this month.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Storage Affiliates Trust and Solar Landscape Announce New Agreement to Pursue Over 100 Megawatts of Rooftop Solar.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Storage Affiliates Trust (“NSA” or the “Company”) (NYSE: NSA) today announced that the Company has appointed Warren Allan to its Board, effective August 15, 2024. Mr. Allan will also serve on the Company's Audit Committee. Additionally, Mark Van Mourick has retired from the board, effective August 15, 2024. Tamara Fischer, Executive Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, commented, “We are pleased to announce Warren's addition to our board as h.

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Storage Affiliates Trust (“NSA” or the "Company") (NYSE: NSA), announced that its Board of Trustees today declared regular cash dividends for the third quarter 2024 payable on September 30, 2024 to shareholders of record on September 13, 2024 on the following securities: a dividend of $0.56 per common share, representing an annualized dividend rate of $2.24; and a dividend of $0.375 per share on the Company's 6.000% Series A Cumulative Redeema.

National Storage Affiliates is a storage REIT focused on the Sun Belt region, particularly Texas, Florida, and California. The REIT has performed in line with the Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF in 2024 despite poor operating performance. While it is reasonable to expect operations to stabilize going into 2025, there is no alpha in NSA shares given the high valuation multiples.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for National Storage (NSA) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2024, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

National Storage (NSA) came out with quarterly funds from operations (FFO) of $0.62 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.63 per share. This compares to FFO of $0.68 per share a year ago.