Public Storage
$63.10B- Market cap
- $53.16B
- Debt
- +$10.25B
- Cash
- −$318.10M
Capital structure 84% equity / 16% debt · EV / Revenue 13.08x · EV / EBITDA 18.00x
Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: PSA stock price near parity vs EXR $302.71 current versus $274.54 implied using P/E multiple.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at EXR's multiple
Implied fair value · at PSA's multiple
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple premium
Expensive
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: PSA FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025) · EXR FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025).
Trendline
11 fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 84% equity / 16% debt · EV / Revenue 13.08x · EV / EBITDA 18.00x
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
Public Storage · implied price per share
Five annual free-cash-flow observations are required for the filing-backed baseline.
EXTRA SPACE STORAGE INC. · implied price per share
Five annual free-cash-flow observations are required for the filing-backed baseline.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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Capital structure 67% equity / 33% debt · EV / Revenue 13.08x · EV / EBITDA 27.16x
PSA carries the larger enterprise value at $63.10B against $44.16B; EXR trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (13.08x vs 13.08x); PSA on the lower EV / EBITDA (18.00x vs 27.16x).
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
1.11x
1.10x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
2.83x
8.99x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$318.10M
$138.92M
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
$10.25B
$14.75B
COSTAR GROUP, INC.
PSA vs CSGP
LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe PSA can sustain its stronger EBITDA and net margin profile without a further deterioration in leverage, then hold or add selectively only on pullbacks, because PSA already trades above the P/E-implied value and carries meaningfully higher debt than EXR.
PSA is trading above the P/E-implied price of $290.60 by about 10.4%, indicating limited near-term valuation support on that basis. Relative to EXR, PSA looks expensive on P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA, and EV/Revenue, though its larger earnings base and higher EBITDA margin help explain part of the premium.
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