Global Self Storage (NASDAQ:SELF – Get Free Report) and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple (NYSE:GRP.U – Get Free Report) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, dividends and valuation.
Dividends
Global Self Storage pays an annual dividend of $0.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays an annual dividend of $1.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Global Self Storage pays out 107.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple pays out 43.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Analyst Ratings
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Global Self Storage and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Global Self Storage | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
28.9% of Global Self Storage shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by institutional investors. 8.0% of Global Self Storage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Valuation and Earnings
This table compares Global Self Storage and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Global Self Storage | $12.32 million | 4.79 | $2.94 million | $0.27 | 19.41 |
| Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple | $550.94 million | 5.22 | $101.24 million | $3.58 | 12.80 |
Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple has higher revenue and earnings than Global Self Storage. Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Global Self Storage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Profitability
This table compares Global Self Storage and Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Global Self Storage | 25.47% | 6.55% | 4.73% |
| Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple | 55.97% | 5.71% | 3.34% |
Summary
Global Self Storage beats Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Global Self Storage
Global Self Storage is a self-administered and self-managed REIT that owns, operates, manages, acquires, and redevelops self-storage properties. The company's self-storage properties are designed to offer affordable, easily accessible and secure storage space for residential and commercial customers. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, the company owns and/or manages 13 self-storage properties in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Oklahoma.
About Granite Real Estate Inc. Staple
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust is engaged in the ownership and management of predominantly industrial properties in Canada, the United States, Mexico and Europe. The Company owns and manages rental income properties. Its services include sourcing and real estate acquisition, site development, assisting with government approvals and re-zoning to specific uses, build-to-suit construction, property renovation, project management and long-term leasing. Granite Real Estate Investment Trust, formerly known as Granite Real Estate Inc., is based in Toronto, Canada.
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