National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE:NSA) and NewLake Capital Partners (OTCMKTS:NLCP) Head-To-Head Analysis

NewLake Capital Partners (OTCMKTS:NLCP) and National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE:NSA) are both real estate companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares NewLake Capital Partners and National Storage Affiliates Trust”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
NewLake Capital Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
National Storage Affiliates Trust	$752.93 million	4.45	$73.78 million	$0.75	57.88

National Storage Affiliates Trust has higher revenue and earnings than NewLake Capital Partners.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for NewLake Capital Partners and National Storage Affiliates Trust, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
NewLake Capital Partners	0	1	1	0	2.50
National Storage Affiliates Trust	2	11	0	0	1.85

NewLake Capital Partners presently has a consensus price target of $15.75, suggesting a potential downside of 1.69%. National Storage Affiliates Trust has a consensus price target of $39.06, suggesting a potential downside of 10.02%. Given NewLake Capital Partners’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe NewLake Capital Partners is more favorable than National Storage Affiliates Trust.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

100.0% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.7% of National Storage Affiliates Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares NewLake Capital Partners and National Storage Affiliates Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
NewLake Capital Partners	N/A	N/A	N/A
National Storage Affiliates Trust	10.48%	6.46%	1.54%

Summary

National Storage Affiliates Trust beats NewLake Capital Partners on 6 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About NewLake Capital Partners

NewLake Capital Partners, Inc. is an internally-managed real estate investment trust that provides real estate capital to state-licensed cannabis operators through sale-leaseback transactions and third-party purchases and funding for build-to-suit projects. NewLake owns a portfolio of 31 properties comprised of 14 cultivation facilities and 17 dispensaries that are leased to single tenants on a triple-net basis.

About National Storage Affiliates Trust

National Storage Affiliates Trust is a real estate investment trust headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado, focused on the ownership, operation and acquisition of self storage properties predominantly located within the top 100 metropolitan statistical areas throughout the United States. As of December 31, 2023, the Company held ownership interests in and operated 1,050 self storage properties, located in 42 states and Puerto Rico with approximately 68.6 million rentable square feet, which excludes 39 self storage properties classified as held for sale to be sold to a third party. NSA is one of the largest owners and operators of self storage properties among public and private companies in the United States.