Public Storage · PSA · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025

Public Storage Maintains Guidance Despite Los Angeles Headwind

The supplied analysis supports a cautiously constructive operating picture for Public Storage: improving move-in volumes and occupancy, digital and AI-enabled efficiency efforts, and acquisition and development pipelines offset—but do not eliminate—Los Angeles regulatory and broader housing-market risks.

Reported Before market openNYSEReal Estate $54.05B market cap
80quality score

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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS — Consensus $4.07
EPS surprise — Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue — Consensus $1.18B
Revenue surprise — Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +2.5% Event window
SPY move +0.0% Same window
Abnormal move +2.5% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.1× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +1.9% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Relative to the prior-quarter analysis, the current analysis describes modestly accelerating revenue and occupancy gains, a proposed Abacus Storage King acquisition that broadens international exposure, and continued digital and AI operating progress. Management maintained guidance while retaining the Los Angeles rent-restriction headwind.

Guidance delta

Management maintained 2025 guidance despite an approximately 100-basis-point same-store revenue headwind from Los Angeles fire-related rent restrictions.

Key takeaways

  • Management said Q1 performance met expectations, with move-in volumes up about 2% and same-store occupancy improving.
  • Management highlighted digital and AI-enabled operating improvements, including 85% of customer interactions being digital and AI-driven staffing reducing labor hours by about 12%.
  • The company described a $184 million acquisition pipeline and a $650 million development pipeline over two years, alongside international expansion priorities.

Management priorities

  • Complete the Abacus Storage King acquisition and pursue additional international targets.
  • Execute the $650 million development pipeline with a focus on high-return sites.
  • Expand digital self-service and AI-enabled staffing while maintaining expense discipline.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
PSA EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $4.15 Q4 '23 actual $4.20, beat Q1 '24 estimate $4.07 Q1 '24 actual $4.03, miss Q2 '24 estimate $4.20 Q2 '24 actual $4.23, beat Q3 '24 estimate $4.25 Q3 '24 actual $4.20, miss Q2 '25 estimate $4.23 Q2 '25 actual $4.28, beat Q3 '25 estimate $4.24 Q3 '25 actual $4.31, beat Q4 '25 estimate $2.49 Q4 '25 actual $2.60, beat Q1 '26 estimate $2.42 Q1 '26 actual $2.71, beat Q2 '26 estimate $2.53 Q2 '26 actual $2.55, beat Q3 '26 estimate $2.50 Q4 '26 estimate $2.32 Q1 '27 estimate $2.27
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold34 ratings
Bullish1132.3%
Neutral2161.8%
Bearish25.9%

1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$289.86Previous close
$228Low
$320.86Average
$378High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 12, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Truist Securities Buy BuyMaintainOct 2, 2026
JP Morgan Neutral NeutralMaintainSep 21, 2026
Evercore ISI Group In Line In LineMaintainSep 21, 2026
Barclays Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainSep 10, 2026
Scotiabank Sector Outperform Sector OutperformMaintainSep 2, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $289.86. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$308$296.26 +6.3%Sep 21, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$351$294.6 +21.1%Sep 10, 2026
ScotiabankAnalyst unavailable$343$300.96 +18.3%Sep 2, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$319$302.86 +10.1%Sep 2, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$311$306.99 +7.3%Sep 1, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Public Storage (PSA), an esteemed Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and a constituent of both the S&P 500 and FT Global 500 indices, concentrates its operations on the acquisition, development, ownership, and management of self-storage properties. By September 30, 2020, the company's substantial holdings included 2,504 self-storage facilities located across 38 U.S. states, collectively providing around 171 million net rentable square feet. Additionally, Public Storage held an approximate 35% common equity interest in Shurgard Self Storage SA (Euronext Brussels:SHUR), an entity that owned and operated 239 self-storage sites under the Shurgard brand in seven Western European countries, encompassing approximately 13 million net rentable square feet. Concurrently, it maintained an approximate 42% common equity interest in PS Business Parks, Inc. (NYSE:PSB), which, as of the same reporting date, managed roughly 28 million rentable square feet of commercial properties. The company's main office is situated in Glendale, California.

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2025-04-16T00:02:45.914612+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-12T06:30:43.558556+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-12T06:30:43.555726+00:00

Methodology

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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-12. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.