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SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.

Ticker SMALADERA RANCH, CAFiscal year ends DecemberBook value per share $20.68Diluted shares 55.3M

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (NYSE: SMA) is a self-managed, fully integrated real estate investment trust that acquires, owns, operates and manages self-storage properties in the United States and Canada. Its facilities rent storage units, primarily on a month-to-month basis, to residential and commercial… From the company’s description.

Over the twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. reported revenue of $317.81M, up 20.7% from a year earlier, and net income of $34.90M. Its operating margin was 22.9%, and operations generated $93.16M in cash. In fiscal 2025, it reported revenue of $281.14M, up 18.6% from fiscal 2024, and a net loss of $1.74M.

Fiscal year 2025 · ends 12-31Changes are against fiscal 2024The amber dot is the latest twelve months, to 2026-09-30
Sales & profitability
$281.14MFY2025
+18.6% year over year
Last 12 mo $317.81M
21.02%FY2025
−8.2 percentage points
Last 12 mo 22.93%
$-1.74MFY2025
+70.5% year over year
Last 12 mo $34.90M
-0.13%FY2025
+1.6 percentage points
Last 12 mo 2.85%
Cash & financing
$84.97MFY2025
+32.7% year over year
Last 12 mo $93.16M
$84.90MFY2025
+32.8% year over year
Last 12 mo $93.13M
0.93FY2025
Was 4.04× a year earlier
Last 12 mo 1.00
47.3MFY2025
−51.0% year over year
Last 12 mo 55.3M

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure. is shown separately from the annual figures.

What SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (NYSE: SMA) is a self-managed, fully integrated real estate investment trust that acquires, owns, operates and manages self-storage properties in the United States and Canada. Its facilities rent storage units, primarily on a month-to-month basis, to residential and commercial customers, as well as military personnel and students; ancillary offerings include tenant protection plans and moving and packing supplies. The company reports two segments: self-storage operations, which generate rental and ancillary revenue from wholly owned facilities, and its Managed Platform, which provides property, asset, construction and development management services for affiliated investment vehicles and third-party owners. As of December 31, 2025, its wholly owned portfolio comprised 177 operating properties with approximately 13.9 million rentable square feet; it also managed 273 properties it did not own, totaling approximately 20.4 million rentable square feet. The 2025 acquisition of Argus Professional Storage Management expanded its third-party management platform. Its brands include SmartStop and Strategic Storage. Its website is www.investors.smartstopselfstorage.com.

Company details
Sector
Real Estate
Industry (SIC)
REITs
Headquarters
LADERA RANCH, CA
Fiscal year end
December
CIK
1585389
SIC
6798

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2014–2025 · USD
$-88.11M$22.60M$133.30M$244.01M$354.71M201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Last 12 moLast 12 monthsLast 12 months

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

191
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$611.45M
held by funds, at market
34.5%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.’s weight in each

VANGUARD REAL ESTATE INDEX FUND
VNQ · VANGUARD SPECIALIZED FUNDS
—of fund net assets
VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
T. Rowe Price Real Assets Fund, Inc.
PRAFX · T. ROWE PRICE REAL ASSETS FUND, INC.
0.53%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.06%of fund net assets
Real Estate Securities Fund
PRERX · Principal Funds, Inc
—of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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