Previous close | 128.53 |
Open | 128.96 |
Bid | 127.33 x 800 |
Ask | 131.90 x 900 |
Day's range | 127.89 - 129.65 |
52-week range | 94.02 - 146.66 |
Volume | |
Avg. volume | 1,179,848 |
Market cap | 11.225B |
Beta (5Y monthly) | 0.63 |
PE ratio (TTM) | 30.11 |
EPS (TTM) | N/A |
Earnings date | N/A |
Forward dividend & yield | 4.80 (3.71%) |
Ex-dividend date | 13 Apr 2023 |
1y target est | N/A |
Life Storage (LSI) delivered FFO and revenue surprises of -0.61% and 3.90%, respectively, for the quarter ended March 2023. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
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There really isn't a bad time to invest in dividend stocks. Bear markets, for example, can be a prime investment opportunity for income stocks since yield and pricing work inversely. Considering many top dividend stocks are quickly recovering from last year's volatility, the higher-than-average yields we've been seeing might not be around much longer.
Extra Space's (EXR) all-stock deal to acquire Life Storage to create the largest storage company in the country.
Life Storage (LSI) was a big mover last session on higher-than-average trading volume. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions might not help the stock continue moving higher in the near term.
Extra Space Storage (NYSE: EXR) unveiled a bold move this week. It agreed to acquire rival self-storage REIT Life Storage (NYSE: LSI) in an all-stock deal. The transaction will create the largest player in the self-storage industry, vaulting past Public Storage (NYSE: PSA), which had been trying to buy Life Storage.
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Life Storage (LSI) delivered FFO and revenue surprises of 3.05% and 1.01%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 2022. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
By Davit Kirakosyan
By Davit Kirakosyan
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Long-term growth in the short-term storage industry has made this sector attractive to investors for years, and Life Storage (NYSE: LSI) is hardly an exception. The chart below shows how Life Storage -- one of the largest real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the self-storage market -- would have turned a $1,000 investment into $33,470 since its 1995 initial public offering, compared with $12,370 in total return for the S&P 500. You couldn't exactly have bought Life Storage shares back then.