How CubeSmart stacks up

CUBE · against 182 other Real Estate companies listed in US-listed

Profitability

83/ 100

Near the top of its peers.

Ranked #41 of 183 · scores higher than 77% of peers

Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score

29 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including CUBE · Click a bar to see the companies

Why profitability scores 83?

Weighted metrics compared with all Real Estate companies.

Mainly thanks to its return on assets, return on invested capital and operating margin, which are stronger than most Real Estate peers.

a wider operating margin: stronger than 61% of peers. Operating margin: 40.0% vs peer median 26.8%
a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 78% of peers. Return on invested capital: 6.1% vs peer median 3.4%
a higher return on assets: stronger than 90% of peers. Return on assets: 5.0% vs peer median 2.1%

Metric by metric

Position: dot = CUBE, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.

Metric	CUBE	Peer median	Better than	Weight
Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 179 reported	6.1%	3.6%	70%	33%
Operating marginHigher is better · 160 reported	40.0%	23.6%	74%	33%
Return on assetsHigher is better · 185 reported	5.0%	1.9%	85%	33%
Return on equityHigher is better · 177 reported	12.0%	5.5%	81%	Context only
Gross marginHigher is better · 186 reported	70.7%	66.3%	57%	Context only

Ranking by profitability score

Top 5 and the companies ranked around CUBE

Rank	Company	Market cap	Profitability	Overall
1	Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.ARI · US-listed	310M USD	100	72
2	Annaly Capital Management, Inc.NLY · US-listed	13.7B USD	99	70
3	Apartment Investment and Management CompanyAIV · US-listed	255M USD	98	71
3	SBA Communications CorporationSBAC · US-listed	19.6B USD	98	48
5	Highwoods Properties, Inc.HIW · US-listed	3.5B USD	97	59
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37	Adamas Trust, Inc.ADAM · US-listed	517M USD	84	79
37	CBRE Group, Inc.CBRE · US-listed	39.2B USD	84	56
37	Extra Space Storage Inc.EXR · US-listed	34.5B USD	84	51
37	Jones Lang LaSalle IncorporatedJLL · US-listed	17.2B USD	84	67
41	CubeSmartCUBE · US-listed	10.0B USD	83	45
41	EPR PropertiesEPR · US-listed	4.6B USD	83	57
43	Saul Centers, Inc.BFS · US-listed	996M USD	82	53
43	DiamondRock Hospitality CompanyDRH · US-listed	3.0B USD	82	78
43	Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.GLPI · US-listed	11.7B USD	82	80

Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score

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