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The price of National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE: NSA) closed at $38.75 in the last session, up 1.57% from day before closing price of $38.15. In other words, the price has increased by $1.57 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.7 million shares were traded. NSA stock price reached its highest trading level at $38.92 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $38.39.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at NSA’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 102.58 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 15.20. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 3.23 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 3.23.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Deutsche Bank on January 10, 2025, Upgraded its rating to Hold and sets its target price to $38 from $40 previously.
On March 27, 2024, Barclays started tracking the stock assigning a Equal Weight rating and target price of $39.Barclays initiated its Equal Weight rating on March 27, 2024, with a $39 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Mar 06 ’25 when SCHALL MICHAEL J bought 4,000 shares for $38.54 per share. The transaction valued at 154,160 led to the insider holds 6,000 shares of the business.
Meisinger Chad LeRoy bought 18,405 shares of NSA for $694,605 on Jun 07 ’24. The Director now owns 114,155 shares after completing the transaction at $37.74 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, NSA now has a Market Capitalization of 5943940096 and an Enterprise Value of 7387552768. As of this moment, National’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 34.12, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 57.77. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.76 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 4.02. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 9.794 whereas that against EBITDA is 15.808.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NSA is 1.09, which has changed by 0.043911695 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.10838497 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NSA has reached a high of $49.15, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $34.01. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.02%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -6.69%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, NSA traded on average about 578.48K shares per day over the past 3-months and 891680 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 76.34M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 69.82M. Insiders hold about 8.61% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 89.83% stake in the company. Shares short for NSA as of 1740700800 were 3618514 with a Short Ratio of 6.26, compared to 1738281600 on 3382653. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3618514 and a Short% of Float of 7.22.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for NSA is 2.26, which was 2.25 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.058977716The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.58.
