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BuyPremium GrowerAI neutralGlobal Self Storage, Inc. · Real Estate · United States · $57M cap · $181K/day traded
$4.98 +1.6% · close 12 Oct · scored 14 Oct
StockRank down 3.1 since 13 Oct.
Premium Grower: Strong business with the market behind it, priced at a premium.
As of 14 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Global Self Storage, Inc. (SELF) is 71/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 64, Value 43, Momentum 58, each scored against its sector).
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Global Self Storage is a very small self-administered REIT that owns and runs a handful of self-storage properties in the United States. Directors bought about 0.76% of the shares over the last 90 days, a genuine sign of management confidence, and the company pays a steady quarterly dividend. Self storage is a sound, low-capex business, but at roughly $57M in market value this portfolio has little scale advantage over larger operators. Growth depends on acquisitions and redevelopment, which get harder to fund if interest rates stay high.
ABOUT GLOBAL SELF STORAGE, INC.
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Global Self Storage, Inc. is a self-administered and self-managed REIT that owns, operates, manages, acquires, and redevelops self-storage properties. Its self-storage properties are designed to offer affordable, easily accessible and secure storage space for residential and commercial customers.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 11.9M | 12.2M | 12.5M | 12.7M | 2.1% | 12.8M | 12.8M | 13.1M | 1.4% |
| EPS | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.18 | -1.8% | 0.18 | — | — | — |
| Shares | 11.1M | 11.2M | 11.3M | 11.4M | +2.3% | 11.4M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 17.4M | 16.9M | 16.4M | 15.8M | -3.2% | 15.5M | — | — | — |
| Equity | 48.3M | 48.2M | 47.4M | 46.5M | -1.3% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 4.8M | 4.5M | 4.3M | 4.5M | -2.3% | 4.3M | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | -0.1M | -0.2M | -78.3K | -0.3M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | -1.2M | -3.8M | -4.1M | -3.9M | — | — | — | — | — |
No clear trend: not near its 52-week low, and not in a steady uptrend.
Calmer than 93% of stocks we rank over the past year (19% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Real Estate, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of SELF are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SELF | Global Self Storage, Inc.(you) | $57M | 71 | Buy |
| LAND | Gladstone Land Corporation | $411M | 32 | Sell |
| FPI | Farmland Partners Inc. | $474M | 30 | Sell |
| OUT | OUTFRONT Media Inc. | $5.0B | 66 | Buy |
| EPR | EPR Properties | $4.4B | 79 | Buy |
| UNIT | Uniti Group Inc. | $2.2B | 40 | Hold |
| GLPI | Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. | $11.8B | 68 | Buy |
| LAMR | Lamar Advertising Company | $14.6B | 71 | Buy |
| STHO | Star Holdings | $109M | 80 | Buy |
| SDHC | Smith Douglas Homes Corp. | $87M | 54 | Hold |
Peer medians: ROE 4.8% · P/E 21.7x · Gross margin 67.4%
Company Deep Dive
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