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Public Storage PSA Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

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Extra Space StorageEXR
9.3%+0.2pp
Realty Income logo
Realty IncomeO
5.6%+0.6pp
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PrologisPLD
4.5%+0.1pp
AvalonBay Communities logo
AvalonBay CommunitiesAVB
9.2%-0.6pp
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W.P. Carey Inc.WPC
4.7%+0.5pp
Northern Trust logo
Northern TrustNTRS
56.8%-37.7pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.2B+2.9%
Operating income$474.3M+2.2%
Net income$526.3M+29.0%
EPS (diluted)$2.71+32.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$134.6M-53.1%
Total equity$9.2B-3.6%
Total assets$19.9B+1.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$694.8M-1.5%

Valuation

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Market cap$54.88B-9.4%
P/E28.8×-1.9×
P/S11.3×-1.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin72%
Operating margin51.6%
Net margin39.2%-2.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity20.3%+0.1pp
Debt / equity1.1×+0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Public Storage’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Public Storage’s 10-Q, filed April 27, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Public Storage's return on invested capital?
Public Storage (PSA) reported return on invested capital of 11% in Q4 2025.
How has Public Storage's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Public Storage's return on invested capital decreased by 13.7% year-over-year, from 12.7% to 11%.
What is the long-term trend for Public Storage's return on invested capital?
Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), Public Storage's return on invested capital has grown at a -21.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 95.7% to 46%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.