# SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA)

- Sector: Real Estate · Industry: Reit Industrial
- SEC CIK: 0001585389 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001585389))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/sma
- Data as of: price 2026-09-29; newest filing used 2026-08-07; latest fiscal period ended 2026-06-30

## Grade

**A** on the balance-sheet rubric used for lenders, 4 of 4 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | $28.8M |  |
| Earnings growing overall | passed | $28.8M | $10.7M |
| Earnings growing recently | passed | $28.8M | -$8.8M |
| Earns well on its assets | passed | 1.2% |  |
| Book value per share growing | not answerable |  | $5.08 |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 3 of 6 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | 9.4% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | failed | 9.4% |  |
| Strong operating margin | passed | 21.4% |  |
| Good return on equity | failed | 2.4% |  |
| Debt under control | passed | 0.27 |  |
| Turns sales into cash | failed | 1.5% |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $306.5M |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $28.8M |
| Net margin | 9.4% |
| Operating margin | 21.4% |
| Return on equity | 2.4% |
| Debt to equity | 0.27 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | -$0.20 |
| Share price | $32.37 |
| Market value | $1.8B |
| Price / sales | 5.8x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/sma)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/sma/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/sma/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/sma/earnings)

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