Originally published on Best Stocks Category: best stocks to buy now According to Bloomberg Ratings, the eight rating agencies that cover this company have given a collective “Hold” rating on their coverage of National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE: NSA) shares. This rating comes from the agencies’ assessments of the company’s prospects. One equity research analyst has suggested that investors sell the stock; three other analysts have suggested that investors hold the stock, and four industry experts have suggested that investors purchase the stock. The vast majority of brokerage firms that rated the stock in the previous year have a price target of $56.00 for the stock in the next twelve months. This price target is in line with the current price of the stock.Numerous academic investigations, with the NSA serving as the primary focus of each one, have been carried out. Stifel Nicolaus gave the stock a “buy” rating and lowered their price target on National Storage Affiliates Trust shares from $73.00 to $60.00 in a research report published on Monday, October 24. The report was about the company’s National Storage Affiliates Trust. In addition, a recommendation to “buy” the stock was included in the report. Evercore ISI lowered its price objective on National Storage Affiliates Trust shares from $58.00 to $56.00 and assigned the company an “outperform” rating in a research note published on Tuesday, September 27. On October 12, a National Storage Affiliates Trust research note was published on StockNews.com. This publication marked the beginning of coverage of NSATT on the website. They suggested that customers “sell” the company to the company. In a research note made available to the public on Monday, October 17, UBS Group announced that it will begin covering National Storage Affiliates Trust shares. They have provided the company with a rating of “neutral” and have established a price objective of $43.00 for the stock. The price target that Morgan Stanley has set for National Storage Affiliates Trust shares has dropped from $52.00 to $43.00. Despite this, the brokerage firm still holds an “equal weight” rating on the stock. On Thursday, October 13, the research report was made available for public consumption.On Friday, the price of a single share of NSA stock was set at $37.91 when trading began. The moving average price of the company over the past fifty days is $43.95, and the moving average price of the company over the last 200 days is $49.60. National Storage Affiliates Trust reached an all-time low of $37.25 during its 52-week trading period, while the company reached an all-time high of $70.04 during the same period. The share price has resulted in a market capitalization of $3.48 billion for the company, a price-to-earnings ratio of 40.33, a price-to-earnings-to-growth ratio of 1.85, and a beta coefficient of 0.69. The current, quick, and debt-to-equity ratios all equal 0.52; meanwhile, the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 1.38.The quarterly financial results for National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE: NSA) were made public on August 3, 2018, a Wednesday. These results had been prepared in advance. The real estate investment trust (REIT) reported quarterly earnings of $0.24 per share, which came in significantly lower than the average estimate of $0.37 per share by $0.13. The return on equity was 4.30 percent for National Storage Affiliates Trust, and the company’s net margin was 12.78 percent. The company generated $0.55 per share during the same period the year before. Sell-side analysts anticipate that National Storage Affiliates Trust will generate $2.82 in earnings per share throughout the fiscal year.In addition, the business just recently announced and paid out a quarterly dividend, which was done on September 30 this year. On September 15, dividend payments to shareholders were made to $0.55 per share. These payments were made to shareholders whose information was recorded in the company’s books. This results in a dividend payment of $2.20 when calculated annually, with a dividend yield of 5.80%. Wednesday, September 14, was the day the dividends were paid to shareholders. The current dividend payout ratio kept by National Storage Affiliates Trust is 234.05%.Several significant investors have made recent modifications to their holdings of the stock throughout the most recent short period. During the third quarter, New Century Advisors LLC achieved a 158.0% increase in the proportion of National Storage Affiliates Trust stock that the company owned. As a result of New Century Advisors LLC purchasing an additional 447 shares during the most recent quarter, the company now has a total of 730 shares of the real estate investment trust. Each of these shares has a value of $30,000, and the company currently owns 730 shares. During the second quarter, Quadrant Capital Group LLC increased the proportion of National Storage Affiliates Trust in which it was invested by 248.0%. The current value of Quadrant Capital Group LLC’s 696 shares of the real estate investment trust is $35,000, and the company currently holds a total of 696 of these shares. These shares were obtained by purchasing an additional 496 shares during the most recent fiscal quarter to complete the acquisition. The Whittier Trust Company of Nevada Inc. spent roughly 41,000 dollars during the second quarter to acquire a new interest in the National Storage Affiliates Trust. This purchase was made to fulfill a business objective. Ahrens Investment Partners LLC invested approximately $42,000 during the first quarter of the year to increase the value of its holdings in the National Storage Affiliates Trust.Last but not least, Point72 Hong Kong Ltd. acquired a new interest in National Storage Affiliates Trust during the first quarter for close to $48,000. This purchase should not be considered the least significant. This was the company’s first investment in the trust above. In addition, various institutional investors, including hedge funds, hold the company’s stock to the tune of 85.07 percent collectively.A real estate investment trust with its headquarters in Maryland, National Storage Affiliates Trust is dedicated to the ownership, administration, and purchase of self-storage buildings in the top one hundred metropolitan statistical districts across the United States. These districts are ranked according to their population. As of September 30 in 2020, the corporation owned and managed a total of 788 self-storage facilities with approximately 49.5 million square feet of rentable space. These establishments could be found in all fifty states and Puerto Rico.