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SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. Financials

SMA
FY2025 annual
Revenue $281.1M +18.6% YoY
Net Income -$1.7M +70.5% YoY
EPS (Diluted) Not reported for FY2025
Free Cash Flow Not reported for FY2025
Source SEC Filings (10-K/10-Q) Data as of Jun 30, 2026 Currency USD FYE December

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) reported $281.1M in revenue for fiscal year 2025, up 18.6% from the prior fiscal year. This page shows its income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement, and key financial ratios. View 13 years of annual fundamentals and quarterly data, with year-over-year growth rates and compound annual growth rates (CAGR). All figures are derived from SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q reports).

Rhea AI SMA FY2025

Heavy depreciation and financing-driven expansion make reported earnings look weaker than the cash this asset-heavy platform actually produces.

From FY2023 to FY2025, revenue rose to $281M while operating margin fell to 21.0%, showing that recent growth carried lower incremental profitability than earlier periods. That points to cost mix and overhead moving the wrong way, while lower interest expense than FY2024 kept the weaker operating result from turning into a larger net loss.

Cash payout coverage was better than earnings suggest: FY2025 operating cash flow of $85.0M exceeded dividends paid of $74.8M, so the slight net loss did not automatically mean the core business failed to fund shareholder distributions. Depreciation-heavy accounting helps explain that gap.

Leverage reset sharply in FY2025, with debt-to-equity falling to 1.0x from 4.2x a year earlier, so the balance sheet became less dependent on creditor capital. That shift coincided with $325M of financing inflows and $381M of investing outlays, indicating expansion was paired with a recapitalization instead of being funded mainly from operations.

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Financial Health Signals

FFO Margin FFOGrowth Leverage Interest Cov. AFFOMargin DividendCov. 30 / 100
Financial Health Score 30/100
Scored as: REITs peer group

Scored against REITs for FY2025. Each of the six dimensions is a percentile rank within that peer group; the overall is their average, with missing dimensions counted as zero out of six. A high score means strong standing among peers, not absolute cross-industry strength. How this score is calculated →

Health score ≠ stock price. This rates the quality of SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.'s business: profitability, growth, balance sheet strength. It doesn't tell you whether the stock is a good buy at today's price. Not financial advice. Use it alongside valuation analysis and your own research.

FFO Margin
41
FFO Growth
32
Leverage
0

Not available for SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc., and counted as zero in the overall score.

Interest Cov.
38
AFFO Margin
45
Dividend Cov.
21
Piotroski F-Score Partial
3/6

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. passes 3 of 6 computable financial strength tests (3 of the nine could not be computed from available data). 3 of 4 profitability signals pass, neither operating efficiency signal passes.

Earnings Quality Mixed
N/A

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. reported a net loss of $1.7M while generating $85.0M in operating cash flow. Operations generated cash despite the loss, but with no positive earnings behind it, the ratio between the two carries no quality signal.

Interest Coverage At Risk
0.99x

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. earns $0.99 in operating income for every $1 of interest expense ($59.1M vs $59.9M). This narrow margin raises concern about the company's ability to service its debt if operating income declines.

Key Financial Metrics

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Earnings & Revenue

Revenue
$281.1M
YoY+18.6%
5Y CAGR+17.8%
10Y CAGR+31.7%

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. generated $281.1M in revenue in fiscal year 2025. This represents an increase of 18.6% from the prior year.

EBITDA
$132.3M
YoY+5.6%
5Y CAGR+44.6%
10Y CAGR+41.8%

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.'s EBITDA was $132.3M in fiscal year 2025, measuring earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. This represents an increase of 5.6% from the prior year.

Net Income
-$1.7M
YoY+70.5%

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. reported -$1.7M in net income in fiscal year 2025. This represents an increase of 70.5% from the prior year.

EPS (Diluted)

Not reported for fiscal year 2025.

Cash & Balance Sheet

Cash & Debt
$54.2M
YoY+134.6%
5Y CAGR-5.7%
10Y CAGR+6.8%

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. held $54.2M in cash as of fiscal year 2025; long-term debt is not reported for that period.

Shares Outstanding
55M

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. had 55M shares outstanding in fiscal year 2025.

Free Cash Flow

Not reported for fiscal year 2025.

Dividends Per Share

Not reported for fiscal year 2025.

Margins & Returns

Gross Margin
61.4%
YoY-4.3pp

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.'s gross margin was 61.4% in fiscal year 2025, indicating the percentage of revenue retained after direct costs. This is down 4.3 percentage points from the prior year.

Operating Margin
21.0%
YoY-8.2pp
5Y CAGR+38.1pp
10Y CAGR+49.4pp

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.'s operating margin was 21.0% in fiscal year 2025, reflecting core business profitability. This is down 8.2 percentage points from the prior year.

Net Margin
-0.6%
YoY+1.9pp
5Y CAGR+40.7pp
10Y CAGR+49.3pp

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.'s net profit margin was -0.6% in fiscal year 2025, showing the share of revenue converted to profit. This is up 1.9 percentage points from the prior year.

Return on Equity
-0.1%
YoY+1.7pp
5Y CAGR+27.8pp
10Y CAGR+5.2pp

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.'s ROE was -0.1% in fiscal year 2025, measuring profit generated per dollar of shareholder equity. This is up 1.7 percentage points from the prior year.

Capital Allocation

None of these metrics is reported for fiscal year 2025.

SMA Income Statement

Figures in USD, abbreviated K (thousand), M (million), B (billion), T (trillion). Negative values carry a minus sign and red type.

SMA annual income statement
MetricTTMFY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20FY19FY18FY17FY16FY15FY14FY13
Revenue$306.5M$281.1M+18.6%$237.0M+1.7%$233.0M+9.6%$212.6M+26.0%$168.8M+36.1%$124.0M+13.2%$109.5M+36.2%$80.4M+5.7%$76.1M+67.5%$45.4M+153.7%$17.9M+3747.8%$465K$0
Cost of RevenueN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A$25.2M+3.0%$24.5M+53.3%$16.0M+136.5%$6.8M+3934.1%$167K$0
Gross Profit$183.4M$172.5M+10.8%$155.7M-1.8%$158.5M+7.8%$147.1MN/AN/AN/A$55.2M+6.9%$51.6M+75.3%$29.5M+164.1%$11.2M+3643.2%$298K$0
SG&A Expenses$37.7M$38.2M+27.6%$29.9M+9.1%$27.5M-2.8%$28.3M+21.4%$23.3M+41.2%$16.5M+57.4%$10.5M+115.8%$4.8M+40.2%$3.5M+20.9%$2.9M+79.7%$1.6M+68.6%$944K$0
Operating Income$65.7M$59.1M-14.6%$69.2M-2.0%$70.6M+7.2%$65.9M+299.0%$16.5M+178.1%-$21.1M-282.4%$11.6M-28.3%$16.2M+351.8%$3.6M+124.0%-$14.9M-193.7%-$5.1M-125.0%-$2.3M$0
Interest Expense$52.3M$59.9M-17.2%$72.3M+17.0%$61.8M+48.9%$41.5M+24.3%$33.4M-7.4%$36.1M-4.0%$37.6M+108.7%$18.0M+10.1%$16.4M+119.7%$7.4M+156.0%$2.9M+2387.3%$117K$0
Income Tax$1.7M$1.9M+28.1%$1.5M+157.2%-$2.6M-367.7%-$555K+69.4%-$1.8M+68.9%-$5.8MN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Net Income$35.9M-$1.7M+70.5%-$5.9M-150.5%$11.6M-46.3%$21.7M+210.8%-$19.6M+61.8%-$51.2M-104.0%-$25.1M-574.5%-$3.7M+75.2%-$15.0M+42.6%-$26.1M-192.1%-$8.9M-273.0%-$2.4M$0
EPS (Diluted)N/A-$0.78-500.0%-$0.13-150.0%$0.26-$0.37+59.3%-$0.91N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Not reported in any period shown, so not listed: R&D Expenses.

TTM is the trailing twelve months, Q3 FY2025 through Q2 FY2026, summed from the four most recent quarterly filings. A row marked — cannot be summed at all, because a quarter in the window reports no per-share figure; a row marked N/A could be summed, but a quarter in the window does not report that metric.

SMA Balance Sheet

Figures in USD, abbreviated K (thousand), M (million), B (billion), T (trillion). Negative values carry a minus sign and red type.

SMA annual balance sheet
MetricFY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20FY19FY18FY17FY16FY15FY14FY13
Total Assets$2.4B+19.1%$2.0B+7.7%$1.9B-2.6%$1.9B+20.3%$1.6B+26.2%$1.3B-2.2%$1.3B+64.7%$796.4M-2.6%$817.5M+8.6%$752.6M+289.0%$193.4M+451.9%$35.1M+17338.1%$201K
Cash & Equivalents$54.2M+134.6%$23.1M-48.7%$45.1M+14.2%$39.5M+6.0%$37.3M-48.8%$72.7M+16.7%$62.3M+506.3%$10.3M+39.7%$7.4M-50.9%$15.0M-46.6%$28.1M+330.3%$6.5M+3149.3%$201K
Goodwill$70.0M+30.4%$53.6M0.0%$53.6M0.0%$53.6M0.0%$53.6M0.0%$53.6M-31.6%$78.4MN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Total Liabilities$1.2B-16.0%$1.4B+21.1%$1.1B+1.8%$1.1B-12.8%$1.3B+16.1%$1.1B+41.7%$775.8M+85.2%$418.9M+2.1%$410.1M+23.8%$331.2M+1155.9%$26.4M+42.0%$18.6M+9184.5%$200K
Long-Term DebtN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A$320.8M+1293.1%$23.0MN/AN/A
Total Equity$1.2B+262.4%$325.7M-19.4%$404.3M-13.5%$467.4M+36.4%$342.7M+87.0%$183.2M-33.1%$273.8M-20.7%$345.3M-8.8%$378.5M-7.8%$410.7M+147.6%$165.9M+1368.2%$11.3M+1129721.6%$1K
Retained Earnings-$194.4M-4.7%-$185.6M-11.0%-$167.3M-1.7%-$164.5M+3.7%-$170.8M-20.8%-$141.4M-62.4%-$87.1M-39.7%-$62.3M-6.3%-$58.6M-34.0%-$43.8M-147.5%-$17.7M-638.1%-$2.4M$0

Not reported in any period shown, so not listed: Current Assets, Inventory, Accounts Receivable, Current Liabilities.

SMA Cash Flow Statement

Figures in USD, abbreviated K (thousand), M (million), B (billion), T (trillion). Negative values carry a minus sign and red type.

SMA annual cash flow statement
MetricTTMFY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20FY19FY18FY17FY16FY15FY14FY13
Operating Cash Flow$110.3M$85.0M+32.7%$64.0M-12.5%$73.2M-16.7%$87.9M+49.6%$58.8M+119.5%$26.8M+174.1%$9.8M-46.8%$18.4M-7.9%$19.9M+2379.7%-$874K+30.2%-$1.3M-274.4%-$334K$0
Investing Cash Flow-$193.6M-$380.8M-110.4%-$180.9M-69160.3%$262K+100.1%-$205.2M-70.7%-$120.2M-315.1%-$29.0M+91.7%-$347.8M-10839.0%-$3.2M+94.5%-$57.5M+88.7%-$508.4MN/AN/AN/A
Financing Cash Flow$85.3M$325.2M+243.0%$94.8M+243.4%-$66.1M-155.1%$120.1M+367.6%$25.7M+86.9%$13.7M-96.5%$392.2M+3227.4%-$12.5M-140.1%$31.3M-93.7%$498.9MN/AN/AN/A
Dividends Paid$88.6M$74.8M+100.2%$37.4M-7.9%$40.6M-17.8%$49.4M+88.8%$26.2M+36.5%$19.2M+5.2%$18.2M+3.6%$17.6M+5.4%$16.7M+46.8%$11.4M+658.3%$1.5M+847.8%$158K$0

Not reported in any period shown, so not listed: Capital Expenditures, Free Cash Flow, Share Buybacks.

TTM is the trailing twelve months, Q3 FY2025 through Q2 FY2026, summed from the four most recent quarterly filings. A row marked — cannot be summed at all, because a quarter in the window reports no per-share figure; a row marked N/A could be summed, but a quarter in the window does not report that metric.

SMA Financial Ratios

Margins and returns are percentages; the remaining ratios are unitless multiples.

SMA annual financial ratios
MetricFY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20FY19FY18FY17FY16FY15FY14FY13
Gross Margin61.4%-4.3pp65.7%-2.3pp68.0%-1.1pp69.2%N/AN/AN/A68.6%+0.8pp67.8%+3.0pp64.8%+2.5pp62.3%-1.7pp64.0%N/A
Operating Margin21.0%-8.2pp29.2%-1.1pp30.3%-0.7pp31.0%+21.2pp9.8%+26.8pp-17.1%-27.6pp10.6%-9.5pp20.1%+15.4pp4.7%+37.5pp-32.8%-4.5pp-28.3%-485.0%N/A
Net Margin-0.6%+1.9pp-2.5%-7.5pp5.0%-5.2pp10.2%+21.8pp-11.6%+29.7pp-41.3%-18.4pp-22.9%-18.3pp-4.6%+15.1pp-19.7%+37.8pp-57.5%-7.6pp-49.9%-515.0%N/A
Return on Equity-0.1%+1.7pp-1.8%-4.7pp2.9%-1.8pp4.6%+10.3pp-5.7%+22.2pp-28.0%-18.8pp-9.2%-8.1pp-1.1%+2.9pp-4.0%+2.4pp-6.4%-1.0pp-5.4%+15.8pp-21.2%-21.2pp0.0%
Return on Assets-0.1%+0.2pp-0.3%-0.9pp0.6%-0.5pp1.1%+2.3pp-1.2%+2.8pp-4.0%-2.1pp-1.9%-1.4pp-0.5%+1.4pp-1.8%+1.6pp-3.5%+1.1pp-4.6%+2.2pp-6.8%-6.8pp0.0%
Debt-to-Equity0.98-3.2x4.21+1.4x2.80+0.4x2.38-1.3x3.72-2.3x6.00+3.2x2.83+1.6x1.21+0.1x1.08+0.3x0.78+0.6x0.14-1.5x1.64-198.4x200.00

Not reported in any period shown, so not listed: Current Ratio, FCF Margin.

Reported as filed but not readable as a share of revenue in the periods where the ratio runs further from zero than a revenue base allows; no change figure is given where either compared period is one of those: Operating Margin, Net Margin.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.'s annual revenue?

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) reported $281.1M in total revenue for fiscal year 2025. This represents a 18.6% change compared to the previous fiscal year. Revenue measures the total income earned from the company's primary business operations before any expenses are deducted.

How fast is SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.'s revenue growing?

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) revenue grew by 18.6% year-over-year, from $237.0M to $281.1M in fiscal year 2025.

Is SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. profitable?

No, SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) reported a net income of -$1.7M in fiscal year 2025, with a net profit margin of -0.6%.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) had EBITDA of $132.3M in fiscal year 2025, measuring earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) had a gross margin of 61.4% in fiscal year 2025, indicating the percentage of revenue retained after direct costs of goods sold.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) had an operating margin of 21.0% in fiscal year 2025, reflecting the profitability of core business operations before interest and taxes.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) had a net profit margin of -0.6% in fiscal year 2025, representing the share of revenue converted into profit after all expenses.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) has a return on equity of -0.1% for fiscal year 2025, measuring how efficiently the company generates profit from shareholder equity.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) generated $85.0M in operating cash flow during fiscal year 2025, representing cash generated from core business activities.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) had $2.4B in total assets as of fiscal year 2025, including both current and long-term assets.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) had 55M shares outstanding as of fiscal year 2025.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) had a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.98 as of fiscal year 2025, measuring the company's financial leverage by comparing total debt to shareholder equity.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) had a return on assets of -0.1% for fiscal year 2025, measuring how efficiently the company uses its assets to generate profit.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) has a Piotroski F-Score of 3 out of 6 computable signals; 3 of the nine could not be computed from available data, so the full-scale strength rating is not shown. The F-Score evaluates nine binary signals across profitability (positive ROA, positive cash flow, improving ROA, earnings quality), leverage (decreasing debt, improving liquidity, no share dilution), and operating efficiency (improving gross margin, improving asset turnover). Scores of 7 to 9 indicate strong and improving fundamentals. Learn more in our complete guide to financial health indicators.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) reported a net loss of $1.7M while generating $85.0M in operating cash flow. Operations generated cash despite the loss, but with no positive earnings behind it, the ratio between the two carries no quality signal. This ratio compares operating cash flow to net income. A ratio above 1.0x means the company generates more cash than its reported earnings, indicating sustainable, cash-backed profits. Ratios below 1.0x suggest earnings rely on accounting accruals rather than actual cash generation. Learn more in our complete guide to financial health indicators.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) has an interest coverage ratio of 0.99x, meaning it can struggle to cover its interest obligations. This ratio divides operating income by interest expense. Ratios above 5x indicate strong debt-servicing ability, while ratios below 2x suggest the company may face difficulty meeting interest payments if earnings decline. Learn more in our complete guide to financial health indicators.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA) scores 30 out of 100 on our Financial Health Score, indicating weak standing within its REITs peer group. The score is a 0-100 composite of six dimensions (FFO Margin, FFO Growth, Leverage, Interest Cov., AFFO Margin, Dividend Cov.), each ranked as a percentile relative to companies in the same scoring family (banks against banks, REITs against REITs, and so on) rather than across all industries. It rates the quality of the business, not whether the stock is fairly priced, and is not financial advice. Learn more in our complete guide to financial health indicators.

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