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$85.49 0.79 (0.93%)
7/23/2008 4:02 PM

Public Storage (PSA)

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The Company is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed REIT that acquires, develops, owns and operates self-storage facilities.

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Total Members

106 Outperforms
60 Underperforms
 

All-Stars

29 Outperforms
35 Underperforms
 

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4 Outperforms
1 Underperforms
 

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REIT - Industrial (10), S&P 500 (481), Large Cap (467)
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Public Storage At A Glance

Current Price: $85.49
Last Trade Time: 7/23/2008 4:02 PM
Open: $84.85
Previous Close: $84.70
Daily Range: $83.54 - $86.99
52-Week Range: $65.66 - $98.01
Volume: 1,906,675
Market Cap: $14.33B
P/E Ratio: 22.00
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PSA VS S&P 500 (SPY)

PSA 12 month chart vs. S&P

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Avatar meachamizer (< 20) Submitted: 6/17/08 3:36 PM

PSA had nearly 900,000 trades on Monday, that's an incredible number. The stock has been steadily dropping for months, but that amount of trades suggests that those who are just now selling are getting a lot of takers -- hoping to profit on a down stock as it starts its upswing again very soon. Inde...More

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Avatar lowellfield (94.55) Submitted: 6/30/08 12:40 PM

Macro downturn will make people move less, lowering demands for storage. This may already be reflected in their slowing growth and declining margins.

Also not crazy about the preferred-intensive capital structure, and a little suspicious that management is greedier than most (As Citi ana...More

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Avatar COOLSTOCK (37.77) Submitted: 7/21/08 2:44 PM : Outperform Start Price: $81.57 PSA Score: 2.88

HELP U WITH MOVING THINGS

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Avatar dpid (< 20) Submitted: 7/16/08 6:08 PM : Underperform Start Price: $82.12 PSA Score: -1.70

I think storage companies over long term will underperform.

Hard times means less stuff to store and more stuff to re-sell (ebay, garage sales, pawn shops).

Less people buying more (bad retail), means less to store.

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Avatar lowellfield (94.55) Submitted: 6/30/08 12:40 PM : Underperform Start Price: $80.94 PSA Score: -5.91

Macro downturn will make people move less, lowering demands for storage. This may already be reflected in their slowing growth and declining margins.

Also not crazy about the preferred-intensive capital structure, and a little suspicious that management is greedier than most (As Citi analyst pointed out on 1Q08 call, they paid themselves $25m for flipping half of the Shurgard acquisition they just made in 2006. That deal must have created lots of shareholder value, huh?)

Plus there's a major premium to competitors, due probably to the fact that their balance sheet looks pretty clean unless you consider the 7% yielding preferred to be kinda debt-ish.

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Avatar iMarket (82.79) Submitted: 6/26/08 3:48 PM : Underperform Start Price: $84.91 PSA Score: -5.57

Start storing everyting at your grandma's house...no money to pay to keep your junk....or you might as well ebay it....Nuff said

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Avatar meachamizer (< 20) Submitted: 6/17/08 3:36 PM : Outperform Start Price: $82.81 PSA Score: 8.67

PSA had nearly 900,000 trades on Monday, that's an incredible number. The stock has been steadily dropping for months, but that amount of trades suggests that those who are just now selling are getting a lot of takers -- hoping to profit on a down stock as it starts its upswing again very soon. Indeed, public storage is usually a good performer during down times given the rise in foreclosures and the need for some place --at a mere $50 or so per month -- to store their belongings.

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Pick		Member NameMember RatingStart
Date		CallTime FrameStart
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TrackKeyBancCapi 98.22 03/12/08 Underperform NS $83.78+2.05%-3.41%-5.45
TrackChrisDavis 80.11 09/30/07 Outperform NS $77.16+10.79%-15.97%+26.76 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackWhitman 47.83 09/30/07 Outperform NS $77.16+10.79%-15.97%+26.76 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackZacks 90.45 06/29/07 Outperform 3M $74.86+14.19%-14.77%+28.97 Toggle the visibility of 60-Second Pitch and replies
TrackJimCramer 81.15 01/17/07 Outperform 3W $100.64-15.05%-10.36%-4.70
TrackRBCCapMkts 94.13 12/08/06 Outperform NS $91.96-7.03%-9.13%+2.10

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