Financial Performance: Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc. reported a 9.6% increase in total revenues for Q2 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, with a significant reduction in net loss attributable to common stockholders by approximately 46.4%. Year-to-date, total revenues rose by 10.3%, and same-store net operating income increased by 11.5%.
Operational Developments: The company opened three new joint venture properties in Toronto and Montreal, expanding its portfolio, while also declaring a daily distribution rate for shareholders and suspending its share redemption program effective September 2025.
SMA
$32.03+Infinity%1D
Analyst Views on SMA
Wall Street analysts forecast SMA stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SMA is 39.67 USD with a low forecast of 35.00 USD and a high forecast of 41.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
7 Analyst Rating
Wall Street analysts forecast SMA stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for SMA is 39.67 USD with a low forecast of 35.00 USD and a high forecast of 41.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
6 Buy
1 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 32.440
Low
35.00
Averages
39.67
High
41.00
Current: 32.440
Low
35.00
Averages
39.67
High
41.00
Wells Fargo
Overweight
maintain
$38 -> $41
2025-10-27
Reason
Wells Fargo
Price Target
$38 -> $41
2025-10-27
maintain
Overweight
Reason
Wells Fargo raised the firm's price target on SmartStop Self Storage to $41 from $38 and keeps an Overweight rating on the shares. The firm says that a recent rally makes the valuation setup in the space a little more challenging into Q3 earnings, although Wells expects the storage REITs to largely reiterate guides, with the setup for improving SS and FFO/share growth in 2026.
JPMorgan
Michael Mueller
Overweight -> Neutral
downgrade
$41 -> $39
2025-10-17
Reason
JPMorgan
Michael Mueller
Price Target
$41 -> $39
2025-10-17
downgrade
Overweight -> Neutral
Reason
JPMorgan analyst Michael Mueller downgraded SmartStop Self Storage to Neutral from Overweight with a price target of $39, down from $41. The firm cites valuation for the downgrade, saying SmartStop has positively re-rated and has significantly outperformed both the self-storage and overall real estate investment trust sectors.
Truist
Buy
upgrade
$38 -> $39
2025-08-26
Reason
Truist
Price Target
$38 -> $39
2025-08-26
upgrade
Buy
Reason
Truist raised the firm's price target on SmartStop Self Storage to $39 from $38 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. Truist raised the firm's price target on SmartStop Self Storage to $39 from $38 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. The firm is updating its model to reflect Q2 results, recent events and adjusted revenue growth and expense assumptions, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
Baird
Wesley Golladay
Outperform
downgrade
$40 -> $39
2025-08-19
Reason
Baird
Wesley Golladay
Price Target
$40 -> $39
2025-08-19
downgrade
Outperform
Reason
Baird analyst Wesley Golladay lowered the firm's price target on SmartStop Self Storage to $39 from $40 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm updated its model following Q2 results which now expects revenue growth to accelerate in the second half of the year.
About SMA
SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. is a self-managed REIT with a fully integrated operations team of more than 600 self-storage professionals focused on growing the SmartStop Self Storage brand. The Company is focused on the acquisition, ownership and operation of self-storage properties located primarily within the top 100 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) throughout the United States and Canada. The Company's segments include self storage operations and the Managed REIT Platform business. The Company, through its indirect subsidiary, SmartStop REIT Advisors, LLC, also sponsors other self-storage programs. It owns or manages more than 460 operating properties in 34 states, Washington D.C., and Canada, comprising over 270,000 units and 35 million rentable square feet. The Company and its affiliates own or manage 49 operating self-storage properties across four provinces in Canada, which total approximately 42,200 units and 4.3 million rentable square feet.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
