CubeSmart vs Moody's Corporation — how do they compare? CubeSmart trades at $40.56 (market cap $9.19B), while Moody's Corporation trades at $493.7 (market cap $86.59B). The key difference: Moody's Corporation is far larger — about 9.4× CubeSmart's market cap, and CubeSmart pays the higher dividend (5.22%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CUBE | MCO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $9.19B | $86.59B |
Sector | Real Estate | Financials |
52-Week High | $42.34 | $539.61 |
52-Week Low | $35.36 | $412.23 |
Enterprise Value | $12.69B | $92.39B |
Dividend Yield | 5.22% | 0.83% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
CubeSmart is a real estate investment trust that acquires, owns, and manages self-storage facilities throughout the United States. The company's real estate portfolio is composed of buildings with numerous enclosed storage areas for both residential and commercial customers to rent mainly on a month-by-month basis. Most of CubeSmart's facilities are located in Florida, Texas, California, New York, and Illinois. Cumulatively, these states account for both the majority of the square footage in the company's real estate portfolio and the majority of its revenue. CubeSmart derives nearly all of its revenue from rental income from tenants utilizing its storage facilities.
Read more on CUBE →Moody's, along with S&P Ratings, is a leading provider of credit ratings on fixed income securities. Moody's ratings segment, known as Moody's Investors Service or MIS, includes corporates, structured finance, financial institutions, and public finance ratings. MIS represents a majority of the firm's revenue and profits. Moody's other segment is Moody's Analytics and consists of Research, Data, and Analytics or RD&A and Enterprise Risk Solutions or ERS. RD&A's products include credit research, quantitative credit scores, economic research, business intelligence, know your customer (KYC) tools, commercial real estate data and analytical tools, and training services. ERS includes risk management software solutions to financial institutions.
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