Extra Space Storage, Inc. vs General Dynamics Corporation — how do they compare? Extra Space Storage, Inc. trades at $146.41 (market cap $30.98B), while General Dynamics Corporation trades at $391.11 (market cap $107.13B). The key difference: General Dynamics Corporation is far larger — about 3.5× Extra Space Storage, Inc.'s market cap, and Extra Space Storage, Inc. pays the higher dividend (4.42%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| EXR | GD | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $30.98B | $107.13B |
Sector | Real Estate | Industrials |
52-Week High | $152.85 | $395.97 |
52-Week Low | $126.67 | $312.53 |
Enterprise Value | $44.70B | $112.28B |
Dividend Yield | 4.42% | 1.61% |
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Extra Space Storage is a fully integrated real estate investment trust that owns, operates, and manages almost 2,100 self-storage properties in 41 states, with over 160 million net rentable square feet of storage space. Of these properties, approximately one half is wholly owned, while some facilities are owned through joint ventures and others are owned by third parties and managed by Extra Space Storage in exchange for a management fee.
Read more on EXR →General Dynamics is a defense contractor and business jet manufacturer. The firm's segments include aerospace, combat systems, marine, and technologies. The company's aerospace segment creates Gulfstream business jets. Combat system produces land-based combat vehicles, such as the M1 Abrams tank. The marine subsegment creates nuclear-powered submarines, among other things. The technologies segment contains two main units, an IT business that primarily serves the government market and a mission systems business that focuses on products that provide command, control, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to the military.
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