SMA Stock — SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (SMA)

Updated October 16, 2026.

SMA is a Stock. its distribution rate is 4.77%, its trailing-12-month yield is 4.69%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 93/100 (Safe). Total return is 12.1% over the past 1.5 years, 25.3 points behind SPY at 37.4%.

SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. is a self-managed real estate investment trust that owns and operates self-storage facilities across the United States and Canada, with a portfolio of more than 460 properties comprising over 275,000 units and more than 35 million rentable square feet as of mid-2026. The REIT also sponsors other self-storage programs and provides third-party management services through its managed platform. It distributes monthly at a current rate in the mid-single digits, making it suitable for investors seeking regular income from real estate assets.

SMA performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 12.1% over the past 1.5 years, 25.3 points behind SPY at 37.4%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -1.8%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 19.9%.

SMA key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

93 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

4.44%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

04/02/2025

Distribution rate

4.77%

Distribution frequency

Monthly

Trailing yield

4.69%

Last close

$34.16 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$1,891,401,726

Average volume

632531.0

Dividend

$0.1359

Ex-dividend date

10/30/2026

Payment date

11/13/2026

Beta

-0.041

Payout ratio

45.0%

P/E ratio

64.45

Forward P/E

54.991

EPS

$0.53

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (4.77%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (4.69%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

SMA risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 19.9%.

Who may consider SMA — and who may not

SMA may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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