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SmartStop Self Storage REIT SMA

US equityMarket cap rank #2857REIT - Industrial
$32.47 −$0.04 (-0.12%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 5:50 am ET · After hours $32.47 0.00%
Open$32.46
Prev close$32.51
Day range$32.20 – $32.72
Volume1.03M
Market cap$1.80B
P/E (TTM)62.3
Dividend yield4.93%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership95.9%+1.34 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding312+3 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)40 buys / 10 sellsNet buying
Short interest9.48% of floatDays to cover 7.2 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share26.5%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

22%26%30%35%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$1.18M (7 inflow days, 13 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 37.1% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.11.47%
  • BlackRock9.78%
  • Principal Global Investors, LLC5.66%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC5.24%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.94%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.05%
  • The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.3.33%
  • Norges Bank Investment Management2.94%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund74.53%
  • Hedge Fund7.39%
  • Public Company4.96%
  • REIT2.97%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund2.94%
  • Private Company1.14%
  • Insurance Company0.84%
  • Government Pension Fund0.72%

Reported short interest has risen from 8.88% to 9.48% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 5,248,340 9.5% 7.2
31 Aug 2026 4,548,705 8.2% 6.3
14 Aug 2026 4,115,903 7.4% 6.5
31 Jul 2026 4,326,114 7.8% 4.7
15 Jul 2026 4,103,930 7.4% 7.9
30 Jun 2026 4,916,690 8.9% 6.4

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