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Financial report summary
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U-Haul Holding • CubeSmart • CubeSmart • National Storage Affiliates Trust • Jernigan CapitalRisks
- Natural disasters, terrorist attacks, civil unrest, or other events that could damage or otherwise disrupt our ability to operate our facilities could adversely impact our business and financial results.
- We are subject to risks from the consequences of climate change, including severe weather events, as well as the transition to a low-carbon economy and other steps taken to prevent or mitigate climate change.
- Operating costs, including property taxes, could increase.
- The acquisition of existing properties or self-storage operating companies is subject to risks that may adversely affect our growth and financial results.
- Our development program subjects us to risks.
- There is significant competition among self-storage operators and from other storage alternatives.
- Demand for self-storage facilities may be affected by customer perceptions and factors outside of our control.
- Our newly developed and expanded facilities, and facilities that we manage for third party owners, may negatively impact the revenues of our legacy facilities.
- We may incur significant liabilities from environmental contamination or moisture infiltration.
- Recent significant increases in interest rates could adversely impact us and our tenants.
- Economic conditions can adversely affect our business, financial condition, growth, and access to capital.
- We have exposure to European operations through our ownership in Shurgard.
- Public health and other crises have adversely impacted, and may in the future adversely impact, our business.
- We have been and may in the future be adversely impacted by emergency regulations adopted in response to significant events, such as natural disasters or public health crises, that could adversely impact our operations.
- Our marketing and pricing strategies may fail to be effective or may be constrained by factors outside of our control.
- We are exposed to ongoing litigation and other legal and regulatory actions, which may divert management’s time and attention, require us to pay damages and expenses or restrict the operation of our business.
- Our use of or failure to adopt advancements in information technology may hinder or prevent us from achieving strategic objectives or otherwise harm our business.
- If our confidential information is compromised or corrupted, including as a result of a cybersecurity incident, our reputation and business relationships could be damaged and our financial condition and operating results could be adversely affected.
- Ineffective succession planning for our CEO and executive management, as well as for our other key employees, may impact the execution of our strategic plan.
- We may fail to protect our intellectual property adequately.
- Takeover attempts or changes in control could be thwarted, even if beneficial to shareholders.
- Holders of our preferred shares have dividend, liquidation, and other rights that are senior to the rights of the holders of our common shares.
- Public Storage is a holding company with no direct operations, and it relies on funds received from PSA OP and PSOC to pay its obligations and make distributions to shareholders
- Holders of our Preferred Shares are subject to certain risks.
- We would incur adverse tax consequences if we failed to qualify as a REIT, and we would have to pay substantial U.S. federal corporate income taxes.
- Changes in tax laws could negatively impact us.
- We may pay some taxes, reducing cash available for shareholders.
- If PSA OP were to fail to maintain its status as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, our financial results would be adversely impacted.
- We have exposure to increased property tax in California.
- We are subject to new and changing legislation and regulations, including the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).
- Our tenant reinsurance business is subject to governmental regulation, which could reduce our profitability or limit our growth.
Management Discussion
- ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
- This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include statements relating to our 2024 outlook and all underlying assumptions, our expected acquisition, disposition, development, and redevelopment activity, supply and demand for our self-storage facilities, information relating to operating trends in our markets, expectations regarding operating expenses, including property tax changes, expectations regarding the impacts from inflation and changes in macroeconomic conditions, our strategic priorities, expectations with respect to financing activities, rental rates, cap rates, and yields, leasing expectations, our credit ratings, and all other statements other than statements of historical fact. Such statements are based on management’s beliefs and assumptions made based on information currently available to management and may be identified by the use of the words “outlook,” “guidance,” “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “should,” “estimates,” and similar expressions.
- These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause our actual results and performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Factors and risks that may impact future results and performance include, but are not limited to those factors and risks described in Part 1, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 20, 2024 and in our other filings with the SEC. These include changes in demand for our facilities, changes in macroeconomic conditions, changes in national self-storage facility development activity, impacts of natural disasters, adverse changes in laws and regulations including governing property tax, evictions, rental rates, minimum wage levels, and insurance, adverse economic effects from public health emergencies, international military conflicts, or similar events impacting public health and/or economic activity, increases in the costs of our primary customer acquisition channels, adverse impacts to us and our customers from high interest rates, inflation, unfavorable foreign currency rate fluctuations, or changes in federal or state tax laws related to the taxation of REITs, security breaches, including ransomware, or a failure of our networks, systems, or technology.