Public Storage Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2022

Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) announced today operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022.

“Public Storage’s industry-leading platform achieved record financial results in 2022,” said Joe Russell, President and Chief Executive Officer. “I want to thank the entire team for their focus and determination throughout the year. We enter 2023 in a position of strength, with our digital and operating model transformation enhancing the industry’s highest direct operating margins, strong-growth properties in our non-same store pool comprising more than 25% of the portfolio, and a balance sheet positioned to fund broad opportunity across acquisitions, development, and redevelopment. Our ability to drive unmatched levels of performance and profitability uniquely positions us for growth and value creation into the future.”

Highlights for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2022

  • Reported net income allocable to common shareholders of $2.06 per diluted share.

  • Reported core FFO allocable to common shareholders (“Core FFO”) of $4.16 per diluted share, an increase of 17.5% relative to the same period in 2021. We sold our entire equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc. (“PSB”) in July 2022 and since then no longer recognize any further equity in earnings of PSB. Core FFO per diluted share increased 22.4% excluding the contribution from our equity investment in PSB to Core FFO per diluted share.

  • Increased Same Store (as defined below) direct net operating income by 15.0%, resulting from a 13.0% increase in Same Store revenues.

  • Achieved 81.2% Same Store direct net operating income margin, an increase of 1.8% relative to the same period in 2021.

  • Acquired 30 self-storage facilities with 1.6 million net rentable square feet for $228.6 million. Subsequent to December 31, 2022, we acquired or were under contract to acquire eight self-storage facilities with 0.5 million net rentable square feet, for $70.5 million.

  • Opened three newly developed facilities and completed various expansion projects with 0.5 million net rentable square feet costing $101.2 million. At December 31, 2022, we had various facilities in development and expansion with 4.6 million net rentable square feet estimated to cost $979.6 million.

Highlights for the Year Ended December 31, 2022

  • Reported net income allocable to common shareholders of $23.50 per diluted share.

  • Reported Core FFO of $15.92 per diluted share, an increase of 23.1% from 2021. Core FFO per diluted share increased 26.1% excluding the contribution from our equity investment in PSB to Core FFO per diluted share.

  • Increased Same Store direct net operating income by 17.1%, resulting from a 14.8% increase in Same Store revenues.

  • Acquired 74 self-storage facilities with 4.7 million net rentable square feet for $730.5 million.

  • Opened eight newly developed facilities and various expansion projects with 1.4 million net rentable square feet costing $227.2 million.

  • Distributed a one-time dividend of $13.15 per common share, totaling $2.3 billion, in August 2022 in connection with the sale of our equity investment in PSB, upon completion of its merger transaction with affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate on July 20, 2022.

Operating Results for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2022

For the three months ended December 31, 2022, net income allocable to our common shareholders was $362.6 million or $2.06 per diluted common share, compared to $558.1 million or $3.17 per diluted common share in the same period in 2021, representing a decrease of $195.5 million or $1.11 per diluted common share. The decrease is due primarily to (i) a $177.2 million decrease in foreign currency exchange gains and losses primarily associated with our Euro denominated notes payable and (ii) a $143.9 million decrease in equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities due to the sale of our equity investment in PSB, partially offset by (iii) a $137.7 million increase in self-storage net operating income.

The $137.7 million increase in self-storage net operating income in the three months ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the same period in 2021 is a result of an $87.2 million increase attributable to our Same Store Facilities and a $50.5 million increase attributable to our Non-Same Store Facilities (as defined below). Revenues for the Same Store Facilities increased 13.0% or $94.4 million in the three months ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the same period in 2021, due primarily to higher realized annual rent per occupied square foot, partially offset by a decline in occupancy. Cost of operations for the Same Store Facilities increased by 4.1% or $7.2 million in the three months ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the same period in 2021, due primarily to increased property tax expense, marketing expense, and other direct property costs, partially offset by a decrease in on-site property manager payroll expense. The increase in net operating income of $50.5 million for the Non-Same Store Facilities is due primarily to the impact of facilities acquired in 2021 and the fill-up of recently developed and expanded facilities.

Operating Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2022

For 2022, net income allocable to our common shareholders was $4,142.3 million or $23.50 per diluted common share, compared to $1,732.4 million or $9.87 per diluted common share in 2021, representing an increase of $2,409.9 million or $13.63 per diluted common share. The increase is due primarily to (i) a $2.1 billion gain on sale of our equity investment in PSB and (ii) a $614.3 million increase in self-storage net operating income, partially offset by (iii) a $174.7 million increase in depreciation and amortization expense, (iv) a $125.1 million decrease in equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities due to sale of our equity investment in PSB, and (v) a $45.5 million increase in interest expense.

The $614.3 million increase in self-storage net operating income in 2022 as compared to 2021 is a result of a $370.1 million increase attributable to our Same Store Facilities and a $244.2 million increase attributable to our Non-Same Store Facilities. Revenues for the Same Store Facilities increased 14.8% or $409.9 million in 2022 as compared to 2021, due primarily to higher realized annual rent per occupied square foot, partially offset by a decline in occupancy. Cost of operations for the Same Store Facilities increased by 5.7% or $39.9 million in 2022 as compared to 2021, due primarily to increased property tax expense, on-site property manager payroll expense, marketing expense, other direct property costs, and centralized management costs. The increase in net operating income of $244.2 million for the Non-Same Store Facilities is due primarily to the impact of facilities acquired in 2021 and the fill-up of recently developed and expanded facilities.

Funds from Operations

Funds from Operations (“FFO”) and FFO per share are non-GAAP measures defined by the Nareit. We believe that FFO and FFO per share are useful to REIT investors and analysts in measuring our performance because Nareit’s definition of FFO excludes items included in net income that do not relate to or are not indicative of our operating and financial performance. FFO represents net income before depreciation and amortization, which is excluded because it is based upon historical costs and assumes that building values diminish ratably over time, while we believe that real estate values fluctuate due to market conditions. FFO also excludes gains or losses on sale of real estate assets and real estate impairment charges, which are also based upon historical costs and are impacted by historical depreciation. FFO and FFO per share are not a substitute for net income or earnings per share. FFO is not a substitute for net cash flow in evaluating our liquidity or ability to pay dividends, because it excludes investing and financing activities presented on our consolidated statements of cash flows. In addition, other REITs may compute these measures differently, so comparisons among REITs may not be helpful.

For the three months ended December 31, 2022, FFO was $3.38 per diluted common share as compared to $3.67 in the same period in 2021, representing a decrease of 7.9%.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, FFO was $16.46 per diluted common share, as compared to $13.36 in the same period in 2021, representing an increase of 23.2%.

We also present “Core FFO” and “Core FFO per share,” non-GAAP measures that represent FFO and FFO per share excluding the impact of (i) foreign currency exchange gains and losses, (ii) charges related to the redemption of preferred securities, and (iii) certain other non-cash and/or nonrecurring income or expense items primarily representing, with respect to the periods presented below, the impact of loss contingency accruals and casualties, unrealized gain on private equity investments and our equity share of merger transaction costs, severance of a senior executive, lease termination income, and casualties from our equity investees. We review Core FFO and Core FFO per share to evaluate our ongoing operating performance, and we believe they are used by investors and REIT analysts in a similar manner. However, Core FFO and Core FFO per share are not substitutes for net income and net income per share. Because other REITs may not compute Core FFO or Core FFO per share in the same manner as we do, may not use the same terminology, or may not present such measures, Core FFO and Core FFO per share may not be comparable among REITs.

The following table reconciles net income to FFO and Core FFO and reconciles diluted earnings per share to FFO per share and Core FFO per share (unaudited):

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

Reconciliation of Net Income to FFO and Core FFO:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income allocable to common shareholders

$

362,622

 

 

$

558,058

 

 

(35.0

)%

 

$

4,142,288

 

 

$

1,732,444

 

 

139.1

%

Eliminate items excluded from FFO:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

224,438

 

 

 

204,131

 

 

 

 

 

881,569

 

 

 

709,349

 

 

 

Depreciation from unconsolidated real estate investments

 

9,837

 

 

 

19,244

 

 

 

 

 

54,822

 

 

 

73,729

 

 

 

Depreciation allocated to noncontrolling interests and restricted share unitholders

 

(1,781

)

 

 

(1,002

)

 

 

 

 

(6,622

)

 

 

(4,415

)

 

 

Gains on sale of real estate investments, including our equity share from investments

 

 

 

 

(134,116

)

 

 

 

 

(54,403

)

 

 

(165,272

)

 

 

Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,116,839

)

 

 

 

 

 

FFO allocable to common shares

$

595,116

 

 

$

646,315

 

 

(7.9

)%

 

$

2,900,815

 

 

$

2,345,835

 

 

23.7

%

Eliminate the impact of items excluded from Core FFO, including our equity share from investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency exchange (gain) loss

 

138,956

 

 

 

(38,203

)

 

 

 

 

(98,314

)

 

 

(111,787

)

 

 

Preferred share redemption charge

 

 

 

 

14,615

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,604

 

 

 

Property losses and tenant claims due to casualties (a)

 

(1,301

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,817

 

 

 

4,909

 

 

 

Other items

 

(760

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(338

)

 

 

(543

)

 

 

Core FFO allocable to common shares

$

732,011

 

 

$

622,727

 

 

17.5

%

 

$

2,806,980

 

 

$

2,270,018

 

 

23.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Diluted Earnings per Share to FFO per Share and Core FFO per Share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share

$

2.06

 

 

$

3.17

 

 

(35.0

)%

 

$

23.50

 

 

$

9.87

 

 

138.1

%

Eliminate amounts per share excluded from FFO:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

1.32

 

 

 

1.26

 

 

 

 

 

5.27

 

 

 

4.44

 

 

 

Gains on sale of real estate investments, including our equity share from investments

 

 

 

 

(0.76

)

 

 

 

 

(0.31

)

 

 

(0.95

)

 

 

Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(12.00

)

 

 

 

 

 

FFO per share

$

3.38

 

 

$

3.67

 

 

(7.9

)%

 

$

16.46

 

 

$

13.36

 

 

23.2

%

Eliminate the per share impact of items excluded from Core FFO, including our equity share from investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency exchange (gain) loss

 

0.79

 

 

 

(0.22

)

 

 

 

 

(0.57

)

 

 

(0.64

)

 

 

Preferred share redemption charge

 

 

 

 

0.09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.18

 

 

 

Property losses and tenant claims due to casualties (a)

 

(0.01

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.03

 

 

 

0.03

 

 

 

Other items

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core FFO per share

$

4.16

 

 

$

3.54

 

 

17.5

%

 

$

15.92

 

 

$

12.93

 

 

23.1

%

Exclude the contribution from our equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc. to Core FFO per share

 

 

 

 

(0.14

)

 

 

 

 

(0.33

)

 

 

(0.57

)

 

 

Core FFO per share, excluding the impact of PS Business Parks, Inc.

$

4.16

 

 

$

3.40

 

 

22.4

%

 

$

15.59

 

 

$

12.36

 

 

26.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted weighted average common shares

 

176,144

 

 

 

176,079

 

 

 

 

 

176,280

 

 

 

175,568

 

 

 

(a)

 

Property losses and tenant claims due to casualties were related to Hurricane Ian for the three months and year ended December 31, 2022, and Hurricane Ida for the same periods in 2021. The related charges were included in general and administrative expenses and ancillary cost of operations on the Selected Consolidated Income Statement Data.

Property Operations – Same Store Facilities

The Same Store Facilities consist of facilities that have been owned and operated on a stabilized level of occupancy, revenues, and cost of operations since January 1, 2020. The composition of our Same Store Facilities allows us to more effectively evaluate the ongoing performance of our self-storage portfolio in 2020, 2021, and 2022 and exclude the impact of fill-up of unstabilized facilities, which can significantly affect operating trends. We believe the Same Store information is used by investors and analysts in a similar manner. However, because other REITs may not compute Same Store Facilities in the same manner as we do, may not use the same terminology, or may not present such a measure, Same Store Facilities may not be comparable among REITs. The following table summarizes the historical operating results of these 2,276 facilities (149.1 million net rentable square feet) that represent approximately 73% of the aggregate net rentable square feet of our U.S. consolidated self-storage portfolio at December 31, 2022 (unaudited):

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

Percentage

Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Dollar amounts in thousands, except for per square foot data)

Revenues (a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental income

$

792,227

 

 

$

702,973

 

 

12.7

%

 

$

3,074,192

 

 

$

2,683,116

 

 

14.6

%

Late charges and administrative fees

 

26,695

 

 

 

21,529

 

 

24.0

%

 

 

101,015

 

 

 

82,147

 

 

23.0

%

Total revenues

 

818,922

 

 

 

724,502

 

 

13.0

%

 

 

3,175,207

 

 

 

2,765,263

 

 

14.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct cost of operations (a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property taxes

 

65,697

 

 

 

63,929

 

 

2.8

%

 

 

279,388

 

 

 

267,961

 

 

4.3

%

On-site property manager payroll

 

29,600

 

 

 

32,053

 

 

(7.7

)%

 

 

119,139

 

 

 

114,426

 

 

4.1

%

Repairs and maintenance

 

15,223

 

 

 

13,539

 

 

12.4

%

 

 

58,468

 

 

 

52,703

 

 

10.9

%

Utilities

 

9,943

 

 

 

9,335

 

 

6.5

%

 

 

43,457

 

 

 

40,548

 

 

7.2

%

Marketing

 

13,615

 

 

 

9,130

 

 

49.1

%

 

 

45,906

 

 

 

39,682

 

 

15.7

%

Other direct property costs

 

19,904

 

 

 

18,191

 

 

9.4

%

 

 

80,991

 

 

 

73,646

 

 

10.0

%

Total direct cost of operations

 

153,982

 

 

 

146,177

 

 

5.3

%

 

 

627,349

 

 

 

588,966

 

 

6.5

%

Direct net operating income (b)

 

664,940

 

 

 

578,325

 

 

15.0

%

 

 

2,547,858

 

 

 

2,176,297

 

 

17.1

%

Indirect cost of operations (a):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supervisory payroll

 

(8,464

)

 

 

(9,230

)

 

(8.3

)%

 

 

(35,017

)

 

 

(37,058

)

 

(5.5

)%

Centralized management costs

 

(15,665

)

 

 

(15,322

)

 

2.2

%

 

 

(61,922

)

 

 

(55,350

)

 

11.9

%

Share-based compensation

 

(3,297

)

 

 

(3,464

)

 

(4.8

)%

 

 

(14,203

)

 

 

(17,255

)

 

(17.7

)%

Net operating income (c)

$

637,514

 

 

$

550,309

 

 

15.8

%

 

$

2,436,716

 

 

$

2,066,634

 

 

17.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross margin (before indirect costs, depreciation and amortization expense)

 

81.2

%

 

 

79.8

%

 

1.8

%

 

 

80.2

%

 

 

78.7

%

 

1.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross margin (before depreciation and amortization expense)

 

77.8

%

 

 

76.0

%

 

2.4

%

 

 

76.7

%

 

 

74.7

%

 

2.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average for the period:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Square foot occupancy

 

93.4

%

 

 

95.9

%

 

(2.6

)%

 

 

94.9

%

 

 

96.3

%

 

(1.5

)%

Realized annual rental income per (d):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupied square foot

$

22.74

 

 

$

19.66

 

 

15.7

%

 

$

21.73

 

 

$

18.67

 

 

16.4

%

Available square foot

$

21.25

 

 

$

18.85

 

 

12.7

%

 

$

20.61

 

 

$

17.99

 

 

14.6

%

At December 31:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Square foot occupancy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

92.4

%

 

 

94.8

%

 

(2.5

)%

Annual contract rent per occupied square foot (e)

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

23.02

 

 

$

19.96

 

 

15.3

%

(a)

 

Revenues and cost of operations do not include tenant reinsurance and merchandise sales and expenses generated at the facilities.

(b)

 

Direct net operating income (“Direct NOI”), a subtotal within NOI, is a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes the impact of supervisory payroll, centralized management costs, and share-based compensation in addition to depreciation and amortization expense. We utilize direct net operating income in evaluating property performance and in evaluating property operating trends as compared to our competitors.

(c)

 

See attached reconciliation of self-storage NOI to net income.

(d)

 

Realized annual rent per occupied square foot is computed by dividing annualized rental income, before late charges and administrative fees, by the weighted average occupied square feet for the period. Realized annual rent per available square foot (“REVPAF”) is computed by dividing annualized rental income, before late charges and administrative fees, by the total available rentable square feet for the period. These measures exclude late charges and administrative fees in order to provide a better measure of our ongoing level of revenue. Late charges are dependent upon the level of delinquency, and administrative fees are dependent upon the level of move-ins. In addition, the rates charged for late charges and administrative fees can vary independently from rental rates. These measures take into consideration promotional discounts, which reduce rental income.

(e)

 

Annual contract rent represents the agreed upon monthly rate that is paid by our tenants in place at the time of measurement. Contract rates are initially set in the lease agreement upon move-in, and we adjust them from time to time with notice. Contract rent excludes other fees that are charged on a per-item basis, such as late charges and administrative fees, does not reflect the impact of promotional discounts, and does not reflect the impact of rents that are written off as uncollectible.

Property Operations – Non-Same Store Facilities

In addition to the 2,276 Same Store Facilities, we have 593 facilities that were not stabilized with respect to occupancies, revenues, or cost of operations since January 1, 2020 or that we did not own as of January 1, 2020, including 368 facilities that were acquired, 62 newly developed facilities, 91 facilities that have been expanded or are targeted for expansion, and 72 facilities that are unstabilized because they are undergoing fill-up or were damaged in casualty events (collectively, the “Non-Same Store Facilities”). Operating data, metrics, and further commentary with respect to these facilities, including detail by vintage, are included in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under “Analysis of Net Income – Self-Storage Operations” in our December 31, 2022 Form 10-K.

Investing and Capital Activities

During the three months ended December 31, 2022, we closed the acquisition of 30 self-storage facilities (26 in Florida, and one each in Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, and Utah) with 1.6 million net rentable square feet for $228.6 million. These include the Neighborhood Storage portfolio in the Ocala, Florida market, consisting of 28 properties with 1.2 million net rentable square feet, with 26 properties closed in December 2022 for $179.8 million and two properties that are under construction and expected to close in early 2023.

During 2022, we closed the acquisition of 74 self-storage facilities (28 in Florida, ten in Oklahoma, seven in Texas, four in North Carolina, three in South Carolina, two each in Alabama, Arizona, Indiana, Maryland, Nevada, and Ohio, and one each in Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Utah) with 4.7 million net rentable square feet for $730.5 million.

Additionally, on July 8, 2022, we acquired from PSB the commercial interests in five properties at three sites jointly occupied with our self-storage facilities located in Maryland and Virginia, for $47.3 million.

Subsequent to December 31, 2022, we acquired or were under contract to acquire eight self-storage facilities across five states with 0.5 million net rentable square feet, for $70.5 million.

During 2021, we acquired a portfolio of 48 properties (4.1 million net rentable square feet) operated under the brand name of ezStorage for $1.8 billion. These facilities generated revenues of $100.8 million, NOI of $79.9 million (including Direct NOI of $82.7 million), and average square footage occupancy of 89.6% for 2022.

During 2021, we acquired a portfolio of 56 properties (7.5 million net rentable square feet) operated under the brand name of All Storage for $1.5 billion. These facilities generated revenues of $79.2 million, NOI of $48.4 million (including Direct NOI of $51.2 million), and average square footage occupancy of 79.4% for 2022.

During the three months ended December 31, 2022, we opened three newly developed facilities and completed various expansion projects (0.5 million net rentable square feet – 0.2 million in Florida, and 0.1 million each in New Jersey, Maryland, and Michigan) costing $101.2 million. During 2022, we opened eight newly developed facilities and completed various expansion projects (1.4 million net rentable square feet – 0.4 million in Florida, 0.2 million each in Michigan and Minnesota, 0.1 million each in Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, and Texas, and 0.1 million in various other states combined) costing $227.2 million. At December 31, 2022, we had various facilities in development (2.1 million net rentable square feet) estimated to cost $492.3 million and various expansion projects (2.5 million net rentable square feet) estimated to cost $487.3 million. Our aggregate 4.6 million net rentable square foot pipeline of development and expansion facilities includes 1.7 million in California, 0.6 million in Texas, 0.4 million in Maryland, 0.3 million each in Florida and Hawaii, 0.2 million each in New Jersey and Washington, and 0.9 million in other states. The remaining $606.6 million of development costs for these projects is expected to be incurred primarily in the next 18 to 24 months.

On July 20, 2022, we sold our entire equity investment in PSB upon the closing of the merger of PSB with affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate. We received a total of $2.7 billion of cash proceeds and recognized a gain of $2.1 billion. In connection with the sale of our equity investment in PSB, on August 4, 2022, we paid a special cash dividend of $13.15 per common share, totaling approximately $2.3 billion.

As previously announced, our Board of Trustees declared a 50% increase in the Company’s regular common quarterly dividend from $2.00 to $3.00 per common share. The Board also declared dividends with respect to our various series of preferred shares. All the dividends are payable on March 30, 2023 to shareholders of record as of March 15, 2023.

Outlook for the Year Ending December 31, 2023

Set forth below are our current expectations with respect to full year 2023 Core FFO per share and certain underlying assumptions, excluding the impact of the proposed acquisition of Life Storage. In reliance on the exception provided by applicable SEC rules, we do not provide guidance for GAAP net income per share, the most comparable GAAP financial measure, or a reconciliation of 2023 Core FFO per share to GAAP net income per share because we are unable to reasonably predict the following items which are included in GAAP net income: (i) gains or losses on sales of real estate investments, (ii) foreign currency exchange gains and losses, (iii) charges related to the redemption of preferred securities, and (iv) certain other significant non-cash and/or nonrecurring income or expense items. The actual amounts for any and all of these items could significantly impact our 2023 GAAP net income and, as disclosed in our historical financial results, have significantly impacted GAAP net income in prior periods. Our expectations on self-storage operations reflect the following updated 2023 Same Store and Non-Same Store pools for properties we owned at December 31, 2022: (i) 2,348 Same Store Facilities (155.5 million net rentable square feet) that we have owned and operated on a stabilized level of occupancy, revenues, and cost of operations since January 1, 2021, which generated NOI of $2,517.3 million in 2022 and (ii) 521 Non-Same Store Facilities (48.7 million net rentable square feet) that were not stabilized with respect to occupancy, revenues, or cost of operations since January 1, 2021 or that we did not own as of January 1, 2021, which generated NOI of $448.5 million in 2022.

 

Guidance Ranges for 2023

 

Low

High

 

($ amounts in thousands, except per share data)

Same Store:

 

 

Revenue growth

2.50%

5.00%

Expense growth

4.75%

6.75%

Net operating income growth

1.20%

5.10%

 

 

 

Acquisitions

$750,000

Development openings

$375,000

Non-Same Store net operating income

$510,000

$530,000

Ancillary net operating income

$169,000

$174,000

General and administrative expense

$100,000

$106,000

Interest expense

$177,000

Preferred dividends

$195,000

Capital expenditures

$450,000

 

 

 

Core FFO per share

$16.10

$16.80

Core FFO per share growth from 2022 Core FFO per share

1.1%

5.5%

Core FFO per share growth from 2022 Core FFO per share, excluding the impact of PS Business Parks, Inc.

3.3%

7.8%

 

 

 

Incremental Non-Same Store NOI to stabilization (2024 and beyond)

$80,000

Leadership Announcements

We are today announcing the following leadership developments:

Appointment of Executive Officer

David Lee, our Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed as an executive officer of Public Storage to serve as our principal operating officer, effective immediately. Mr. Lee joined us in November 2021 following nearly 20 years in roles of increasing responsibility with The UPS Store.

Shurgard Self Storage Limited (“Shurgard”)

Effective with Shurgard’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on May 10, 2023, Shurgard will reduce the size of its board of directors from eleven to nine directors, and we and the New York State Common Retirement Fund (“NYCRF”) have agreed to each designate one director to serve on Shurgard’s board of directors, instead of two designees each as provided for by agreement among us, NYCRF, and Shurgard.

In connection therewith, Ronald L. Havner, Jr. and Daniel C. Staton, who currently serve as Chairman of and a director on Shurgard’s board of directors, respectively, and as our representatives on Shurgard’s board, will not stand for re-election. Mr. Havner will become Chairman Emeritus and serve in a non-voting, advisory role through which Shurgard will continue to be able to draw upon Mr. Havner’s extensive leadership experience and company and industry knowledge. Tom Boyle, our Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer, will be our proposed designee for election at Shurgard’s annual meeting.

Fourth Quarter Conference Call

A conference call is scheduled for February 22, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. (PST) to discuss the fourth quarter earnings results. The domestic dial-in number is (800) 274-8461, and the international dial-in number is (203) 518-9708 (conference ID number for either domestic or international is PSAQ422). A simultaneous audio webcast may be accessed by using the link at www.publicstorage.com under “About Us, Investor Relations, News and Events, Event Calendar.” A replay of the conference call may be accessed through March 1, 2023 by calling (800) 934-3638 (domestic), (402) 220-1150 (international) or by using the link at www.publicstorage.com under “About Us, Investor Relations, News and Events, Event Calendar.”

About Public Storage

Public Storage, a member of the S&P 500 and FT Global 500, is a REIT that primarily acquires, develops, owns, and operates self-storage facilities. At December 31, 2022, we had: (i) interests in 2,869 self-storage facilities located in 40 states with approximately 204 million net rentable square feet in the United States and (ii) a 35% common equity interest in Shurgard Self Storage Limited (Euronext Brussels:SHUR), which owned 266 self-storage facilities located in seven Western European nations with approximately 15 million net rentable square feet operated under the Shurgard® brand. Our headquarters are located in Glendale, California.

This press release, our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, a financial supplement, and additional information about Public Storage are available on our website, www.publicstorage.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements relating to our 2023 outlook and all underlying assumptions, our proposal to acquire Life Storage, 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 a potential future recession, 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. Risks and uncertainties that may impact future results and performance include, but are not limited to those described in Part 1, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K that will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 21, 2023 and in our other filings with the SEC. These include changes in demand for our facilities, impacts of natural disasters, adverse changes in laws and regulations including governing property tax, evictions, rental rates, minimum wage levels, and insurance, our ability to consummate acquisition transactions, including our proposed acquisition of Life Storage, and to realize the intended benefits of such transactions, adverse economic effects from the COVID-19 Pandemic, 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 inflation, unfavorable foreign currency rate fluctuations, 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. These forward looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release or as of the dates indicated in the statements. All of our forward-looking statements, including those in this press release, are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. We expressly disclaim any obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, new estimates, or other factors, events, or circumstances after the date of these forward looking statements, except when expressly required by law. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not rely on any forward-looking statements in this press release, or which management may make orally or in writing from time to time, neither as predictions of future events nor guarantees of future performance.

PUBLIC STORAGE

SELECTED CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT DATA

(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended December 31,

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self-storage facilities

$

1,028,353

 

 

$

869,716

 

 

$

3,946,028

 

 

$

3,203,566

 

Ancillary operations

 

60,189

 

 

 

54,600

 

 

 

236,135

 

 

 

212,258

 

 

 

1,088,542

 

 

 

924,316

 

 

 

4,182,163

 

 

 

3,415,824

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self-storage cost of operations

 

241,256

 

 

 

220,331

 

 

 

980,209

 

 

 

852,030

 

Ancillary cost of operations

 

18,401

 

 

 

16,524

 

 

 

72,698

 

 

 

68,568

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

226,538

 

 

 

205,289

 

 

 

888,146

 

 

 

713,428

 

General and administrative

 

33,341

 

 

 

22,258

 

 

 

114,742

 

 

 

101,254

 

Interest expense

 

36,141

 

 

 

29,794

 

 

 

136,319

 

 

 

90,774

 

 

 

555,677

 

 

 

494,196

 

 

 

2,192,114

 

 

 

1,826,054

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other increases (decreases) to net income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and other income

 

14,173

 

 

 

2,985

 

 

 

40,567

 

 

 

12,306

 

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities

 

6,852

 

 

 

150,711

 

 

 

106,981

 

 

 

232,093

 

Foreign currency exchange gain (loss)

 

(138,956

)

 

 

38,203

 

 

 

98,314

 

 

 

111,787

 

Gain on sale of real estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,503

 

 

 

13,683

 

Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,128,860

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

414,934

 

 

 

622,019

 

 

 

4,366,274

 

 

 

1,959,639

 

Allocation to noncontrolling interests

 

(2,574

)

 

 

(2,309

)

 

 

(17,127

)

 

 

(6,376

)

Net income allocable to Public Storage shareholders

 

412,360

 

 

 

619,710

 

 

 

4,349,147

 

 

 

1,953,263

 

Allocation of net income to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred shareholders – distributions

 

(48,674

)

 

 

(48,079

)

 

 

(194,390

)

 

 

(186,579

)

Preferred shareholders – redemptions

 

 

 

 

(11,925

)

 

 

 

 

 

(28,914

)

Restricted share units

 

(1,064

)

 

 

(1,648

)

 

 

(12,469

)

 

 

(5,326

)

Net income allocable to common shareholders

$

362,622

 

 

$

558,058

 

 

$

4,142,288

 

 

$

1,732,444

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per common share – Basic

$

2.07

 

 

$

3.19

 

 

$

23.64

 

 

$

9.91

 

Net income per common share – Diluted

$

2.06

 

 

$

3.17

 

 

$

23.50

 

 

$

9.87

 

Weighted average common shares – Basic

 

175,345

 

 

 

175,071

 

 

 

175,257

 

 

 

174,858

 

Weighted average common shares – Diluted

 

176,144

 

 

 

176,079

 

 

 

176,280

 

 

 

175,568

 

 

PUBLIC STORAGE

SELECTED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET DATA

(Amounts in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

December 31, 2021

ASSETS

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and equivalents

$

775,253

 

 

$

734,599

 

Real estate facilities, at cost:

 

 

 

Land

 

5,273,073

 

 

 

5,134,060

 

Buildings

 

18,946,053

 

 

 

17,673,773

 

 

 

24,219,126

 

 

 

22,807,833

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

(8,554,155

)

 

 

(7,773,308

)

 

 

15,664,971

 

 

 

15,034,525

 

Construction in process

 

372,992

 

 

 

272,471

 

 

 

16,037,963

 

 

 

15,306,996

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in unconsolidated real estate entities

 

275,752

 

 

 

828,763

 

Goodwill and other intangible assets, net

 

232,517

 

 

 

302,894

 

Other assets

 

230,822

 

 

 

207,656

 

Total assets

$

17,552,307

 

 

$

17,380,908

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes payable

$

6,870,826

 

 

$

7,475,279

 

Accrued and other liabilities

 

514,680

 

 

 

482,091

 

Total liabilities

 

7,385,506

 

 

 

7,957,370

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

68,249

 

 

 

 

 

Equity:

 

 

 

Public Storage shareholders’ equity:

 

 

 

Preferred Shares, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 174,000 shares issued (in series) and outstanding, (164,000 at December 31, 2021) at liquidation preference

 

4,350,000

 

 

 

4,100,000

 

Common Shares, $0.10 par value, 650,000,000 shares authorized, 175,265,668 shares issued and outstanding (175,134,455 shares at December 31, 2021)

 

17,527

 

 

 

17,513

 

Paid-in capital

 

5,896,423

 

 

 

5,821,667

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(110,231

)

 

 

(550,416

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(80,317

)

 

 

(53,587

)

Total Public Storage shareholders’ equity

 

10,073,402

 

 

 

9,335,177

 

Noncontrolling interests

 

93,399

 

 

 

20,112

 

Total equity

 

10,166,801

 

 

 

9,355,289

 

Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity

$

17,552,307

 

 

$

17,380,908

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLIC STORAGE

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

Computation of Funds Available for Distribution

(Unaudited – amounts in thousands except per share data)

 

 

Three Months Ended

December 31,

 

Year Ended

December 31,

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

FFO allocable to common shares

$

595,116

 

 

$

646,315

 

 

$

2,900,815

 

 

$

2,345,835

 

Eliminate effect of items included in FFO but not FAD:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation expense in excess of cash paid

 

8,268

 

 

 

9,549

 

 

 

39,876

 

 

 

46,796

 

Foreign currency exchange (gain) loss

 

138,956

 

 

 

(38,203

)

 

 

(98,314

)

 

 

(111,787

)

Impact of preferred share redemption charges, including equity investment share

 

 

 

 

14,615

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,604

 

Less: Capital expenditures to maintain real estate facilities

 

(123,063

)

 

 

(106,559

)

 

 

(452,316

)

 

 

(284,200

)

FAD (a)

$

619,277

 

 

$

525,717

 

 

$

2,390,061

 

 

$

2,028,248

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions paid to common shareholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regular

$

350,256

 

 

$

349,940

 

 

$

1,400,998

 

 

$

1,398,206

 

Special (b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,302,414

 

 

 

 

Total distributions paid to common shareholders

$

350,256

 

 

$

349,940

 

 

$

3,703,412

 

 

$

1,398,206

 

Distribution payout ratio

 

56.6

%

 

 

66.6

%

 

 

155.0

%

 

 

68.9

%

Distribution payout ratio (on regular dividends only) (c)

 

56.6

%

 

 

66.6

%

 

 

58.6

%

 

 

68.9

%

Distributions per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regular

$

2.00

 

 

$

2.00

 

 

$

8.00

 

 

$

8.00

 

Special (b)

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

13.15

 

 

$

 

(a)

 

FAD represents FFO adjusted to exclude certain non-cash charges and to deduct capital expenditures. We utilize FAD in evaluating our ongoing cash flow available for investment, debt repayment and common distributions. We believe investors and analysts utilize FAD in a similar manner. FAD is not a substitute for GAAP net cash flow in evaluating our liquidity or ability to pay dividends, because it excludes investing and financing activities presented on our statements of cash flows. In addition, other REITs may compute this measure differently, so comparisons among REITs may not be helpful.

(b)

 

A special dividend of $13.15 per common share was paid on August 4, 2022, in connection with the gain on sale of our equity investment in PSB on July 20, 2022.

(c)

 

Supplemental payout ratio, excluding the impact of the special dividend, which was due to the gain on sale of our equity investment in PSB. This supplemental measure is presented to portray regular dividends, because FAD excludes the gain on sale of our equity investment in PSB.

 

PUBLIC STORAGE

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

 

Reconciliation of Self-Storage Net Operating Income to Net Income

(Unaudited – amounts in thousands)

 

 

Three Months Ended

December 31,

 

Year Ended

December 31,

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self-storage revenues for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same Store Facilities

$

818,922

 

 

$

724,502

 

 

$

3,175,207

 

 

$

2,765,263

 

Acquired facilities

 

112,034

 

 

 

66,862

 

 

 

402,892

 

 

 

161,364

 

Newly developed and expanded facilities

 

71,908

 

 

 

56,561

 

 

 

269,245

 

 

 

197,058

 

Other non-same store facilities

 

25,489

 

 

 

21,791

 

 

 

98,684

 

 

 

79,881

 

Self-storage revenues

 

1,028,353

 

 

 

869,716

 

 

 

3,946,028

 

 

 

3,203,566

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self-storage cost of operations for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same Store Facilities

 

181,408

 

 

 

174,193

 

 

 

738,491

 

 

 

698,629

 

Acquired facilities

 

33,962

 

 

 

22,228

 

 

 

135,911

 

 

 

57,921

 

Newly developed and expanded facilities

 

19,480

 

 

 

17,319

 

 

 

79,466

 

 

 

70,029

 

Other non-same store facilities

 

6,406

 

 

 

6,591

 

 

 

26,341

 

 

 

25,451

 

Self-storage cost of operations

 

241,256

 

 

 

220,331

 

 

 

980,209

 

 

 

852,030

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Self-storage NOI for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same Store Facilities

 

637,514

 

 

 

550,309

 

 

 

2,436,716

 

 

 

2,066,634

 

Acquired facilities

 

78,072

 

 

 

44,634

 

 

 

266,981

 

 

 

103,443

 

Newly developed and expanded facilities

 

52,428

 

 

 

39,242

 

 

 

189,779

 

 

 

127,029

 

Other non-same store facilities

 

19,083

 

 

 

15,200

 

 

 

72,343

 

 

 

54,430

 

Self-storage NOI (a)

 

787,097

 

 

 

649,385

 

 

 

2,965,819

 

 

 

2,351,536

 

Ancillary revenues

 

60,189

 

 

 

54,600

 

 

 

236,135

 

 

 

212,258

 

Ancillary cost of operations

 

(18,401

)

 

 

(16,524

)

 

 

(72,698

)

 

 

(68,568

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

(226,538

)

 

 

(205,289

)

 

 

(888,146

)

 

 

(713,428

)

General and administrative expense

 

(33,341

)

 

 

(22,258

)

 

 

(114,742

)

 

 

(101,254

)

Interest and other income

 

14,173

 

 

 

2,985

 

 

 

40,567

 

 

 

12,306

 

Interest expense

 

(36,141

)

 

 

(29,794

)

 

 

(136,319

)

 

 

(90,774

)

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated real estate entities

 

6,852

 

 

 

150,711

 

 

 

106,981

 

 

 

232,093

 

Gain on sale of real estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,503

 

 

 

13,683

 

Gain on sale of equity investment in PS Business Parks, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,128,860

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency exchange gain (loss)

 

(138,956

)

 

 

38,203

 

 

 

98,314

 

 

 

111,787

 

Net income on our income statement

$

414,934

 

 

$

622,019

 

 

$

4,366,274

 

 

$

1,959,639

 

(a)

 

Net operating income or “NOI” is a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes the impact of depreciation and amortization expense, which is based upon historical costs and assumes that building values diminish ratably over time, while we believe that real estate values fluctuate due to market conditions. We utilize NOI in determining current property values, evaluating property performance, and in evaluating operating trends. We believe that investors and analysts utilize NOI in a similar manner. NOI is not a substitute for net income, operating cash flow, or other related GAAP financial measures, in evaluating our operating results. This table reconciles from NOI for our self-storage facilities to the net income presented on our income statement.

 

Contacts

Ryan Burke

(818) 244-8080, Ext. 1141

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