Iron Mountain (IRM) & The Competition Head-To-Head Review

Iron Mountain (NYSE:IRM) is one of 35 public companies in the “Specialized REITs” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its rivals? We will compare Iron Mountain to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

80.1% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.0% of shares of all “Specialized REITs” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Iron Mountain shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 7.6% of shares of all “Specialized REITs” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Iron Mountain and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Iron Mountain	0	2	4	0	2.67
Iron Mountain Competitors	499	2673	3529	187	2.49

Iron Mountain currently has a consensus price target of $135.17, indicating a potential upside of 11.47%. As a group, “Specialized REITs” companies have a potential upside of 12.21%. Given Iron Mountain’s rivals higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Iron Mountain has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Dividends

Iron Mountain pays an annual dividend of $3.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Iron Mountain pays out 380.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. As a group, “Specialized REITs” companies pay a dividend yield of 3.3% and pay out 122.3% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Iron Mountain has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Iron Mountain lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Volatility & Risk

Iron Mountain has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Iron Mountain’s rivals have a beta of 0.96, suggesting that their average share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Iron Mountain and its rivals top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Iron Mountain	$6.90 billion	$144.59 million	133.25
Iron Mountain Competitors	$2.59 billion	$596.00 million	36.39

Iron Mountain has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. Iron Mountain is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Iron Mountain and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Iron Mountain	5.54%	-85.44%	3.30%
Iron Mountain Competitors	-3.98%	-3.37%	2.13%

Summary

Iron Mountain beats its rivals on 8 of the 15 factors compared.

Iron Mountain Company Profile

Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is a global leader in information management services. Founded in 1951 and trusted by more than 240,000 customers worldwide, Iron Mountain serves to protect and elevate the power of our customers’ work. Through a range of offerings including digital transformation, data centers, secure records storage, information management, asset lifecycle management, secure destruction and art storage and logistics, Iron Mountain helps businesses bring light to their dark data, enabling customers to unlock value and intelligence from their stored digital and physical assets at speed and with security, while helping them meet their environmental goals.