Cautious Hold Rating on National Storage Affiliates Amidst Declining Performance and Lowered GuidanceWe remain HOLD rated on NSA and continue to favor our Buy rated self-storage names CubeSmart (CUBE, Buy) Public Storage (PSA, Storage REIT Inc. (SMA, Buy) in this order (due to mostly value, balance sheet and potential for sustainable growth).NSA is trading at a mid 6 implied cap rate, but we could see it move to mid-upper 6%, given the lack of trailing operating metrics compared to peers. This will likely start calling into question 2026 growth rates, short of a notable housing recovery. 2Q25 core highlights: SSNOI declined -6.1% YoY in the quarter compared to -5.7% YoY last quarter. SSREV growth was down -3.0% YoY (-1.5% we modeled) vs. -3.0% in 1Q25, driven primarily by a -240 bps decrease in average occupancy and a -30bps decrease in average annualized revenue per occupied sf.